"Daniel Crichton" wrote:

> Abi wrote  on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 02:32:01 -0800:
>
> > Am i right in presuming that the reason half the website's wont open on
> > IE7 is because we are all being used as Guinea Pigs for a BETA program?
>
> Any examples? I haven't found a single site that I've tried that won't open,
> other than those where the site is down and won't respond to anything.
>
> > And if so can will uninstalling IE7 and reinstalling IE6 solve the
> > problem?
>
> Depends on if you have any IE add-ons installed that are not compatible with
> IE7 - going back to IE6 may give you the perception that you have solved
> everything simply because the add-ons where breaking IE7.
>
> > If the answer is yes can someone please tell me how to do this?
>
> Go to Add/Remove Programs. Uninstall from there. If you still have trouble
> try posting in the microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup, as
> that's the one MS are suggesting for posting issues in.
>
> > Certainly
> > not happy with the fact we were all told that IE7 would bring us all up to
> > date and offer a better service (blah blah blah) if the product wasnt
> > fully working before hand! And cleverly enough firefox.com wont
> > open...what a coincidence!
>
> Then I'd say you have something else installed that is breaking IE7 -
> www.firefox.com opens on my PC with IE7 with no problems whatsoever. It's
> only a simple landing page that points to www.getfirefox.com - did you try
> that site instead?
>
> Dan
>
>
>

"Daniel Crichton" wrote:

> Abi wrote  on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:10:00 -0800:
>
> > Any examples?
> > I'm currently unable to open the following websites (and still finding
> > more!) facebook.com, yahoo.com, bahn.de, mozilla.com, firefox.com
>
> All of these work fine in IE7 here. Did you try putting the www. at the
> front? If you didn't then it's possible that your IE7 is not autocompleting
> correctly and hence is the reason why you think it doesn't work. If they
> work with the www. at the start, you need to fix the autocomplete. Haven't
> had to do this myself so I'm not sure exactly what the process is, search on
> Google for solutions.
>
> > Depends on if you have any IE add-ons installed that are not compatible
> > with
> >> IE7 - going back to IE6 may give you the perception that you have solved
> >> everything simply because the add-ons where breaking IE7.
> > Sorry not really understanding. Basically the prob is that I cant open all
> > the websites i need to and really need to sort out this problem...thought
> > maybe going back to IE6 would solve it...
>
> Turn off any add-ins you have installed - like Google Toolbar for instance.
> Go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons. Disable
> everything. If IE now works, then one of those add-ins you disabled is
> causing the problem - enable the ones you want one at a time and test each
> in turn, you should found out which one is the problem.
>
> > Ive tried getfirefox.com too, still just takes me to a google page,
> > listing all the websites close to the name and wont open any of the sites.
>
> Try the suggestions above, I'd put money on one of them fixing it.
>
> Dan
>
>
>

"Abi" wrote:

> Tried disabling all my add-ons and pages still wont load up!
>
> As for putting www infront, i always do, tried it without also and that
> hasnt worked either!
>
>
> "Daniel Crichton" wrote:
>
> > Abi wrote  on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:10:00 -0800:
> >
> > > Any examples?
> > > I'm currently unable to open the following websites (and still finding
> > > more!) facebook.com, yahoo.com, bahn.de, mozilla.com, firefox.com
> >
> > All of these work fine in IE7 here. Did you try putting the www. at the
> > front? If you didn't then it's possible that your IE7 is not autocompleting
> > correctly and hence is the reason why you think it doesn't work. If they
> > work with the www. at the start, you need to fix the autocomplete. Haven't
> > had to do this myself so I'm not sure exactly what the process is, search on
> > Google for solutions.
> >
> > > Depends on if you have any IE add-ons installed that are not compatible
> > > with
> > >> IE7 - going back to IE6 may give you the perception that you have solved
> > >> everything simply because the add-ons where breaking IE7.
> > > Sorry not really understanding. Basically the prob is that I cant open all
> > > the websites i need to and really need to sort out this problem...thought
> > > maybe going back to IE6 would solve it...
> >
> > Turn off any add-ins you have installed - like Google Toolbar for instance.
> > Go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons. Disable
> > everything. If IE now works, then one of those add-ins you disabled is
> > causing the problem - enable the ones you want one at a time and test each
> > in turn, you should found out which one is the problem.
> >
> > > Ive tried getfirefox.com too, still just takes me to a google page,
> > > listing all the websites close to the name and wont open any of the sites.
> >
> > Try the suggestions above, I'd put money on one of them fixing it.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >

"Chris" wrote:

> I have the same problem, I installed IE7 and after a while all the websites
> stopped opening. Can't open google now. Always directs me to a "BNXU" page. I
> suspected a trojan but CA virus checker can't find anything.
> Help!
>
> "Abi" wrote:
>
> > Tried disabling all my add-ons and pages still wont load up!
> >
> > As for putting www infront, i always do, tried it without also and that
> > hasnt worked either!
> >
> >
> > "Daniel Crichton" wrote:
> >
> > > Abi wrote  on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:10:00 -0800:
> > >
> > > > Any examples?
> > > > I'm currently unable to open the following websites (and still finding
> > > > more!) facebook.com, yahoo.com, bahn.de, mozilla.com, firefox.com
> > >
> > > All of these work fine in IE7 here. Did you try putting the www. at the
> > > front? If you didn't then it's possible that your IE7 is not autocompleting
> > > correctly and hence is the reason why you think it doesn't work. If they
> > > work with the www. at the start, you need to fix the autocomplete. Haven't
> > > had to do this myself so I'm not sure exactly what the process is, search on
> > > Google for solutions.
> > >
> > > > Depends on if you have any IE add-ons installed that are not compatible
> > > > with
> > > >> IE7 - going back to IE6 may give you the perception that you have solved
> > > >> everything simply because the add-ons where breaking IE7.
> > > > Sorry not really understanding. Basically the prob is that I cant open all
> > > > the websites i need to and really need to sort out this problem...thought
> > > > maybe going back to IE6 would solve it...
> > >
> > > Turn off any add-ins you have installed - like Google Toolbar for instance.
> > > Go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons. Disable
> > > everything. If IE now works, then one of those add-ins you disabled is
> > > causing the problem - enable the ones you want one at a time and test each
> > > in turn, you should found out which one is the problem.
> > >
> > > > Ive tried getfirefox.com too, still just takes me to a google page,
> > > > listing all the websites close to the name and wont open any of the sites.
> > >
> > > Try the suggestions above, I'd put money on one of them fixing it.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >

"Chris" wrote:

> Uninstalling IE7 don't work its still there!
>
>
> "Chris" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem, I installed IE7 and after a while all the websites
> > stopped opening. Can't open google now. Always directs me to a "BNXU" page. I
> > suspected a trojan but CA virus checker can't find anything.
> > Help!
> >
> > "Abi" wrote:
> >
> > > Tried disabling all my add-ons and pages still wont load up!
> > >
> > > As for putting www infront, i always do, tried it without also and that
> > > hasnt worked either!
> > >
> > >
> > > "Daniel Crichton" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Abi wrote  on Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:10:00 -0800:
> > > >
> > > > > Any examples?
> > > > > I'm currently unable to open the following websites (and still finding
> > > > > more!) facebook.com, yahoo.com, bahn.de, mozilla.com, firefox.com
> > > >
> > > > All of these work fine in IE7 here. Did you try putting the www. at the
> > > > front? If you didn't then it's possible that your IE7 is not autocompleting
> > > > correctly and hence is the reason why you think it doesn't work. If they
> > > > work with the www. at the start, you need to fix the autocomplete. Haven't
> > > > had to do this myself so I'm not sure exactly what the process is, search on
> > > > Google for solutions.
> > > >
> > > > > Depends on if you have any IE add-ons installed that are not compatible
> > > > > with
> > > > >> IE7 - going back to IE6 may give you the perception that you have solved
> > > > >> everything simply because the add-ons where breaking IE7.
> > > > > Sorry not really understanding. Basically the prob is that I cant open all
> > > > > the websites i need to and really need to sort out this problem...thought
> > > > > maybe going back to IE6 would solve it...
> > > >
> > > > Turn off any add-ins you have installed - like Google Toolbar for instance.
> > > > Go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons. Disable
> > > > everything. If IE now works, then one of those add-ins you disabled is
> > > > causing the problem - enable the ones you want one at a time and test each
> > > > in turn, you should found out which one is the problem.
> > > >
> > > > > Ive tried getfirefox.com too, still just takes me to a google page,
> > > > > listing all the websites close to the name and wont open any of the sites.
> > > >
> > > > Try the suggestions above, I'd put money on one of them fixing it.
> > > >
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >