IE strange behaviour

[Alec]

Hi
I had a copy of IE6 SP2 (I think) running on a PC and it was misbehaving:

1. There was no information provided in the "about" screen ie no version
etc etc (that's why I am not 100% sure what the version was!)
2. Certain websites were not being shown correctly eg
www.national.com.au, where the top graghic was not being shown (this
happened on other sites as well, but not all and not all graphics)
3. Javascript hyperlinks were simply not working ie click them and
nothing happened
4. Pop ups were not happening, despite pop-up blocker being off, off, off!!

To try to resolve these strange issues, I downloaded IE7Beta3, and I
thought, wow, this looks good, tabbed browsing, all new look etc etc,
but, bugger me, exactly the same behaviour is happening with this new
version.

So, it can't be the version, it must be something else. I have looked
hard (and removed) viruses etc etc, and I now have 2 antivirus packages
working in the background, with no obvious pick up of new problems. I
have reset all IE settings to default, I have removed all firewalls and
antivirus software to see if that made a difference (it didn't). I
re-installed Java to make sure that wasn't the problem (it wasn't).

Any other suggestions on what is causing this odd behaviour?
Cheers
Alec

 

[S.Sengupta]

Uninstall IE7 Beta3.Make sure you have no malwares present in your system.
To Repair or Reinstall Internet Explorer:-
Click [Start] [Run] and type sfc /scannow in the [Open] box.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[antioch]

You have 2 antivirus packages running in the background?
It is my understanding that that is not a good idea.
Which ones?
Antioch

 

[Alec McQueen]

S
Thanks! What you suggested worked. Now all is well. Thank you.
Cheers
Alec

Uninstall IE7 Beta3.Make sure you have no malwares present in your system.
To Repair or Reinstall Internet Explorer:-
Click [Start] [Run] and type sfc /scannow in the [Open] box.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Hi
I had a copy of IE6 SP2 (I think) running on a PC and it was misbehaving:

1. There was no information provided in the "about" screen ie no
version etc etc (that's why I am not 100% sure what the version was!)
2. Certain websites were not being shown correctly eg
www.national.com.au, where the top graghic was not being shown (this
happened on other sites as well, but not all and not all graphics)
3. Javascript hyperlinks were simply not working ie click them and
nothing happened
4. Pop ups were not happening, despite pop-up blocker being off, off,
off!!

To try to resolve these strange issues, I downloaded IE7Beta3, and I
thought, wow, this looks good, tabbed browsing, all new look etc etc,
but, bugger me, exactly the same behaviour is happening with this new
version.

So, it can't be the version, it must be something else. I have looked
hard (and removed) viruses etc etc, and I now have 2 antivirus
packages working in the background, with no obvious pick up of new
problems. I have reset all IE settings to default, I have removed all
firewalls and antivirus software to see if that made a difference (it
didn't). I re-installed Java to make sure that wasn't the problem (it
wasn't).

Any other suggestions on what is causing this odd behaviour?
Cheers
Alec