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| Thread ID: 86355 | 2008-01-14 02:02:00 | IE7 Won't talk to the Internet | delta whiskey (11493) | Press F1 |
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| 630079 | 2008-01-14 02:02:00 | Hi My IE7 program has suddenly decided it will not connect to the internet. The program opens normally to a blank page (my default), but when a URL is entered it says "connecting" and just sits there doing nothing else except filling in the progress bar at the bottom. (No activity on the modem traffic lights) Luckily I have Firefox but need IE7 for Windows updates. I have uninstalled the program and done a fresh install off the last PC world disk, but of course now it will not complete the portions of the install that require internet access as it is still behaving as I've described above. Any hints or tips gratefully accepted including how to access Windows update etc from Firefox if that's possible. Then I'd toss the thing away!! Cheers Dave Orcon ADSL internet ASUS M2N Motherboard AMD 4800 Dual Core 2 Gb Memory ASUS NVidia 8600 GT Video Card |
delta whiskey (11493) | ||
| 630080 | 2008-01-14 02:11:00 | Reset IE. Tools / Internet options / advanced tab / reset. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 630081 | 2008-01-14 02:17:00 | Can you access the MS updates using the IE Tab addon for Firefox? Give that a try, it might work. Then goodbye IE7:D | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 630082 | 2008-01-14 02:50:00 | IE7 completely trashed my IE6 which apart from having no Tabs was OK. Nothing to stop you getting updates with Firefox, only not automatic. I prefer this as I believe " if it aint broke, don't fix it! ". You choose the updates you want, not Bill! The IE add on may work, havn't bothered to try it. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 630083 | 2008-01-14 02:54:00 | You'll need IEtab, and maybe the WGA plugin for FF. These do work, I use it for Windowsupdate and the MS download site. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 630084 | 2008-01-14 21:58:00 | Hi Thanks to all who replied - about to waste another sunny day on this Grrrrh Cheers Dave |
delta whiskey (11493) | ||
| 630085 | 2008-01-14 23:05:00 | Try the update from Start/Help/Pick-a-task. It doesn't seem to need IE. | linw (53) | ||
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