IE7 will not start after upgrade from XPSP2 to Vista Ultimate. Cannot
activate product or connect to Update, etc. svhost stops running - no details.

Help please!

Thanks,

EdC wrote:
> IE7 will not start after upgrade from XPSP2 to Vista Ultimate. Cannot
> activate product or connect to Update, etc. svhost stops running - no details.

Others have posted similar problems here. Did you install IE7 on XP
before the upgrade? As far as I can tell, the problem seems to be
that the IE7 for XP is not compatible with Vista. But I don't have
any details either.

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:10:53 -0800, Don <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>EdC wrote:
>> IE7 will not start after upgrade from XPSP2 to Vista Ultimate. Cannot
>> activate product or connect to Update, etc. svhost stops running - no details.
>
>Others have posted similar problems here. Did you install IE7 on XP
>before the upgrade? As far as I can tell, the problem seems to be
>that the IE7 for XP is not compatible with Vista. But I don't have
>any details either.

I had IE7 running on XP Pro because the Windows update wizard offered
and installed it. Seemed to work fine. Since I did a install in place
of Vista, IE7 still seems to be working fine, however I suspect the
Vista installer overwrote the XP version where necessary. About the
only difference seems to be you can no longer uninstall IE 7 once
Vista is up and successfully running since it is more intergraded into
the OS apparently.

IE worked great on this PC - but on my wifes - I had the problem. I fixed it
or at this point woked around it by disabling user account control in the
user section of control panel.

Thanks.
EdC

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:10:53 -0800, Don <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >EdC wrote:
> >> IE7 will not start after upgrade from XPSP2 to Vista Ultimate. Cannot
> >> activate product or connect to Update, etc. svhost stops running - no details.
> >
> >Others have posted similar problems here. Did you install IE7 on XP
> >before the upgrade? As far as I can tell, the problem seems to be
> >that the IE7 for XP is not compatible with Vista. But I don't have
> >any details either.
>
> I had IE7 running on XP Pro because the Windows update wizard offered
> and installed it. Seemed to work fine. Since I did a install in place
> of Vista, IE7 still seems to be working fine, however I suspect the
> Vista installer overwrote the XP version where necessary. About the
> only difference seems to be you can no longer uninstall IE 7 once
> Vista is up and successfully running since it is more intergraded into
> the OS apparently.
>
>
>