HELP! (IE) - Solved.... Now a new problem!

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:42 pm

I don't use very IE often, but when I open it nothing happens

I mean nothing, no page will load or even start to load. I've reset defaults, turned off Internet Security etc. WTF! Never had anything like this before. Also, if I switch rendering engine to IE in Firefox, nothing happens.

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:49 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I don't use very IE often, but when I open it nothing happens I mean nothing, no page will load or even start to load. I've reset defaults, turned off Internet Security etc. WTF! Never had anything like this before. Also, if I switch rendering engine to IE in Firefox, nothing happens.

can you open local html files in it?

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:50 pm

I can

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:51 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:I can

well, to me that would suggest that IEs connection settings have got screwed.
You've got firefox though aint ya

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:38 am

If you have IE7 on you can tell it to Diagnose Connection problems in the tools menu, that may or may not help

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:27 am

I may have to download it. When does it come as an auto update?
This is very annoying. I'm not usually defeated by such a problem but I just can't get it to work :oops:

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:36 pm

Auto update is sometime next month, if you want to download it just get it now rather than wait for auto update, I am hoping that by the time the auto update arrives a few minor bugs will have been fixed

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:05 pm

Donloaded IE7. No change. :evil:

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:06 pm

Don't know then

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:07 pm

Last diagnostic run time: 10/25/06 14:06:20 HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity

info HTTP: Successfully connected to www.microsoft.com.
info HTTPS: Successfully connected to www.microsoft.com.
info FTP (Passive): Successfully connected to ftp.microsoft.com.

IE7 says I'm connected :?

I have no idea what the hell is going on but it's annoying

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:16 pm

Working very well here

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:17 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Working very well here

And on the other 4 computers in the house. Something wrong on this computer. Too weird.

UBT - PaulC · Post by **UBT - PaulC** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:12 pm

try resetting the winsock - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
also try flushing out the dns with ipconfig /flushdns

thats all i can think of just now, worth a shot.

Paul

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:00 pm

Thanks, but it didn't work

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:05 pm

have you rebooted?

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:30 pm

Yes, after installing IE7 and then again after uninstalling it. I did full spyware scans too. I'm completely stumped :shock:

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:34 pm

And I suppose I should say, it never even says 'Page cannot be displayed, it's just white and the flag is still moving to signify loading, but nothing happens. I left it on for hours, still loading nothing.

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:44 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:And I suppose I should say, it never even says 'Page cannot be displayed, it's just white and the flag is still moving to signify loading, but nothing happens. I left it on for hours, still loading nothing.

Time to install Linux

I don't know what else it could be. I know the reset winsock thing worked for my brother-in-law when he lost browsing capability. Just try googling your symptoms and see if you can find anything.

UBT - PaulT · Post by **UBT - PaulT** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:45 pm

Sound like what PaulC posted may be the problem.

If running Win XP with SP2 open Command Prompt (Start/All Programs/Accessories) and type netsh winsock reset into the DOS window that appears.

Win XP without SP2 download and run winsockxpfix

Other versions of windows download and run lspfix (you need to have winsock 2 installed if running Win95)

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:52 pm

UBT - PaulT wrote:Sound like what PaulC posted may be the problem.

If running Win XP with SP2 open Command Prompt (Start/All Programs/Accessories) and type netsh winsock reset into the DOS window that appears.

I did it, it asked me to restart, and still no improvement. Very odd. I'll do some more googling.

Thanks for the input, all! :D

UBT - PaulT · Post by **UBT - PaulT** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:11 pm

Will IE open ftp sites?

Try http://ftp.suse.com/

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:15 pm

It's ok, problem solved

And in a quite a simple way :oops: I just went to 'add or remove windows components' and removed then added it. Now it works :oops:

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:18 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:It's ok, problem solved And in a quite a simple way :oops: I just went to 'add or remove windows components' and removed then added it. Now it works :oops:

Simple, maybe, but not very intuitive. Maybe you should post a solution for the guys on that forum

Stupid MS :evil:

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:19 pm

Oh for God's sake :roll: When I open IE the uk MSN home page loads, but if I click any favourites, it just opens Firefox and laods them there :lol:

And if I type ANY address, it just opens a tab over in Firefox

But to be honest, I don't care

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:22 pm

FF 2.0 ?

What's your default browser?

Sounds like FF is taking "open links in a new tab" a bit too far

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:23 pm

James Box wrote:

FF 2.0 ?

What's your default browser?

Sounds like FF is taking "open links in a new tab" a bit too far

Yep FF 2.0 just downloaded it today. It's quite amusing actually

If I ever need IE I'll just switch rendering engine in FF to IE, that works 8)

UBT - PaulC · Post by **UBT - PaulC** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:57 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:Oh for God's sake :roll: When I open IE the uk MSN home page loads, but if I click any favourites, it just opens Firefox and laods them there :lol:

And if I type ANY address, it just opens a tab over in Firefox

I would make a point of checking all your file types in explorer.

open up windows explorer -> tools -> file types tab.

and just check to see what you have in there for htm, html, aspx etc
Something may have got corrupt.

Paul

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