history panel problems

[Keith Campbell]

Usually the first time I open IE after a reboot, the history panel is blank.
If I click on the upper part of the white portion of the panel, I can
sometimes get the current day heading ( Tuesday if it's Tuesday etc), but no
actual history for that day. If I close the browser, clear the temp internet
files through control panel, reopen the browser, the history usually
displays properly, including past history. This only works temporaraly, the
problem reoccurs.

So far, I've uninstalled ie 6, which reverted me back to 5.5 sp2, same
problem. Re-installing 6 sp1 did not resolve this. Uninstalled AV program,
no joy. Ran spybot, did online scan, defrag, scan disk. Problem started
about 5 days ago.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Keith

win 98se, ie6 sp1, oe6, avast! pro 4.7.844, sygate 5.5

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
If you're sure that your antivirus program was disabled/uninstalled [
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819257 ] I would
next try deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files *folders* New
folders will be created on restart. See the instructions for Win98 at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm "Win98 users that need to delete
the Temporary Internet Files"

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Keith Campbell]

Thanks for the reply. I wll try this and post back the results, no matter
what they are.
Keith

Hi,
If you're sure that your antivirus program was disabled/uninstalled [
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819257 ] I would
next try deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files *folders* New
folders will be created on restart. See the instructions for Win98 at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm "Win98 users that need to delete
the Temporary Internet Files"

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Usually the first time I open IE after a reboot, the history panel is blank.
If I click on the upper part of the white portion of the panel, I can
sometimes get the current day heading ( Tuesday if it's Tuesday etc),

but

no
actual history for that day. If I close the browser, clear the temp internet
files through control panel, reopen the browser, the history usually
displays properly, including past history. This only works temporaraly, the
problem reoccurs.

So far, I've uninstalled ie 6, which reverted me back to 5.5 sp2, same
problem. Re-installing 6 sp1 did not resolve this. Uninstalled AV program,
no joy. Ran spybot, did online scan, defrag, scan disk. Problem started
about 5 days ago.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Keith

win 98se, ie6 sp1, oe6, avast! pro 4.7.844, sygate 5.5

 

[Keith Campbell]

That seems to have sorted it out. However, I had to do the routine twice.

The first time, things nothing really changed. The last three day headings
(thursday, friday and today) where still diaplayed, but with no actual
history.

The second try had better results. Thursday to Saturday was displayed, again
empty, but "today" started showing history. After numerous reboots, it
appears to be still working.
Thanks for your help
Keith

Hi,
If you're sure that your antivirus program was disabled/uninstalled [
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819257 ] I would
next try deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files *folders* New
folders will be created on restart. See the instructions for Win98 at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm "Win98 users that need to delete
the Temporary Internet Files"

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Usually the first time I open IE after a reboot, the history panel is blank.
If I click on the upper part of the white portion of the panel, I can
sometimes get the current day heading ( Tuesday if it's Tuesday etc),

but

no
actual history for that day. If I close the browser, clear the temp internet
files through control panel, reopen the browser, the history usually
displays properly, including past history. This only works temporaraly, the
problem reoccurs.

So far, I've uninstalled ie 6, which reverted me back to 5.5 sp2, same
problem. Re-installing 6 sp1 did not resolve this. Uninstalled AV program,
no joy. Ran spybot, did online scan, defrag, scan disk. Problem started
about 5 days ago.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Keith

win 98se, ie6 sp1, oe6, avast! pro 4.7.844, sygate 5.5

 

[Don Varnau]

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

That seems to have sorted it out. However, I had to do the routine twice.

The first time, things nothing really changed. The last three day headings
(thursday, friday and today) where still diaplayed, but with no actual
history.

The second try had better results. Thursday to Saturday was displayed, again
empty, but "today" started showing history. After numerous reboots, it
appears to be still working.
Thanks for your help
Keith

Hi,
If you're sure that your antivirus program was disabled/uninstalled [
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819257 ] I would
next try deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files *folders* New
folders will be created on restart. See the instructions for Win98 at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm "Win98 users that need to delete
the Temporary Internet Files"

Usually the first time I open IE after a reboot, the history panel is blank.
If I click on the upper part of the white portion of the panel, I can
sometimes get the current day heading ( Tuesday if it's Tuesday etc), but no
actual history for that day. If I close the browser, clear the temp internet
files through control panel, reopen the browser, the history usually
displays properly, including past history. This only works temporaraly,
the problem reoccurs.

So far, I've uninstalled ie 6, which reverted me back to 5.5 sp2, same
problem. Re-installing 6 sp1 did not resolve this. Uninstalled AV program,
no joy. Ran spybot, did online scan, defrag, scan disk. Problem started
about 5 days ago.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Keith

win 98se, ie6 sp1, oe6, avast! pro 4.7.844, sygate 5.5