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10-15-2008
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| | IE7 no longer works As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back to IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being the default browser. |
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10-15-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: IE7 no longer works Hello, You may have a bad IE add-on installed causing this problem. This tutorial will show you how to test for this and to reset IE7. Internet Explorer - Reset Hope this helps, Shawn  Quote: Originally Posted by news.microsoft.com  As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back to IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being the default browser. |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works "Brink" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:c2c0a9f57e3c5dca9ae3b05b80b629b1@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hello, > > You may have a bad IE add-on installed causing this problem. This > tutorial will show you how to test for this and to reset IE7. > Quote: Thanks Shawn. I removed the HOSTS file I added to try and block all the ads IE7 allows on webpages. That stopped the freezing. I'll be using MozillaFF#3 but some websites wont work with Mozilla so having IE7 work is a good thing. You would think someone would write an ad-blocker for IE as they did Mozilla. Quote: > > news.microsoft.com;861343 Wrote: Quote: >> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back >> to >> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >> the >> default browser. > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask > them.* > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: > news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: >> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back to >> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >> the default browser. > Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and > something installed itself silently > > Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an > ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that > made it to the machine silently. > > And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin out > there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. Quote: > > <camera click> |
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10-15-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: IE7 no longer works Quote: Originally Posted by news.microsoft.com "Brink" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:c2c0a9f57e3c5dca9ae3b05b80b629b1@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hello, > > You may have a bad IE add-on installed causing this problem. This > tutorial will show you how to test for this and to reset IE7. > Quote: Thanks Shawn. I removed the HOSTS file I added to try and block all the ads IE7 allows on webpages. That stopped the freezing. I'll be using MozillaFF#3 but some websites wont work with Mozilla so having IE7 work is a good thing. You would think someone would write an ad-blocker for IE as they did Mozilla. Quote: > > news.microsoft.com;861343 Wrote: Quote: >> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back >> to >> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >> the >> default browser. > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask > them.* > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* Shawn |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works That someone was a extremely knowledgeable person and your inquisition on the hosts file in that particular thread showed that you were going to mess up royally . And you sure did. Try and not to become a computer whiz overnight. Rome was not built in a day -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "news.microsoft.com" <anon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23LnafDuLJHA.1872@xxxxxx Quote: > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: >> news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: >>> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >>> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >>> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back to >>> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >>> the default browser. >> Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and >> something installed itself silently >> >> Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an >> ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that >> made it to the machine silently. >> >> And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin out >> there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P > The "hosts" file someone recommended to block all the ads IE7 allows > apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. > Quote: >> >> <camera click> > |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: >> news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: >>> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up >>> in seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close >>> it. It cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and >>> went back to IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to >>> keep it from being the default browser. >> Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and >> something installed itself silently >> >> Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an >> ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that >> made it to the machine silently. >> >> And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin >> out there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P > The "hosts" file someone recommended to block all the ads IE7 allows > apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. > names by using the loop back IP and some kind of block adds from domain name junk. It's a blatant abuse of the Host file. In addition to that, I doubt that IE would start failing due to what is in a Host file. The two are not tied together in anyway internally. However, there is a problem with using a Host file with that block add junk in it that causes DNS look-ups to freeze on the Windows O/S. As for Pop-up Blocker on IE7 on this Vista machine, it's working like a champ. |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works - no sounds "Peter Foldes" <okf22@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uxvwDrvLJHA.4772@xxxxxx That someone was a extremely knowledgeable person and your inquisition on the hosts file in that particular thread showed that you were going to mess up royally . And you sure did. Try and not to become a computer whiz overnight. Rome was not built in a day All I want Peter is to get his computer to the point where I can get my work done and have some fun afterward surfing and working on my personal research. Eventually I think it will get to that point. Now that all the software is installed, I turned UA back on. But now I can't get any sounds to play. The PC is silent and the little speakers are missing from the bottom tray. Any ideas what could be causing this? -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "news.microsoft.com" <anon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23LnafDuLJHA.1872@xxxxxx Quote: > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: >> news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: >>> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >>> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >>> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back >>> to >>> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >>> the default browser. >> Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and >> something installed itself silently >> >> Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an >> ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that >> made it to the machine silently. >> >> And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin out >> there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P > The "hosts" file someone recommended to block all the ads IE7 allows > apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. > Quote: >> >> <camera click> > |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uUomVYwLJHA.1872@xxxxxx Quote: > news.microsoft.com wrote: Quote: >> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: >>> news.microsoft.com wrote: >>>> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >>>> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >>>> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back >>>> to IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from >>>> being the default browser. >>> >>> Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and >>> something installed itself silently >>> >>> Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an >>> ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that >>> made it to the machine silently. >>> >>> And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin out >>> there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P >> The "hosts" file someone recommended to block all the ads IE7 allows >> apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. >> > That's not the purpose of the Host file anyway to be blocking domain names > by using the loop back IP and some kind of block adds from domain name > junk. It's a blatant abuse of the Host file. No problem. I'll be using MozillaFF instead of IE7 most of the time. Quote: > In addition to that, I doubt that IE would start failing due to what is in > a Host file. The two are not tied together in anyway internally. > > However, there is a problem with using a Host file with that block add > junk in it that causes DNS look-ups to freeze on the Windows O/S. > > As for Pop-up Blocker on IE7 on this Vista machine, it's working like a > champ. > that were intolerable. On some pages it was hard to tell the ads from the webpages themselves. |
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10-15-2008
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| | Re: IE7 no longer works - no sounds What does it say in Device Manager. Any yellow explanation marks -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "news.microsoft.com" <none@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:elgi2QxLJHA.5232@xxxxxx Quote: > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uxvwDrvLJHA.4772@xxxxxx > That someone was a extremely knowledgeable person and your inquisition on > the hosts file in that particular thread showed that you were going to mess > up royally . And you sure did. > > Try and not to become a computer whiz overnight. Rome was not built in a day > > > All I want Peter is to get his computer to the point where I can get my work > done and have some fun afterward surfing and working on my personal > research. Eventually I think it will get to that point. Now that all the > software is installed, I turned UA back on. But now I can't get any sounds > to play. The PC is silent and the little speakers are missing from the > bottom tray. Any ideas what could be causing this? > > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "news.microsoft.com" <anon@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23LnafDuLJHA.1872@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%2383KIloLJHA.2164@xxxxxx Quote: >>> news.microsoft.com wrote: >>>> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up in >>>> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. It >>>> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went back >>>> to >>>> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from being >>>> the default browser. >>> >>> Hey, maybe you surfed by a Web site, a Web site drive by occurred and >>> something installed itself silently >>> >>> Or you *clicked* on something that silently installed itself like an >>> ACtiveX control not compatible with Vista or some kind of malware that >>> made it to the machine silently. >>> >>> And now IE 7 is malfunctioning behind it, because you're user/admin out >>> there on the Internet just like you were before with XP. :-P >> The "hosts" file someone recommended to block all the ads IE7 allows >> apparently caused the problem. I removed them and the problem stopped. >> Quote: >>> >>> <camera click> >> > |
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