IE7 problems......

[matlaw]

hello all,

several problems i'm experiencing. for starters, this computer is
running multiple accounts, each account seems different in a bad way.
one account is utterly perfect while the rest suffer from odd
disorders. they are varied but all but that one account share the same
problems.

1. starting up IE7 takes you to the runonce which shows nothing but a
blue screen because the page has an "error" as it says on the bottom
left of the window where the status bar is.

2. flash is disabled and any attempts at reinstalling it were
unsuccessful. I uninstalled and reinstalled it from the perfect
account but the other accounts are almost "isolated" or something in
that the change doesn't affect them...

3. There's an icon in my start menu for a "Microsoft Update". Clicking
this or manually trying to get to MU causes a blank page with "done"
or "error" written on the bottom left where the status bar is.

How separated are the settings for each user account? Clearly
something is going on here because one account is perfect, while the
others don't share the same level of perfection and are sort of
"isolated" as I mentioned before.

 

[Allan]

hello all,

several problems i'm experiencing. for starters, this computer is
running multiple accounts, each account seems different in a bad way.
one account is utterly perfect while the rest suffer from odd
disorders. they are varied but all but that one account share the same
problems.

1. starting up IE7 takes you to the runonce which shows nothing but a
blue screen because the page has an "error" as it says on the bottom
left of the window where the status bar is.

2. flash is disabled and any attempts at reinstalling it were
unsuccessful. I uninstalled and reinstalled it from the perfect
account but the other accounts are almost "isolated" or something in
that the change doesn't affect them...

3. There's an icon in my start menu for a "Microsoft Update". Clicking
this or manually trying to get to MU causes a blank page with "done"
or "error" written on the bottom left where the status bar is.

How separated are the settings for each user account? Clearly
something is going on here because one account is perfect, while the
others don't share the same level of perfection and are sort of
"isolated" as I mentioned before.

It looks like you need to carefully review the security settings for each
account including any third-party software that is configured at the user
level. The IE7 settings are mostly user-level. By the way, you did not say
which version of Windows XP you have installed. If the account is a limited
user Microsoft Update will not work and should give an error message telling
you to log in as an administrator . Try cross-posting to
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general for more help with that "runonce"
nuisance.
Go to Tools|Internet Options and check your browser settings for the
different accounts.

 

[matlaw]

Hello!

I did check each and every account and I even bombed the settings by
setting them all to low but to no avail!

i'm running service pack 2, windows xp home. i think the IE7
installation is botched. everytime i try to get into service.msc, it
gives me a script error and i can't proceed. i think it has to do with
scripts. I can't install flash because the flash installation page
can't load something that makes the install now button pop up. maybe i
got a bad installation if IE7? What do you think my chances are on
that?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

hello all,

several problems i'm experiencing. for starters, this computer is
running multiple accounts, each account seems different in a bad way.
one account is utterly perfect while the rest suffer from odd
disorders. they are varied but all but that one account share the same
problems.

1. starting up IE7 takes you to the runonce which shows nothing but a
blue screen because the page has an "error" as it says on the bottom
left of the window where the status bar is.

2. flash is disabled and any attempts at reinstalling it were
unsuccessful. I uninstalled and reinstalled it from the perfect
account but the other accounts are almost "isolated" or something in
that the change doesn't affect them...

3. There's an icon in my start menu for a "Microsoft Update". Clicking
this or manually trying to get to MU causes a blank page with "done"
or "error" written on the bottom left where the status bar is.

How separated are the settings for each user account? Clearly
something is going on here because one account is perfect, while the
others don't share the same level of perfection and are sort of
"isolated" as I mentioned before.

Tools | Internet Options | Security
Make sure scripting is not disabled.

If that doesn't fix it, save the part between the lines below and paste into
Notepad. Save as Runonce.reg

---------------------Runonce.reg--------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

-----------------------------------------------------

Right click Runonce.reg and choose Merge.

To change all Windows users at once use

---------------------Runonce2.reg--------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

 

[PA Bear]

Asked/Answered in IE General:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...37458/c2476b3fca68dd8b?hl=en#c2476b3fca68dd8b

 

[Allan]

Hello!

I did check each and every account and I even bombed the settings by
setting them all to low but to no avail!

i'm running service pack 2, windows xp home. i think the IE7
installation is botched. everytime i try to get into service.msc, it
gives me a script error and i can't proceed. i think it has to do with
scripts. I can't install flash because the flash installation page
can't load something that makes the install now button pop up. maybe i
got a bad installation if IE7? What do you think my chances are on
that?

I doubt that it is a bad installation of IE7 since you already said it was
working fine in one account. Have you cleared the browser cache in
Tools|Internet Options|Browsing History|Delete|Temporary Internet Files ?
You have to do this for every account .