1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?
Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in Win7? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
IE8?
4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com
Jim Ormsbee wrote:
> Using ie8 whenever I click on links that are supposed to pop up a new
> window, nothing happens, and I see in the status bar "error on page".
> This
> has been the case for for Win 7 RC and now for Win 7 Ultimate Build 7600.
> In fact I'm using Firefox 3.5.5 to send this message because when I click
> on 'New' in ie8 I have this problem. Also whenever I click on any link in
> ie8, it does not work unless I hold the Ctrl or Shift key down.