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Old 03-17-2008   #7 (permalink)
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Re: What is it with Vista and IE7? Can't pull up nbc.com???

Hi Joseph:

Sorry I wasn't clearer. Yes, I am able to pull up NBC (http://www.nbc.com/)
will no issues.

"Joseph Geretz" wrote:
Quote:

> Hi PNutts,
>
> Are you able to pull up nbc.com?
>
> Some of the participants in that discussion which I linked to,
> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=921856, have speculated that
> the problem with nbc.com is restricted to Vista tablet OS, wich is what I am
> running.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Joseph Geretz -
>
> "PNutts" <pnutterfield@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F8B2B32C-213F-4A3A-9307-0F7267D71419@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > No problem here using IE7 on Vista Ultimate w/SP1. I have not installed
> > IE8
> > beta. Did the problem start after you installed IE8 beta? Financial sites
> > have historically been slow to allow new browsers. If you uninstall IE8 or
> > reinstall Vista what are your results?
> >
> > "Ken Martin" wrote:
> >
Quote:

> >> And I can't pull up www.discovercard.com using vista and both IE7 and
> >> IE8.
> >> This started happening last week. I suspect something MS did to us!!!
> >>
> >> "Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:##18VMKiIHA.4712@xxxxxx
> >> > lenovo X61t (laptop / tablet)
> >> > Vista Business
> >> > IE 7 - won't pull up nbc.com
> >> > Firefox - no problem!
> >> >
> >> > Is this a side effect of some sort of paternalistic code inserted into
> >> > IE
> >> > to keep me 'safe' on the Internet? Well thanks, but no thanks!
> >> >
> >> > I'm not the only one, it seems:
> >> >
> >> > http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=921856
> >> >
> >> > And how come there's no IE7 group on this server? Has Microsoft given
> >> > up
> >> > on the product?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help.
> >> >
> >> > Joseph Geretz
> >>
>
>
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