Why doesn't this anchor link work in IE11?

Question

What is stopping the following URL from working in IE11, but works in Chrome and Firefox?

http://www.softwareconsole.com/Anchors/default.aspx?pageid=system_requirements&anchor=heading5

HTML:

<p>
<span class="heading"><a href="#heading5" name="heading5">Heading 5</a></span>
<br />
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Answer 1

My guess would be the Ampersand (&) is giving you problems depending on the version of IE you are using. Try converting your Ampersands to:

&

instead of

&

so your URL would look like this: http://www.softwareconsole.com/Anchors/default.aspx?pageid=system_requirements&anchor=heading5