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.

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.

You got all kind of problems. You can't even drive nor do you know how
to trouble shoot or problem solve.

You are a mess, with constant whining.

Hello

You may have a bad IE add-on installed causing this problem. Thi
tutorial will show you how to test for this and to reset IE7

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...orer-reset.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

news.microsoft.com;861343 Wrote:
> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks up i
> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it. I
> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and went bac
> t
> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it from bein
> th
> default browser

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them.*
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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

<camera click>

Mr. Arnold wrote:
> 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.
>
> You got all kind of problems. You can't even drive nor do you know how
> to trouble shoot or problem solve.
>
> You are a mess, with constant whining.

I reckon, one thing after another.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:24:40 -0500, "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.

If someone could find out how to keep you from being the default user
on that machine, it wouldn't be so screwed up.

DDW
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"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> 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.
>

> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...rer-reset.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn


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.

>
> news.microsoft.com;861343 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.
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' > *Please post feedback to help others.*

"Mr. Arnold" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> 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.

>
> <camera click>

news.microsoft.com;861691 Wrote:
> "Brink" <> wrote in messag
> news:...> > >
> >
> > > Hello
> >
> > > You may have a bad IE add-on installed causing this problem. Thi
> > > tutorial will show you how to test for this and to reset IE7
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...orer-reset.htm
> >
> > > Hope this helps
> > > Shawn > >
>
>
> Thanks Shawn. I removed the HOSTS file I added to try and block al
> the ad
> IE7 allows on webpages. That stopped the freezing. I'll be usin
> MozillaFF#3 but some websites wont work with Mozilla so having IE
> work is
> good thing. You would think someone would write an ad-blocker for I
> a
> they did Mozilla
> > > >
> >
> > > news.microsoft.com;861343 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> As of this evening, like it did on XP, IE7 stopped working, locks u
> > > i
> > > >> seconds of being opened, and Task Manager doesn't work to close it
> > > I
> > > >> cannot be closed once locked up. On XP we uninstalled it and wen
> > > bac
> > > >> t
> > > >> IE6 which worked fine. Now I have to find out how to keep it fro
> > > bein
> > > >> th
> > > >> default browser.> > > >
> >
> >
> > > -
> > > Brin
> >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not as
> > > them.
> > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > >

Your welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted

Shaw

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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.

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"news.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message news:%...
> "Mr. Arnold" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> 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.
>
>>
>> <camera click>
>
>