Browsers: Can I rant a little. . .
IE7 problems
by hikergirl - 4/26/07 3:25 PM In reply to: No Problems with IE7 by sunwatcherHi! May I jump in & give you my problems w/IE7?
When first turning on the CPU, it took quite some time for desktop to come up. When I finally got to desktop & clicked on IE7 icon, it took at least 4 tries to connect to the Net. When I finally got there, it took some time for Google Home Page to come up.
At some point, I got End Program mshta.exe: This program is not responding, return to Windows and check status of Program.
While typing, every word would jump to the right, as if in flush right mode, but I was in full justification. Only when I did a hard return did the words form a paragraph in full justification.
The CPU continually made grinding sounds and orange light would flash the entire time.
When I tried to log off, I got: iexplore.exe Application Error - The exception unknown software exception (OxOeedfade) occurred in the application at location Ox7c812a5b. When I clicked off that message, I got: Runtime error 217@0297FB4A. Another time I got: 217X02A4FB4A.
At some point, I got End Program and up came another message that began with Cicero...
Enough said. A pro told me to try & get IE6 back or go to Firefox. Just can't find IE6 as a free download for XP Pro. One of the people replying to this forum said the service packs can be used on XP Pro. If I have a problem after doing that, I'll have another problem to post.
I like IE7 so much that I dumped Firefox.
by john55440 - 4/21/07 10:08 AM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusI like IE7's interface and features, and for me it has been problem free.
I can't imagine why anyone would want to stick with feature-inferior, security-inferior IE6.
Anyway, I love IE7's interface, prefer the default way that it handles RSS feeds, like the Quick Tabs function, like the New Tab function, and more. And, like Firefox, it now offers Tabbed Browsing and Shrink To Fit printing.
For instance at the office we have Windows 2000.
by R. Proffitt
- 4/21/07 10:15 AM
In reply to: I like IE7 so much that I dumped Firefox. by john55440
So Microsoft didn't issue IE 7 for us so it's IE 6.
At least it still works with Windows Update so we use other browsers for those websites other than Windows Update.
With thousands of machines running Windows 2000 why should we change now?
Bob
I'm not Happy RE IE7 or Office 2007 Either
by frank_wood - 4/21/07 3:38 PM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusI am unhappy with IE7 - and I say that as someone who normally uses Firefox. Unfortunately, 1) Firefox has occasional problems - hangs up while downloading certain PDFs; 2) Microsoft forces you into having some version of IE - you can't download updates via Firefox, for example. That by itself is a good reason to hate IE.
Specific problems I have had with IE7:
1) installed it on a laptop running Windows XP Home SP2. It simply would not connect to the internet. Had to back it out - but the back out worked just fine. Into every life some sunshine must fall.
2) Bought a new HP desktop in January 2007 that had Windows Media Center on it and IE6. Unfortunately, IE6 would freeze up every couple of hours. (And by "freeze up" I mean it does nothing, wil not respond and gets no processor cycles. When I kill it, it won't respond, and I file yet another problem report with Microsoft.) Same thing happens with IE7 but much less frequently. Of course there is never any response back from Microsoft
3) Went to the Office 2007 Kickoff to get the free permanently licensed copy of Office Professional because I thought it was going to do great stuff re XML.Didn't.Instead, it seems unable to converse with IE7. For example, I go into help, look up a word, get a list of hits, click on a likely looking one, and get a message back saying "THIS PAGE IS UNAVAILABLE" and a list of possible choices (which does not include, "tell us why you think this might be a Microsoft problem"; it does include "Show Offline Content" which usually brings up the required material.) Same thing happens in Excel and Word 2007. The thing that suggests an interface problem between
Office 2007 and IE7 is that if I capture the indicated URL by cutting and pasting and cutting and pasting again into Firefox, the link works fine. Well, I must admit that I didn't pay for it. But you would think Microsoft would be clever enough not to pass out crap to people who are liable to say it's crap and influence buying decisons.
4) So I have this access database that includes an OLE field in which I have stored downloaded HTML pages. Worked fine in office 2000 with IE6, does not work after converting to Office 2007 and IE7 as the default browser. Even created-from-scratch-under-Office 2007 databases do not like OLE HTML documents. Even more strangely, Access 2007 does not like OLE Word 2007 documents. Same thing happens.
So my conclusions are 1)The good news may be that because IE7 is free, Microsoft may have decided to transfer programming and testing and ? resources from IE7 to finish off all the other late things on their delivery list. And kicked IE7 out the back door, hoping for the best, and particularly cutting short on testing with respect to XP products.
2)The bad news may be that Microsoft has quality control problems even more severe than in the recent past.
Well, who knows? Although I am sure we will find out, probably gto our regrert. But I do know that although I have received my upgrade-to-Vista cd I think I will hold in place. And think more carefully about an Apple the next time. Who needs this crap?
About that PDF issue. My problem vanished when I...
by R. Proffitt - 4/21/07 3:44 PM
In reply to: I'm not Happy RE IE7 or Office 2007 Either by frank_wood
Uninstall all versions and remnants of Acrobat. I installed Foxit's PDF reader and now it works fine.
Try that if you want. You can always reinstall Adobe's Acrobat again if you want to.
Bob
IE 7 PROBLEMS
by catspaw1 - 4/22/07 4:28 AM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusTo whom it may concern,
I am most interested in your advice regarding
the return to IE 6. I installed IE 7 because I
thought it was the thing to do at the time.Now
I have so many problems,even a technician has
not been able to remove it,and has installed
MOZILLA FIREFOX on my PC. HOW do I go back to
IE 6? I use a Notebook,compaq nx9030,with
Windows XP.
Thanking you for your time,and patience,
TRAVELCAT.
Amazing advice from Microsofty.
by R. Proffitt - 4/22/07 7:41 AM
In reply to: IE 7 PROBLEMS by catspaw1
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/03/20/ie6-vpc-refresh-now-available.aspx
There you go. IE6... Only 30.4 MB to 60.9 MB download for the VPC and how much for the image?
Gah!
Bob
TO AMAZING ADVICE FROM MICROSOFTY...
by bea123 - 4/22/07 5:00 PM In reply to: Amazing advice from Microsofty. by R. Proffitt
THAT WAS NICE OF YOU TO HELP HER WITH THAT. I HAD IE7 ALSO, SORRY TO SAY, I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS ALSO??? IT TOOK MY COMPUTER REPAIR GUY,TO RETURN ME BACK TO IE6 AND I'M STICKIN WITH IT. AS LONG AS IT WORKS, DON'T FIX IT,RIGHT??? HOW ABOUT IT>>>ALL YOU CAR GUYS OUT THERE??? LOL
BEA
IE 7 PROBLEMS
by catspaw1 - 4/23/07 6:11 AM In reply to: Amazing advice from Microsofty. by R. Proffitt
Dear Bob,
Many thanks for your help and advice.I am now
in the process of acting on this,and hope I am
on the right track.It must be wonderful to know
so much about computers! I know VERY little.but
am trying to learn. Thanks again,
Regards,TRAVELCAT.
returning a "Rant"
by D_Arsonval - 4/23/07 7:24 PM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusThe beauty of all and any forum available via this amazing/slash/incredible
computer medium known as the Internet is the option to say, and expose our intelligence whenever, and wherever it may be at the moment.
I really like the post by LionsMike titled “While you are at it…”
I had trouble with a few things dealing with a computer in my travels as well.
I didn’t throw the thing in the dumpster though.
Anything New is uncharted territory.
It’s awkward, it’s embarrassing, it’s difficult, it’s exciting.
I went from Windows 3.11 to Windows 98SE.
I went from Windows 98SE to Windows Vista Ultimate.
(Patting myself on the back) cough, cough hack, hack.
Ya, I have issues with portions of lots of programs that don’t unfold
like a fantasy out of a cereal box.
I struggle with `em. Work with `em, and eventually figure them out, like most
all of you have.
Didn’t a famous philosopher once say that “…people believe, or disbelieve
when they are too lazy to think.”?
Thank goodness when I’m that way, I’ve got this forum here at CNET
to help me along.
And yes! I will politely bash the complexity of Office 2007 until I figure
out the portions of it that mean something to me.
Blame leading technology/arrangements for your plight if you want.
In the end, it’ll be you and me relying on `em, and enjoying `em.
Darn! More learning! Again?
Enjoying all the banter,
John
IE7 best browser I've ever used
by Razzl - 4/24/07 12:04 PM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusInternet Explorer 7 is the best browser I've used. Tabbed browsing is the best way to manage open windows, and IE7 actually does it better than Firefox, which doesn't give you the "blank" tab at the end for quickly calling up a new one. Also, the "print preview" function lets you see all your pages and scale them up or down to save paper. The "tools" dropdown menu lets you make those common quick adjustments like temporarily turning off your popup blocker.
No, there's no reward in shutting yourself off from something good just because you've had bad experiences in the past. IE7 is the best web browser out there, period.
concur on IE7
by paultaut - 4/26/07 12:42 PM In reply to: IE7 best browser I've ever used by RazzlI really don't understand the problems occuring on other computers....
Unless none of them use a registry cleaner to remove the leftovers from other search engines...???
IE7
by hikergirl - 4/25/07 3:59 PM In reply to: Can I rant a little. . . by CoryphaeusI, too, have tried IE7 - what a nightmare. I was seeing images of having to replace the computer. I had to replace it with Firefox. Since I have Windows XP Professional, do you know if IE6 is still available for it in free download? (Microsoft reps don't seem to understand English) There are lots of opportunities for the service packs but not for XP Pro. I want IE6 back, only because I love Yahoo! PhotoMail; all other suggestions are useless. Can one of the IE6 service packs be substituted in XP Pro?
You can revert back to IE6
by MarkFlax - 4/26/07 3:45 AM
In reply to: IE7 by hikergirl
Hi hikergirl.
You should be able to revert back to IE6. Just goto the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and scroll down to "Windows Internet Explorer 7". and remove it from there. IE6 will then be re-installed automatically.
Mark
IE6
by hikergirl - 4/26/07 5:43 AM In reply to: You can revert back to IE6 by MarkFlax
IE6 was deleted when IE7 was installed. IE7 was deleted when Firefox was installed. IE6 no longer exists anywhere in my system. But thanks. Unless you know that a service pack version of IE6 can be used instead, with the XP Pro. That seems to be all that is now available.
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