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Since: Jul 09, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:24 am
Post subject: IE Vanishes
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I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
under a second, it closes again.
I suspect a virus. She has some spyware checkers. Nothing shows up.
What the heck is causing this?
I gave up at that point. Dont know what else to do....
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:45 am
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On 9 Jul 2007 06:27:02 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam RemoveThis @box.invalid>
wrote:
>thomas@nomail.com wrote:
>> I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
>> she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
>> immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
>> with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
>> she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
>> they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
>> reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
>> let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
>> then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
>> matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
>> under a second, it closes again.
>
>Great chance to introduce her to Firefox.
She already uses FF. But some online game she uses wont run on FF. I
should have also mentioned that her computer (a Pentium 4 - 2000mhz is
running incredibly slow. My 700mhz PIII is much faster. Once again,
it has to be a virus, but what? She has some anti-virus software and
nothing showed up. I dont know what she is running for anti-virus. I
did not bother to look. She already ran all the scans before I got
there. I know she has spybot though. I saw it on the list. |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:47 am
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On 9 Jul 2007 06:27:02 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam.TakeThisOut@box.invalid>
wrote:
>thomas@nomail.com wrote:
>> I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
>> she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
>> immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
>> with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
>> she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
>> they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
>> reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
>> let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
>> then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
>> matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
>> under a second, it closes again.
>
>Great chance to introduce her to Firefox.
I should also mention that we had to use FF to download the install
for IE7. Obviously because IE wont load (and stay loaded). >> Stay informed about: IE Vanishes |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:27 am
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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thomas DeleteThis @nomail.com wrote:
> I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
> she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
> immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
> with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
> she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
> they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
> reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
> let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
> then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
> matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
> under a second, it closes again.
Great chance to introduce her to Firefox.
--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html >> Stay informed about: IE Vanishes |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:57 am
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Are you in the us or uk?
<thomas.RemoveThis@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:9jk393lejtko87p3v583lnb4nrgosth0q1@4ax.com...
>I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
> she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
> immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
> with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
> she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
> they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
> reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
> let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
> then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
> matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
> under a second, it closes again.
>
> I suspect a virus. She has some spyware checkers. Nothing shows up.
>
> What the heck is causing this?
> I gave up at that point. Dont know what else to do....
>
> Anyone?
>
> >> Stay informed about: IE Vanishes |
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Posts: 125
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:00 am
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:24:00 -0500, thomas.TakeThisOut@nomail.com put finger to
keyboard and composed:
>I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
>she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
>immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
>with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
>she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
>they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
>reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
>let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
>then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
>matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
>under a second, it closes again.
>
>I suspect a virus. She has some spyware checkers. Nothing shows up.
>
>What the heck is causing this?
>I gave up at that point. Dont know what else to do....
>
>Anyone?
Run msconfig.exe and msinfo32.exe and look for suspicious entries in
the Startup or Software Environment sections.
Otherwise try reposting to a newsgroup in the microsoft.public
hierarchy.
- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. >> Stay informed about: IE Vanishes |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:38 pm
Post subject: Re: IE Vanishes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On 9 Jul, 07:45, tho....RemoveThis@nomail.com wrote:
> On 9 Jul 2007 06:27:02 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.s....RemoveThis@box.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >tho...@nomail.com wrote:
> >> I was just visiting a friend who is running XP (home edition). When
> >> she opens Intenet Explorer (IE6), it flashes on the screen and
> >> immediately closes again. I run Win98 by preference, so I am no whiz
> >> with XP, but I can work my way thru it. I removed several toolbars
> >> she had, removed all sorts of oddball programs she did not know where
> >> they came from or were unwanted. Then I uninstalled IE and
> >> reinstalled it. None of this helped. She has System mechanic so I
> >> let it repair the registry. Rebooted. Still the same problem. I
> >> then downloaded IE7 and installed it. Still the same problem. No
> >> matter what I do, as soon as I click on the IE icon, it opens and in
> >> under a second, it closes again.
>
> >Great chance to introduce her to Firefox.
>
> She already uses FF. But some online game she uses wont run on FF. I
> should have also mentioned that her computer (a Pentium 4 - 2000mhz is
> running incredibly slow. My 700mhz PIII is much faster. Once again,
> it has to be a virus, but what? She has some anti-virus software and
> nothing showed up. I dont know what she is running for anti-virus. I
> did not bother to look. She already ran all the scans before I got
> there. I know she has spybot though. I saw it on the list.
Backup her Data and reformat & reinstall XP? >> Stay informed about: IE Vanishes |
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