Unable to identify elements in Selenium webdriver for IE9 - selenium

Question

I am unable to identify any of webelements in a page using Selenium webdriver. Used 2.48.0 selenium jar. I have tried xpath absolute, relative path, css selector, id, name. All throwing NoSuchElementException. I am stucked here. please help me. I am able to login to application easily After login selecting a menu items will direct to a page. On that page, Will not be able to identify any elements.
Please find text box i am trying to enter
html source:
<input class="AnswerText" type="text" onblur="$('#ind6').attr('class','ALIP-Icon sprite-icon_indicator_off'); " onfocus="gotFocus(this);$('#ind6').attr('class','ALIP-Icon sprite-icon_indicator'); removeFocus('ind6'); " maxlength="15" size="15" value="" name="7:/XML/ApplicationSummary/ContractNumber">
Console ErrorError:
Started InternetExplorerDriver server (64-bit)
2.48.0.0
Listening on port 43801
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with xpath == /html/body/div/div/div/form/div[1]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div[2]/span/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[1]/div/div/table/tbody/tr/td[3]/input (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 377 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.48.2', revision: '41bccdd', time: '2015-10-09 19:59:12'
System info: host: 'V-INFSY-NBA121', ip: '172.30.1.102', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_65'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities [{browserAttachTimeout=0, enablePersistentHover=false, ie.forceCreateProcessApi=false, pageLoadStrategy=normal, ie.usePerProcessProxy=false, ignoreZoomSetting=true, handlesAlerts=true, version=9, platform=WINDOWS, nativeEvents=false, ie.ensureCleanSession=false, elementScrollBehavior=0, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches=, requireWindowFocus=false, browserName=internet explorer, initialBrowserUrl=http://localhost:43801/, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, ignoreProtectedModeSettings=false, enableElementCacheCleanup=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, unexpectedAlertBehaviour=dismiss}]
Session ID: 38d52e22-4575-49b3-aaf4-25a96a7d177a
*** Element info: {Using=xpath, value=/html/body/div/div/div/form/div[1]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div[2]/span/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[1]/div/div/table/tbody/tr/td[3]/input}
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor9.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:647)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:353)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:490)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:361)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:345)
at com.onfs.test.CommonMethods.type(CommonMethods.java:558)
at com.onfs.test.Application_Entry.testMethod(Application_Entry.java:83)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:675)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)

Answer 1

I think there is sync issue. I would wait for that element to appear before start sending value. Please use following code and try to run. It should work.
I replace xpath to by name or you can try with Class too. You have really big xpath. In my view it is not good to have that long.
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, timeoutWait);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(By.name("7:/XML/ApplicationSummary/ContractNumber"))).sendKeys("1234567")
Detail documentation of WebDriverWait

Answer 2

Can you try the same with by disabling protective mode? lets do below way and may i know what is issue if still you are facing and also provide code
go for IEDriverServer.exe 32 bit and use the same
un-check all the zones in security tab
try with short xpath specified in another answer if yours does not works
try without waits first, wait, if it fails then thread.sleep
thanks