To avoid confusion, please (1) top-post your replies to my posts and (2)
quote my entire post when you reply. Thanks.
[McAfee] was installed on my computer when I got it but I uninstalled it.
1. Right-click on the following link and SAVE the download to your desktop;
2. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the taskbar).
3. Double-click on the file you saved in #1 above (MCPR.EXE) to run the
utility. Do not TOUCH your keyboard until the run as completed.
4. Reboot & test.
As I said, I have been having these problems for a long time, so my memory
may be a little hazy, but I believe I was having these problems before SP3
and before ie 7.
I still have the problems it I start ie with no add-ons.
I have previously reset ie advanced settings.
I am not sure what you mean when you refer to safe mode "with networking".
I know what safe mode is but have never used it.
I am now using CA Internet Security Suite which includes firewall, spyware
and virus protection, but I previously used Windows Live One Care for
several years and was probably using it when I installed ie7 and maybe SP
3. Live One Care included firewall, spyware and antivirus also. and, it
may have been running when I installed ie7 and/or SP3. I can't say for
sure
either way.
I have also used Spybot, Spyware Doctor, Windows Defender etc. in an attempt
to see if my other program was missing something.
McHaffee was installed on my computer when I got it but I uninstalled it.
I have uninstalled and re-installed Java though and it did not make any
difference.
Here's one current problem that is weird. I am using Time Warner Road
Runner internet and I can connect to www.rr.com, but when I get there and
try to use the link that is on their site to go to their
www.timewarnercable.com site, the link won't work and I cannot get to that
site by typing it into the address box either.
What happens is that I get a pop up screen that says "Redirecting" and the
address in the address box changes to www.twcinci.com, then it just sits
there while the status bar says "Waiting for www.timewarner.com.
There are various versions of the problems but they all seem to be related
to links that won't work.
Post by PA Bear [MS MVP]Was everything OK before you installed WinXP SP3? [yes/no]
Was everything OK before you installed IE7? [yes/no]
1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?
[yes/no]
=> Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
Add-ons; or
=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
[yes/no]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
3. Does the behavior persist if you boot into Safe Mode with Networking?
[yes/no]
[Careful! Only remain in Safe Mode just long enough to test!]
4a. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (e.g., Windows
Defender; Spybot; Ad-Aware AE)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were
any of these applications running in the background when you installed
WinXP SP3 and/or IE7?
4b. Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
[yes/no]
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This is my latest attempt to resolve a very illusive problem that I have
been fighting for well over a year. My system runs great and I do not
have
a virus or spyware that is causing problems, but it appears to be a
setting
somewhere that is not right. Many people have tried to help me resolve it,
including Microsoft chat techs, to no avail. I have problems getting links
on web pages to work on occasion, but not always. Can't seem to nail it
down. Sometimes when I select a item that opens up in a pop up window,
all
I get in the window is a little red x in a little box. A neighbor who
runs
the IT department for a huge company suggested I uninstall IE and then
reinstall it to see if that will resolve the problem. It might work, and it
shouldn't hurt anything. It's worth a try. Nothing else works.
Post by PA Bear [MS MVP][crosspost to IE General]
Post by MagsmomI need to know how to completely uninstall IE from my system. I am
currently running Windows XP and it does not display on the list when I
access the Control Panel to Add/Remove programs. Please help!!
I also want to completely uninstall IE from my system and, according to
Microsoft Internet Explorer's own help files, that should be possible.
It
gives instructions to go through Control Panel and click the "Remove" button
for IE, but there is no "Remove" option for IE. There are "Remove" options
for every IE update but not for IE 7 itself.
See...
About IE7 (and IE8) and Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/05/ie-and-xpsp3.aspx
If IE7 was installed before SP3 was installed, you'd need to uninstall SP3
before you'd be able to uninstall IE7.
That being said, what problems are you experiencing which you think
uninstalling IE7 might resolve?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002