Internet Explorer problem

[dazza66aus]

Hi there. I have just spent the last couple of hours reformatting my hard drives and reinstalling my windows xp pro. I have done all the latest upgrades including IE7 and its updates. When I open Internet Explorer for use all I get is a blank whit screen with the toolbars and icons. It Hangs big time and i ctrl-alt-del and close iexplorer.exe. I have used Firefox no problem. If I add/remove components and delete IE7 and run the earlier version no problems, but then it wants to reinstal and I get back to same problem. Has anyone had this problem???

My pc is a Quad core 6600 with 4GB ram and 2x160 sata hdd's +

I am using 8800gts video card... would any of this stuff have any relevance to problem. I have just built it a week or so ago...

Appreciate anyone who may have an answer.

thanks

Darren

:D

[Irene]

Hello dazza66aus.

Welcome to the forum. :D

I don't have anything very complex to suggest, but I presume you selected the correct OS from the drop-down list?

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[-pops-]

Do you have an anti-virus program installed and running?

It used to be that it was almost impossible to connect to the Internet for more than a few minutes or seconds with a new installation without becoming infected with worms/viruses. This may be the case with you.

[AlanHo]

Have you installed a scanner with Scansoft omnipage version 14 or before - this corrupts IE7

[Dencandy]

Hello dazza66aus. I, too, had horrible problems with the first version of IE7 when it was released earlier this year. It only ran smoothly 3 times out of 5. It was particularly galling as Microsoft billed it as an "essential" update. After a month of frustration I uninstalled it and IE6 kicked back in. If you browse some other forums you'll read that problems with IE7 were faily common earlier this year.

A couple of weeks ago MS released an updated version which they said was radically improved. I downloaded it and so far not a single problem; everything running smoothly and a noticeable increase in speed compared with IE6. As well as other extras, like tabbed browsing, etc.

Do you have this latest version, or the first one with upgrades? If the latter, I suggest you uninstall it (not just disable it) and have a look at Microsoft's IE7 website. There's a lot of handy information there and what looks like a useful help page. Then download the newest version and see if it runs properly. If you've already done all these things, dazza66aus, and still have the problem then you'll need more experienced advice than I can give.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Hi there. I have just spent the last couple of hours reformatting my hard drives and reinstalling my windows xp pro.

Every other day there is somebody having problems after reformatting and reinstalling Windows. Why reinstalling Windows all the time? If it "needs" to be refreshed for some reason, why not restore from a good backup?

I have Windows XP installed since its initial release 6 years ago, and I never had a "need" to reinstall. (Or restore a backup.)

P.S. yes, reinstalling Windows was a fact of life with 9x, but definitely not with NT-based systems.

[Dencandy]

Hi there. I have just spent the last couple of hours reformatting my hard drives and reinstalling my windows xp pro.

Every other day there is somebody having problems after reformatting and reinstalling Windows. Why reinstalling Windows all the time? If it "needs" to be refreshed for some reason, why not restore from a good backup?

I have Windows XP installed since its initial release 6 years ago, and I never had a "need" to reinstall. (Or restore a backup.)

I agree completely, Pat Willener. Reformatting and reinstalling should be the last resort, partly because, contrary to popular belief, reformatting doesn't wipe the disc clean; mainly it only makes it inaccessable to most users. Computer forensic experts can recover files even from reformatted and some securely deleted disks - as was shown during the investigations into former President Clinton's alleged improprieties. This means that plenty of data is left on the disc which can be a source of corruption after a reinstallation.

There are other methods which should always be applied before taking the drastic step of reformatting. These include:

1 System Restore

2 Last Known Good Configuration

3 Recovery Console for Repair

4 Automatic System Recovery using Back-ups.

Above all, prevention is better than cure. This means using tried & tested security products and using systematic maintenance to regularly check your disk(s), system, files, etc.

Of course, if these and other methods fail then reformatting & reinstalling can be used as a last resort, as members of this Forum know.

I, too, have never had to do a re-installation with XP in 6 years, despite having some baffling problems from time to time.

Perhaps someone could start a thread on good maintenance techniques to help prevent problems from occurring in the first place?