No Internet Explorer 7 downloads and crashes unless ran asadministrator

Hi,

on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
crash.

When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
idea though.

Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,

DC

Hi,

Bad plugin/addon is the likely cause. Tools/Manage Addons/Enable or Disable,
start disabling those that load with IE.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"DC" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
> not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
> not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
> crash.
>
> When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
> everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
> idea though.
>
> Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>
> DC

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> Bad plugin/addon is the likely cause. Tools/Manage Addons/Enable or
> Disable, start disabling those that load with IE.

Glad you mentioned it.
When I was confronted with the choice to accept plug-ins or add-ons, I
wasn't sure which way to go at first, but then decided against it, following
an 'instinct', without knowing the reason. You have given it to me now,
thank you.

Harry.

>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "DC" <> wrote in message
> news:0f2b47ed-2f37-40ab-a34e-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
>> not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
>> not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
>> crash.
>>
>> When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
>> everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
>> idea though.
>>
>> Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>>
>> DC
>

On 23 Jan., 03:49, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bad plugin/addon is the likely cause. Tools/Manage Addons/Enable or Disable,
> start disabling those that load with IE.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "DC" <d...@upsize.de> wrote in message
>
> news:0f2b47ed-2f37-40ab-a34e-...
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
> > not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
> > not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
> > crash.
>
> > When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
> > everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
> > idea though.
>
> > Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>
> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
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Thanks Rick! I have already tried to disable the addins - at least the
"loaded" addins. I will retry reloading all addins. Is it true that I
can only disable one by one addin (e.g. there is no global "addins
off" switch)? Are "plugins" something different? I did not notice a
switch for plugins.

Regards
DC

Hi,

Addons = Plugins, both terms refer to the same thing. You should do one at a
time and restart IE between each in order to isolate the problem. To ensure
that this actually is the problem, simple type "Internet Explorer" into the
start/search lines and choose the entry to load it without addons and see if
the problem is cleared.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"DC" <> wrote in message
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> On 23 Jan., 03:49, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Bad plugin/addon is the likely cause. Tools/Manage Addons/Enable or
>> Disable,
>> start disabling those that load with IE.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
>> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "DC" <d...@upsize.de> wrote in message
>>
>> news:0f2b47ed-2f37-40ab-a34e-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
>> > not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
>> > not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
>> > crash.
>>
>> > When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
>> > everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
>> > idea though.
>>
>> > Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>>
>> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
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>> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -
>
> Thanks Rick! I have already tried to disable the addins - at least the
> "loaded" addins. I will retry reloading all addins. Is it true that I
> can only disable one by one addin (e.g. there is no global "addins
> off" switch)? Are "plugins" something different? I did not notice a
> switch for plugins.
>
> Regards
> DC

On 23 Jan., 11:56, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Addons = Plugins, both terms refer to the same thing. You should do one at a
> time and restart IE between each in order to isolate the problem. To ensure
> that this actually is the problem, simple type "Internet Explorer" into the
> start/search lines and choose the entry to load it without addons and see if
> the problem is cleared.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "DC" <d...@upsize.de> wrote in message
>
> news:8f51f629-f1b8-4c63-8597-...
>
>
>
> > On 23 Jan., 03:49, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> Bad plugin/addon is the likely cause. Tools/Manage Addons/Enable or
> >> Disable,
> >> start disabling those that load with IE.
>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
> >> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> >> "DC" <d...@upsize.de> wrote in message
>
> >>news:0f2b47ed-2f37-40ab-a34e-...
>
> >> > Hi,
>
> >> > on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
> >> > not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
> >> > not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
> >> > crash.
>
> >> > When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
> >> > everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
> >> > idea though.
>
> >> > Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>
> >> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
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>
> > Thanks Rick! I have already tried to disable the addins - at least the
> > "loaded" addins. I will retry reloading all addins. Is it true that I
> > can only disable one by one addin (e.g. there is no global "addins
> > off" switch)? Are "plugins" something different? I did not notice a
> > switch for plugins.
>
> > Regards
> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Hi Rick, not luck: I started IE without any plugins, still no
downloads and many crashes. Any other ideas?

Regards
DC

On 23 Jan., 19:48, "Dave-UK" <h...@home.com> wrote:
> "DC" <d...@upsize.de> wrote in message news:b4135306-02dc-491b-94a9-Best of Luck,
>
> >> >> > on my new Dell Vostro with Vista Ultimate (all recent patches) I am
> >> >> > not able to download any files. I get a message that the page could
> >> >> > not be opened after a while. Also, I don't have to surf far to get a
> >> >> > crash.
>
> >> >> > When I activate the "run as administrator" check-box of the IE7 link,
> >> >> > everything works perfect. I guess running IE as admin isn't the best
> >> >> > idea though.
>
> >> >> > Any suggestion how I could fix this? TIA,
>
> >> >> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
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> >> > Thanks Rick! I have already tried to disable the addins - at least the
> >> > "loaded" addins. I will retry reloading all addins. Is it true that I
> >> > can only disable one by one addin (e.g. there is no global "addins
> >> > off" switch)? Are "plugins" something different? I did not notice a
> >> > switch for plugins.
>
> >> > Regards
> >> > DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
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>
> > Hi Rick, not luck: I started IE without any plugins, still no
> > downloads and many crashes. Any other ideas?
>
> > Regards
> > DC
>
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Thanks, Dave.

I did already uninstall the Norton trial version that came with this
new machine, viruschecker does not seem to be the problem.

In the meantime I found another way to avoid the problems without
running IE as administrator: when I set the security to custom level
(by removing the "acivate protected mode" option in the security tab)
then everything works fine. But I guess that's not such a good idea.

Is this a clue for the source of the problems (i. e. crashed, no
downloads and even some images are not being displayed in protected
mode)?

Regards
DC