Highlighting and deleting test in the IE7 Address Bar

Hi. I've just got a new laptop with Vista and IE7. Having a lot of trouble
navigating around in IE7. I can highlight the address, but cannot delete it
or type over it. Neither 'backspace' nor 'delete' works if the text is
highlighted. The only way I can do this - and even this does not work
sometimes - is to place the cursor at the end of the address and delete each
character using the 'backspace' key. This is deeply, deeply irritating! I
see some people seem to have had similar problems in Word, but as I didn't
get the Office package, I am looking for advice as to how to correct this in
IE7. (Incidentally, I can't do it in this window either!) The way the
cursor 'locks on' the scroll bar and keeps scrolling up or down is also
something I would wish to remove. Please can someone help?? Thanks.

Open Internet Options (Control Panel) > Advanced (tab) > under 'Reset
Internet Explorer settings' click 'Reset'.
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Helen" <> wrote in message
news:943CF7B0-4C29-4EA6-9051-...
> Hi. I've just got a new laptop with Vista and IE7. Having a lot of
> trouble
> navigating around in IE7. I can highlight the address, but cannot delete
> it
> or type over it. Neither 'backspace' nor 'delete' works if the text is
> highlighted. The only way I can do this - and even this does not work
> sometimes - is to place the cursor at the end of the address and delete
> each
> character using the 'backspace' key. This is deeply, deeply irritating!
> I
> see some people seem to have had similar problems in Word, but as I didn't
> get the Office package, I am looking for advice as to how to correct this
> in
> IE7. (Incidentally, I can't do it in this window either!) The way the
> cursor 'locks on' the scroll bar and keeps scrolling up or down is also
> something I would wish to remove. Please can someone help?? Thanks.

Sorry, this doesn't help - it hasn't made any difference. For example, if I
am at www.johnlewis.com, I cannot just highlight and delete the 'johnlewis'
or highlight it and type over 'debenhams'. I have to find the right-hand end
of the address with the cursor and delete each character. Hope this
clarifies my problem. I'm sure I can't be the only one suffering it!

Thanks,

Helen

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Open Internet Options (Control Panel) > Advanced (tab) > under 'Reset
> Internet Explorer settings' click 'Reset'.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Helen" <> wrote in message
> news:943CF7B0-4C29-4EA6-9051-...
> > Hi. I've just got a new laptop with Vista and IE7. Having a lot of
> > trouble
> > navigating around in IE7. I can highlight the address, but cannot delete
> > it
> > or type over it. Neither 'backspace' nor 'delete' works if the text is
> > highlighted. The only way I can do this - and even this does not work
> > sometimes - is to place the cursor at the end of the address and delete
> > each
> > character using the 'backspace' key. This is deeply, deeply irritating!
> > I
> > see some people seem to have had similar problems in Word, but as I didn't
> > get the Office package, I am looking for advice as to how to correct this
> > in
> > IE7. (Incidentally, I can't do it in this window either!) The way the
> > cursor 'locks on' the scroll bar and keeps scrolling up or down is also
> > something I would wish to remove. Please can someone help?? Thanks.
>
>
>