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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.

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?

I can

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

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

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:

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

Donloaded IE7. No change.  :evil:

Don't know then

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

Working very well here

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

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

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

Thanks, but it didn't work  

have you rebooted?

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

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.

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.

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)

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

Will IE open ftp sites?

Try http://ftp.suse.com/

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:

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:

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

FF 2.0 ?

What's your default browser?

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

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)

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