links not working in msn messenger or live messenger

this is not my computer..
but a friend of mine cannot click on links in the
messages I type.. he has to copy paste them to go to them...

he installed the latest version but no go....

I saw that he had installed IE7 beta 3...

could that be the problem

"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
news:...
> this is not my computer..
> but a friend of mine cannot click on links in the
> messages I type.. he has to copy paste them to go to them...
>
> he installed the latest version but no go....
>
> I saw that he had installed IE7 beta 3...
>
> could that be the problem

Probably not since I'm running that and have no issues clicking on urls.

But, could you clarify 'Cannot click'?

Is it not a clickable link (ie, is it not blue and underlined)?
Is he physically unable to hover over it?
Does he get an error message?
Does it simply not do anything?

What does he use to read his email? If its not a web based reader, is he
able to click on urls there? What about if he opens up a newsgroup in OE,
does a url in a message work there?

I'm guessing that either he has a messenger plug in causing issues or
something is up with the http url association.

[Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and Defaults >
Browser: Select "Internet Explorer" here.

If no joy, see http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx or
http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=a...=31&artlang=en

Beta testers of IE7 Public Preview are asked to post their comments &
questions to microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup.

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

John Jay Smith wrote:
> this is not my computer..
> but a friend of mine cannot click on links in the
> messages I type.. he has to copy paste them to go to them...
>
> he installed the latest version but no go....
>
> I saw that he had installed IE7 beta 3...
>
> could that be the problem