i sometimes have to open and close it 4 or 5 times before it connects to the internet
i dont have any problems with firefox or chrome
i have avg free antivirus, ms defender, and regular windows firewall

this happened with IE6 and now IE8,
what could be causing this annoying problem?

1/12/2010 11:40:33 PM

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"Internet explorer"

this

1/13/2010 12:01:31 AM

try returning those redbox discs to see if that helps

1/13/2010 12:06:55 AM

who cares

use chrome

1/13/2010 12:35:25 AM

sounds like no one wants to address the issue
i wish i could just use chrome but some stuff still doesnt work right in chrome, & firefox's flash video always has problems
so IE is a necessity

1/13/2010 2:35:51 AM

Try running a few good malware removal tools -- the ones you listed are basically crap.

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

1/13/2010 6:33:34 AM

avg works well....... enough

1/13/2010 9:22:06 AM

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"[quote]Internet explorer"

this[/quote]

1/13/2010 9:40:30 AM

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"lafta: IE is a necessity"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/ms_confirms_ie_bug/

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"Microsoft has confirmed that an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability makes it potentially dangerous to press F1 if you are running earlier versions of Windows."

Since you can't get rid of IE ... may I then suggest that you don't hit that F1 button for help anymore?

Such an appropriate title, haha



[Edited on March 3, 2010 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

3/3/2010 11:51:46 AM

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"Internet explorer only never works sometimes"

fixed.

Also:

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"sounds like no one wants to address the issue i wish i could just use chrome but some stuff still doesnt work right in chrome, & firefox's flash video always has problems so IE is a necessity"

The only thing that doesn't work right in any browser other than IE is Outlook Web Access...and thats because Microsoft intentionally gimped OWA in all browsers except IE and require you to use IE to do any tasks other than read email.

[Edited on March 3, 2010 at 12:24 PM. Reason : .]

3/3/2010 12:22:40 PM

IE is the only good browser except for maybe opera. everything else is shit and if you think web "development" is the future you are shit.

3/3/2010 12:42:50 PM

I'm starting to think Shaggy == lafta? Judging this off of both of their posting trends.

3/3/2010 12:44:43 PM

I can vouch for legitimate cases where IE6/7/8 has to work, even if Firefox, Chrome, Opera whatever are available as alternatives.

The only thing I can think of is a proxy configuration setup in IE that's not setup in Firefox or Chrome. Either that or malware, but with ms defender running, that's less likely the case.

3/3/2010 5:28:18 PM

Firefox + IE Tab's addin = problem solved.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

[Edited on March 4, 2010 at 9:11 AM. Reason : Link to Addin]

3/4/2010 9:10:28 AM

Lafta, do you have Google Toolbar (or any of the other 3rd party toolbars for IE for that matter)?

I used to have a problem where my IE on my work computer wouldn't open sometimes and would just sit silently in the background (sometimes took 4-5 clicks to get one to stick). After uninstalling Google Toolbar, it was fine.

Ok, so maybe its not the exact same problem, but its similar enough (problems initially loading the Window) to warrant a look.

3/4/2010 11:53:31 AM

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"The only thing that doesn't work right in any browser other than IE is Outlook Web Access...and thats because Microsoft intentionally gimped OWA in all browsers except IE and require you to use IE to do any tasks other than read email."

exchange 2010.
i was pleasantly surprised.

3/4/2010 10:09:38 PM