solved me ie8 connections problem

[You talkin' to me?]

rob^_^ wrote:
> Your machine (and your friends) is now a zombie and at the beck and call
> of
> a East European hacker. I will keep an eye out for spam from RR email
> addresses at my honey pots. (earthlink is a popular spam source also).
>
> Rootkit attacks are not removed by a re-format or system restore.
>
> Although I could be wrong... I am not sure how hardened Win7 is against
> it.
> But probably if it has been on your machine since the Win7 RC's, and
> undetected, it will still be there now after several upgrades and
> re-formats.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=detecting rootkit infections
>
> Regards.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> +1
>>
>> rob^_^ wrote:
>>> My last 'guess'
>>>
>>> rootkit hijack.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>> news:8EFFAC64-3703-402E-9607-...
>>>> hi robert...i have roadunner high speed, and ever since i applied the
>>>> fixit
>>>> the problem cleared up. and for those who dont believe that fix was the
>>>> solution, my friends have applied that fix and now they all no longer
>>>> have
>>>> that problem either.
>>>> and my friends isps are
>>>> roadrunner in florida, north carolina
>>>> comcast in florida, new jersey
>>>> verizon in new york, new jersey
>>>> earthlink in florida, new york, new jersey, north carolina
>>>> all are high speed.
>>>> our problem was solved by that fix and all is well now.
>>>> thank you for reading this solved issue.
>>>> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:AFE6731F-CB89-448B-8F43-...
>>>>>> hi rob,
>>>>>> i have repeatedly said that ie8 has not crashed
>>>>>> no download manager.
>>>>>> no chat program on one and messenger on one but i dont chat online
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> these 2 windows 7 computers, i chat using the windows vista computer
>>>>>> only for
>>>>>> now
>>>>>> no streaming video or music.
>>>>>> again let me state that i have repeatedly said that ie8 has not
>>>>>> crashed,
>>>>>> just with open page number 4 i get the cannot display the page
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>> the diagnose connections button and it ALWAYS says there are no
>>>>>> issues
>>>>>> and to
>>>>>> explore other options or close. open windows 1-3 continued to work
>>>>>> normally...number 4 gave me the error message and i just closed that
>>>>>> window
>>>>>> and used the 3 open ones that had no issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A problem with that feature is that it uses a different program than
>>>>> the
>>>>> one
>>>>> you are having trouble with (iexplore.exe). Hence it would not be
>>>>> affected by
>>>>> the connection limit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, what kind of connection link do you have? E.g. dial-up or
>>>>> broadband?
>>>>> Dial-up is still constrained to 2 connections having the same
>>>>> endpoints.
>>>>> In IE8 this supposedly has been loosened for broadband...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...,printer).aspx
>>>>>
>>>>> (BING search for
>>>>> broadband max connection limit "dial-up" site:microsoft.com
>>>>> )
>>>>>
>>>>> <quote>
>>>>> The maxConnectionsPerServer attribute will return 6 on a broadband
>>>>> connection
>>>>> unless a user or an administrator has overridden the default settings.
>>>>> If the client computer is connected through dial-up,
>>>>> maxConnectionsPerServer
>>>>> will return 2 if connected to an HTTP 1.1 server or 4 if connected to
>>>>> an
>>>>> HTTP 1.0 server.
>>>>> </quote>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> after a year (almost) of getting no where with that cannot display
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> page
>>>>>> diagnose button or the ie troubleshooters in control panel and going
>>>>>> thru
>>>>>> every single thing you all have suggested again
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggested doing some diagnosis. You would only have to do that
>>>>> once
>>>>> if you could draw the correct inferences from it. ; )
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> and again and formatted and
>>>>>> started over fresh and with av installed and with no av installed
>>>>>> same
>>>>>> problem i came here looking for help and ever since i ran that
>>>>>> microsoft fix
>>>>>> it my problem has disappeared on the 2 computers with win7 that i am
>>>>>> now
>>>>>> using (another one has windows vista and another has windows xp pro
>>>>>> with sp3
>>>>>> and all current updates both without ie8).
>>>>>> i have not spoken to my friends yet to tell them what i did.
>>>>>> so for ME the issue is closed because im happy now that ie8 is
>>>>>> working
>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>> right now i have 6 open ie8 windows and everythings working fine, 2
>>>>>> days ago
>>>>>> i could only have 3 open ie windows.
>>>>>> let me say that all in all i do find your posts give me more things
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> look
>>>>>> into than all the others combined and i thank you for that.
>>>>>> and i swear this is the last post from me on this issue.
>>>>>> thank you all for all your posts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "rob^_^" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Read the documentation in the KB article. It is not a issue or a
>>>>>>> patch. It
>>>>>>> is a simple registry tweak that replaces the MAX_CONNECTIONS hack
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>> been around since IE5. See Kelly's Corner.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the majority of uses, the factory settings for the number of
>>>>>>> con-current
>>>>>>> connections is adequate. There are reasons why the factory settings
>>>>>>> are the
>>>>>>> way they are otherwise it would be designed to allow an unlimited
>>>>>>> number of
>>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My guess is that you have a 'Download Manager' installed (which
>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> appear
>>>>>>> in the IE Addons Managers list of Addons and so cannot be disabled
>>>>>>> from the
>>>>>>> the Addons Manager or the No third-party extensions setting or the
>>>>>>> Win7 IE
>>>>>>> troubleshooting wizard)
>>>>>>> Or
>>>>>>> You are using a chat program (perhaps Messenger, AIM Buddy, Yahoo
>>>>>>> Messenger,
>>>>>>> ICQ) and regularly starting up broadcast file transfers to all your
>>>>>>> friends,
>>>>>>> blowing away the MAX_CONNECTIONS limit. (this would explain why your
>>>>>>> 'friends' IE browsers are also crashing, you are pushing 5 or 6 file
>>>>>>> transfers to them at once).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The important thing to find out is 'why' because the
>>>>>>> Troubleshooting
>>>>>>> wizards are not detecting and correcting the issue. Knowing why your
>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>> is occurring will help MS tune the IE Addons Manager or the
>>>>>>> Troubleshooting
>>>>>>> wizards to detect and correct the issue automatically.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I already know that the IE Addons Manager does not detect and
>>>>>>> disable
>>>>>>> certain types of 'Download Managers'. This may be the real
>>>>>>> underlying
>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>> that has to be addressed rather than offering an obscure 'FixIt'
>>>>>>> patch.
>>>>>>> Without your co-operation I am only guessing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> G.T has already explained why you have received such a cold
>>>>>>> reception
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> your posts (hijacking threads, poorly worded descriptions). Ok, you
>>>>>>> have a
>>>>>>> learning curve to go through in order to make a quality post. As I
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>> said to you "The quality of our answers will depend upon the quality
>>>>>>> of your
>>>>>>> Questions"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:B852BE4B-954B-41E5-AF7E-...
>>>>>>>> i did participate in the beta testing program and this was an issue
>>>>>>>> for me
>>>>>>>> since then. i had tried to solve it myself, but after almost a year
>>>>>>>> asking
>>>>>>>> "why" and having tried all of your suggestions on my own with no
>>>>>>>> success i
>>>>>>>> decided it was time to ask for help. that is why i did not want to
>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>> steps yet again, which i had stated 2 or 3 times that i had taken
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>> steps several times over and i got grief for saying it was ie8 not
>>>>>>>> my av
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> add-ons, setup yadda yadda yadda...
>>>>>>>> the "why" turns out to be a known ie8 issue which everyone here
>>>>>>>> seems to
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> want to know about but microsoft already knew about it and has a
>>>>>>>> kb
>>>>>>>> article
>>>>>>>> on the matter.
>>>>>>>> when i said i suspect it is the "amount of connections" neither you
>>>>>>>> nor pa
>>>>>>>> bear nor anyone else directed me to the kb article pa bear
>>>>>>>> referenced in
>>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>>> last post and thank you pa bear for that link to the kb article
>>>>>>>> nor did you send me that link to google you searched for me and
>>>>>>>> thank you
>>>>>>>> very much, by the way.
>>>>>>>> how can anyone expect me to contribute when all you mvps kept
>>>>>>>> looking for
>>>>>>>> fault where it didnt exist to begin with but was a known issue that
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>> denied existed
>>>>>>>> until pa bears last posting...thank you pa bear, you wont see me
>>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>> anymore now.
>>>>>>>> i did mention this issue to ms in the surveys they sent me during
>>>>>>>> the beta
>>>>>>>> testing and i mentioned it again when i got the emails asking my
>>>>>>>> opinion
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the rc and mentioned it again when asked what i felt needed to
>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> worked on for the final release.
>>>>>>>> if mentioning that kb article was done the first time i said
>>>>>>>> "amount
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> connections" this posting of mine would have ended days ago and all
>>>>>>>> of you
>>>>>>>> would not have been so annoyed and irritated by me and i would have
>>>>>>>> "gone
>>>>>>>> away" as you so hoped i would.
>>>>>>>> i see now that i should have included all this info in my first
>>>>>>>> post, but
>>>>>>>> that was MY FIRST POST EVER and just was ignorant to how to ask a
>>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>>> but i question if any of you would have believed me even then that
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>> is an ie8 issue and not me doing something wrong.
>>>>>>>> and now that my issue is resolved i shall "go away"
>>>>>>>> and i hope i never have to ask for help here again
>>>>>>>> and thank you all again for reading my annoying posts
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "rob^_^" wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Je,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Great to hear you found a fix. We just want to know 'why'?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From your posts I had the impression that you had participated in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Win7
>>>>>>>>> Beta testing program and also had an interest in asking the 'why'
>>>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>>> to diagnose and solve your own IE8 issues and to contribute to the
>>>>>>>>> community. It is one thing to find a fix or a cure that works, but
>>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>> knowing the underlying cause, the efficacy of the fix will remain
>>>>>>>>> uncertain.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:85553C1F-75F1-4EF5-9173-...
>>>>>>>>>> thank you, pa bear.
>>>>>>>>>> the link in your post has the fix i applied
>>>>>>>>>> (MicrosoftFixIt50098.msi)
>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>>> found it by looking at the ie8 support page for known issues and
>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>>>> has disappeared. now ie8 works as i expected it to work.
>>>>>>>>>> and rob posted for me a link to google that took me to a
>>>>>>>>>> differnet web
>>>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>>>> with numerous links to instructions to change a setting in the
>>>>>>>>>> registry
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> several explanations that had happened to be exactly my issue.
>>>>>>>>>> i chose to do the microsoft fix instead of creating a .reg file
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>> registry.
>>>>>>>>>> my problem is fixed and i wont continue to annoy all of you by
>>>>>>>>>> refusing
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> see its an avg or add-on problem. if ie8 crashed i would agree
>>>>>>>>>> with you
>>>>>>>>>> all,
>>>>>>>>>> but its never crashed, the problem was the number of connections
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> your not believing me made me search microsoft for an answer and
>>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> and i thank you all for forcing me to find my own solution.
>>>>>>>>>> and to robert aldwinckle....one of the computers had no av at
>>>>>>>>>> all, so
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> would not be possible for the avg linkscanner to have been the
>>>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>> so thank you all for reading my posts even tho you found me
>>>>>>>>>> annoying
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> irritating.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How do I configure Internet Explorer to download more than two
>>>>>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>>> time?
>>>>>>>>>>> [Last Review: July 8, 2009 - Revision: 6.1]
>>>>>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282402
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> jedab wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> i found the solution to my ie8 issue....on the microsoft
>>>>>>>>>>>> corporation
>>>>>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>>>>> site...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> .

No. Jedab. But I don't think he is (or wants to) listening any more. So I
guess it is just a 'vapor' post. Its all good though. Someone with similar
issues may see the penny drop.

Regards.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> [You talkin' to me?]
>
> rob^_^ wrote:
>> Your machine (and your friends) is now a zombie and at the beck and call
>> of
>> a East European hacker. I will keep an eye out for spam from RR email
>> addresses at my honey pots. (earthlink is a popular spam source also).
>>
>> Rootkit attacks are not removed by a re-format or system restore.
>>
>> Although I could be wrong... I am not sure how hardened Win7 is against
>> it.
>> But probably if it has been on your machine since the Win7 RC's, and
>> undetected, it will still be there now after several upgrades and
>> re-formats.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=detecting rootkit infections
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> +1
>>>
>>> rob^_^ wrote:
>>>> My last 'guess'
>>>>
>>>> rootkit hijack.
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:8EFFAC64-3703-402E-9607-...
>>>>> hi robert...i have roadunner high speed, and ever since i applied the
>>>>> fixit
>>>>> the problem cleared up. and for those who dont believe that fix was
>>>>> the
>>>>> solution, my friends have applied that fix and now they all no longer
>>>>> have
>>>>> that problem either.
>>>>> and my friends isps are
>>>>> roadrunner in florida, north carolina
>>>>> comcast in florida, new jersey
>>>>> verizon in new york, new jersey
>>>>> earthlink in florida, new york, new jersey, north carolina
>>>>> all are high speed.
>>>>> our problem was solved by that fix and all is well now.
>>>>> thank you for reading this solved issue.
>>>>> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:AFE6731F-CB89-448B-8F43-...
>>>>>>> hi rob,
>>>>>>> i have repeatedly said that ie8 has not crashed
>>>>>>> no download manager.
>>>>>>> no chat program on one and messenger on one but i dont chat online
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> these 2 windows 7 computers, i chat using the windows vista computer
>>>>>>> only for
>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>> no streaming video or music.
>>>>>>> again let me state that i have repeatedly said that ie8 has not
>>>>>>> crashed,
>>>>>>> just with open page number 4 i get the cannot display the page
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the diagnose connections button and it ALWAYS says there are no
>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>> and to
>>>>>>> explore other options or close. open windows 1-3 continued to work
>>>>>>> normally...number 4 gave me the error message and i just closed that
>>>>>>> window
>>>>>>> and used the 3 open ones that had no issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A problem with that feature is that it uses a different program than
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> you are having trouble with (iexplore.exe). Hence it would not be
>>>>>> affected by
>>>>>> the connection limit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, what kind of connection link do you have? E.g. dial-up or
>>>>>> broadband?
>>>>>> Dial-up is still constrained to 2 connections having the same
>>>>>> endpoints.
>>>>>> In IE8 this supposedly has been loosened for broadband...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...,printer).aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (BING search for
>>>>>> broadband max connection limit "dial-up" site:microsoft.com
>>>>>> )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <quote>
>>>>>> The maxConnectionsPerServer attribute will return 6 on a broadband
>>>>>> connection
>>>>>> unless a user or an administrator has overridden the default
>>>>>> settings.
>>>>>> If the client computer is connected through dial-up,
>>>>>> maxConnectionsPerServer
>>>>>> will return 2 if connected to an HTTP 1.1 server or 4 if connected to
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> HTTP 1.0 server.
>>>>>> </quote>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> after a year (almost) of getting no where with that cannot display
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>> diagnose button or the ie troubleshooters in control panel and going
>>>>>>> thru
>>>>>>> every single thing you all have suggested again
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggested doing some diagnosis. You would only have to do that
>>>>>> once
>>>>>> if you could draw the correct inferences from it. ; )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FYI
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and again and formatted and
>>>>>>> started over fresh and with av installed and with no av installed
>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>> problem i came here looking for help and ever since i ran that
>>>>>>> microsoft fix
>>>>>>> it my problem has disappeared on the 2 computers with win7 that i am
>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>> using (another one has windows vista and another has windows xp pro
>>>>>>> with sp3
>>>>>>> and all current updates both without ie8).
>>>>>>> i have not spoken to my friends yet to tell them what i did.
>>>>>>> so for ME the issue is closed because im happy now that ie8 is
>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>>> right now i have 6 open ie8 windows and everythings working fine, 2
>>>>>>> days ago
>>>>>>> i could only have 3 open ie windows.
>>>>>>> let me say that all in all i do find your posts give me more things
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>> into than all the others combined and i thank you for that.
>>>>>>> and i swear this is the last post from me on this issue.
>>>>>>> thank you all for all your posts
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "rob^_^" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Read the documentation in the KB article. It is not a issue or a
>>>>>>>> patch. It
>>>>>>>> is a simple registry tweak that replaces the MAX_CONNECTIONS hack
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>> been around since IE5. See Kelly's Corner.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For the majority of uses, the factory settings for the number of
>>>>>>>> con-current
>>>>>>>> connections is adequate. There are reasons why the factory settings
>>>>>>>> are the
>>>>>>>> way they are otherwise it would be designed to allow an unlimited
>>>>>>>> number of
>>>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My guess is that you have a 'Download Manager' installed (which
>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>> appear
>>>>>>>> in the IE Addons Managers list of Addons and so cannot be disabled
>>>>>>>> from the
>>>>>>>> the Addons Manager or the No third-party extensions setting or the
>>>>>>>> Win7 IE
>>>>>>>> troubleshooting wizard)
>>>>>>>> Or
>>>>>>>> You are using a chat program (perhaps Messenger, AIM Buddy, Yahoo
>>>>>>>> Messenger,
>>>>>>>> ICQ) and regularly starting up broadcast file transfers to all your
>>>>>>>> friends,
>>>>>>>> blowing away the MAX_CONNECTIONS limit. (this would explain why
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> 'friends' IE browsers are also crashing, you are pushing 5 or 6
>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>> transfers to them at once).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The important thing to find out is 'why' because the
>>>>>>>> Troubleshooting
>>>>>>>> wizards are not detecting and correcting the issue. Knowing why
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>> is occurring will help MS tune the IE Addons Manager or the
>>>>>>>> Troubleshooting
>>>>>>>> wizards to detect and correct the issue automatically.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I already know that the IE Addons Manager does not detect and
>>>>>>>> disable
>>>>>>>> certain types of 'Download Managers'. This may be the real
>>>>>>>> underlying
>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>> that has to be addressed rather than offering an obscure 'FixIt'
>>>>>>>> patch.
>>>>>>>> Without your co-operation I am only guessing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> G.T has already explained why you have received such a cold
>>>>>>>> reception
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> your posts (hijacking threads, poorly worded descriptions). Ok, you
>>>>>>>> have a
>>>>>>>> learning curve to go through in order to make a quality post. As I
>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>> said to you "The quality of our answers will depend upon the
>>>>>>>> quality
>>>>>>>> of your
>>>>>>>> Questions"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:B852BE4B-954B-41E5-AF7E-...
>>>>>>>>> i did participate in the beta testing program and this was an
>>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>>> for me
>>>>>>>>> since then. i had tried to solve it myself, but after almost a
>>>>>>>>> year
>>>>>>>>> asking
>>>>>>>>> "why" and having tried all of your suggestions on my own with no
>>>>>>>>> success i
>>>>>>>>> decided it was time to ask for help. that is why i did not want to
>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>>> steps yet again, which i had stated 2 or 3 times that i had taken
>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>>> steps several times over and i got grief for saying it was ie8 not
>>>>>>>>> my av
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> add-ons, setup yadda yadda yadda...
>>>>>>>>> the "why" turns out to be a known ie8 issue which everyone here
>>>>>>>>> seems to
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> want to know about but microsoft already knew about it and has a
>>>>>>>>> kb
>>>>>>>>> article
>>>>>>>>> on the matter.
>>>>>>>>> when i said i suspect it is the "amount of connections" neither
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> nor pa
>>>>>>>>> bear nor anyone else directed me to the kb article pa bear
>>>>>>>>> referenced in
>>>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>>>> last post and thank you pa bear for that link to the kb article
>>>>>>>>> nor did you send me that link to google you searched for me and
>>>>>>>>> thank you
>>>>>>>>> very much, by the way.
>>>>>>>>> how can anyone expect me to contribute when all you mvps kept
>>>>>>>>> looking for
>>>>>>>>> fault where it didnt exist to begin with but was a known issue
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>> denied existed
>>>>>>>>> until pa bears last posting...thank you pa bear, you wont see me
>>>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>>> anymore now.
>>>>>>>>> i did mention this issue to ms in the surveys they sent me during
>>>>>>>>> the beta
>>>>>>>>> testing and i mentioned it again when i got the emails asking my
>>>>>>>>> opinion
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the rc and mentioned it again when asked what i felt needed to
>>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> worked on for the final release.
>>>>>>>>> if mentioning that kb article was done the first time i said
>>>>>>>>> "amount
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> connections" this posting of mine would have ended days ago and
>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>> of you
>>>>>>>>> would not have been so annoyed and irritated by me and i would
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> "gone
>>>>>>>>> away" as you so hoped i would.
>>>>>>>>> i see now that i should have included all this info in my first
>>>>>>>>> post, but
>>>>>>>>> that was MY FIRST POST EVER and just was ignorant to how to ask a
>>>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>>>> but i question if any of you would have believed me even then that
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>>> is an ie8 issue and not me doing something wrong.
>>>>>>>>> and now that my issue is resolved i shall "go away"
>>>>>>>>> and i hope i never have to ask for help here again
>>>>>>>>> and thank you all again for reading my annoying posts
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "rob^_^" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Je,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Great to hear you found a fix. We just want to know 'why'?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From your posts I had the impression that you had participated in
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> Win7
>>>>>>>>>> Beta testing program and also had an interest in asking the 'why'
>>>>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>>>> to diagnose and solve your own IE8 issues and to contribute to
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> community. It is one thing to find a fix or a cure that works,
>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>>> knowing the underlying cause, the efficacy of the fix will remain
>>>>>>>>>> uncertain.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "jedab" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:85553C1F-75F1-4EF5-9173-...
>>>>>>>>>>> thank you, pa bear.
>>>>>>>>>>> the link in your post has the fix i applied
>>>>>>>>>>> (MicrosoftFixIt50098.msi)
>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>>>> found it by looking at the ie8 support page for known issues and
>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>>>>> has disappeared. now ie8 works as i expected it to work.
>>>>>>>>>>> and rob posted for me a link to google that took me to a
>>>>>>>>>>> differnet web
>>>>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>>>>> with numerous links to instructions to change a setting in the
>>>>>>>>>>> registry
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> several explanations that had happened to be exactly my issue.
>>>>>>>>>>> i chose to do the microsoft fix instead of creating a .reg file
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>> registry.
>>>>>>>>>>> my problem is fixed and i wont continue to annoy all of you by
>>>>>>>>>>> refusing
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> see its an avg or add-on problem. if ie8 crashed i would agree
>>>>>>>>>>> with you
>>>>>>>>>>> all,
>>>>>>>>>>> but its never crashed, the problem was the number of connections
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>> your not believing me made me search microsoft for an answer and
>>>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> and i thank you all for forcing me to find my own solution.
>>>>>>>>>>> and to robert aldwinckle....one of the computers had no av at
>>>>>>>>>>> all, so
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> would not be possible for the avg linkscanner to have been the
>>>>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>> so thank you all for reading my posts even tho you found me
>>>>>>>>>>> annoying
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>> irritating.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> How do I configure Internet Explorer to download more than two
>>>>>>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>>>> time?
>>>>>>>>>>>> [Last Review: July 8, 2009 - Revision: 6.1]
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282402
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> jedab wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> i found the solution to my ie8 issue....on the microsoft
>>>>>>>>>>>>> corporation
>>>>>>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>>>>>> site...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .
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