Hi kazza
Try the following and see if it helps:
How to enable Status Bar permenantly
Print these instructions before starting.
1) With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2) Right-click on IE's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbars"
3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4) Right click on the Start Button to open Windows Explorer, click View,
select: Status Bar
5) Right-click on Explorer's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
6) Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7) Click the "Apply to all folders" button. (Click OK if this gives you
another dialogue question)
8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9) Reopen IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: "Open in New
Window" The Status Bar should remain visible.
10)Click on the Start Button, select RUN, and type REGEDIT
11) Verify that these Registry entries exist:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
To Lock the Status Bar:
How to 'lock' the status bar so that even scripts on web sites cannot switch
it off
Go to Start>Run>type in Regedit in the window
Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main select "Show_StatusBar"
go to 'Permissions...' from Edit menu click 'Advanced'
find your user name in the list & click 'edit' button
put a check next to 'Set value' under 'Deny'
OK, OK, OK, OK.
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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