The link window opens but no content

[A. Michael Parsi]

Hey Gang,

Recently i have noticed that when i click a link on a page a new IE window
opens but nothing shows up. I have to manually press stop and then refresh
then the content shows up. Also if I go to a news site ( MSNBC ) and click
on a video link of a news story the window opens but nothing happens and the
standard buttons that are suppose to be at the top of the page don't appear
either. I've tried turning the pop up blocker off, I've tried lowering my
security setting and i even turned off the firewall and nothing helps.

Any ideas would be appreciated,

Michael

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Hey Gang,

Recently i have noticed that when i click a link on a page a new IE
window opens but nothing shows up. I have to manually press stop and
then refresh then the content shows up. Also if I go to a news site
( MSNBC ) and click on a video link of a news story the window opens
but nothing happens and the standard buttons that are suppose to be
at the top of the page don't appear either. I've tried turning the
pop up blocker off, I've tried lowering my security setting and i
even turned off the firewall and nothing helps.
Any ideas would be appreciated,

Michael

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.

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