Re: IE8 Won't start correctly

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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>I am running Windows 7 Ultimate and after a Windows Update processed
> an update much of what was on the computer was not running right,
> programs wouldn't start, data files could not be found etc.. I ran
> the system restore and everything was back as it was and working
> fine... except, you guessed it... Internet Explore 8. The program
> does start okay but it continuously says "Connecting" on the first tab
> and nothing ever comes up. After a while it will say "Not Responding"
> on the title bar next to the Windows Internet Explorer name. There is
> a good internet connection and Firefox has no problem. I logged on to
> Microsoft's web site to try and download and reinstall IE8 but I only
> get a message saying that IE8 came loaded with Windows 7 and there is
> no need to download it. I saw no option to override this.
>
> Help please... Bob

Connecting means that the machine is looking for the Website. Not Responding
means that it didn't find it.

The problem can be that your Network Connection got balled up -- perhaps the
driver is corrupted, or something along that line -- or the Website that
serves as your Home Page is broken. Go to your Address Bar and input a
different Web address -- if your homepage is MSN.com, then try entering
Yahoo.com -- and see if a different site works.

Since FireFox works, then you may need to change settings in the Internet
Options section of the Tool Menu of IE.

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Bob typed on Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:29:53 -0700 (PDT):
> I cannot do anything in IE as it is "busy" looking for the web page
> (ANY web page). I have tried clicking on various favorites all with
> the same result. I may have given the wrong impression with the "not
> responding" message. IE will have the "connecting" message on the tab
> forever, the only time the "not responding" message appears is when I
> click on something (anything). It is not saying that IE cannot find
> the page, it is saying that IE is busy looking and doesn't have time
> to react to my input.

Hi Bob! Sorry to hear about your troubles with Windows Update. You
surely are not alone, many have. And I am assuming that you don't make
backups? If not, this is something you might want to start thinking
about. And Windows 7 has a backup program that works fairly well. You
might be able to undo the last Windows Update in Add/Remove. There is
also System Restore that should work as well to get you out of this
mess.

Oddly enough for me on this netbook, there isn't enough free space to do
much updating. Asus sold this netbook and Microsoft gave them OEM
licenses to do so. How nice is that? Anyway what is nice about not
updating, your machine stays very stable. None of those problems of
updates messing up your system anymore.

Those who has great security software are the ones that doesn't have to
worry about OS security updates. I know, many of us have tested this for
many years.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> I cannot do anything in IE as it is "busy" looking for the web page
> (ANY web page). I have tried clicking on various favorites all with
> the same result. I may have given the wrong impression with the "not
> responding" message. IE will have the "connecting" message on the tab
> forever, the only time the "not responding" message appears is when I
> click on something (anything). It is not saying that IE cannot find
> the page, it is saying that IE is busy looking and doesn't have time
> to react to my input.
>
> Bob

Hi Bob,
You can access Internet Options through the Control Panel, without starting
IE. Try to Reset IE. This will put all IE settings at default, and disable
any add-ons. It's available from the Advanced tab (far right) of Internet
Options.