Problems with IE6 after uninstalling IE7 Beta3

After uninstalling IE7 Beta3 over add/remove Programs I returned to IE6 SP2.
I have a strange behaviour with IE6. It always tell me to be in Offline mode
and
If I would like to connect to the internet. But I have an activ internet
connection.
When I close IE6 window and open a new one, sometimes it works an I have
a internet connection, sometimes not.

In Windows Media Player 10 I can't get an internet connection at all. Works
without problems before installing IE7.

Any ideas? Thanks. Oliver

 

Use System Restore to go back to before you installed IE7.
I tried IE7 Beta but didn't like it, and I had no problems after
uninstalling it.
Regards Mike.

 

Internet Explorer Starts in Offline Mode and Remains Offline
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q180/9/46.asp



HOWTO: Set Work Offline as the Default for Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q195/7/30.asp



Error Message When You Try to Use Internet Explorer: No Connection to the
Internet Is Currently Available
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q303346

Unable to gain access to internet sites when 'dial whenever a network
connection is not present' setting is enabled with ADSL/DSL
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240808



Also, as advised by Robert Aldwinckle (Robert has been kind enough to let me
reproduce his advice here ... thanks Robert) regarding this problem with
cable/DSL:



"The usual explanation is that the DSL software is PPPoE which only
provides a connection once it is started. To IE/OE it looks like a
dial-up link which hasn't been started and an ambiguous state. Does the user
want to connect (Try Again) or work offline?

There are various workarounds. If your OS is Windows 2000 you could try:

Cannot Connect to Internet Using Shared DSL Connection and PPPoE [Q306947]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306947

If your DSL software has a feature called Dial-on-Demand this site
suggests that IE likes it better
http://www.carricksolutions.com/am.htm#3

That link is specifically meant for Sympatico users but I think that there
may be other services mentioned on the site. In any case it may give you a
new idea.

More general solutions are given on this site
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/faq/5.+Troubleshooting#357

If your DSL software is a version of Enternet both sites warn that you need
to make sure that you have the latest version. That is one of the things
mentioned on this page (further down from that item)...."


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Hi Mike,

Windows XP was not able to make a system restore before installing IE7 Beta3.

Regards
Oliver

 

I found the solution to my problem:

My internet provider in germany is T-Online.
T-Online provides a special software called "T-Online Startcenter" to
establish
an internet connection. After the connection is established, I can start MS
Internet
Explorer, MS Outlook, MS Media Player, etc.

After installing IE7 Beta3 in the internet options on the folder
"Connections" under
"Dial-up and Virtual Private Network settings" the option "Always dial my
default connection" was set.

That was wrong! It must be set to "Never dial a connection", because the
connection already exists.

Changing this setting everything is working well again. With IE6 ;-)