msie 7

Question

I followed the prompts to a T. All reports including connectivity were fine. When I double click the explorer it deaults to Microsoft and says page cannot be displayed. I have tried reapplying Comcast.net as my homepage but it is over ridden when I open the browser. I have to click the homepage icon to get on line. Why can I not get on line when I open the browser? Message Edited by npd424 on 10-19-2006 11:52 AM

fireberd · Answer

Check your firewall and make sure it's not blocking it. It's a "new" program and depending on the firewall you will have to authorize access for the new program.

I installed I.E.7 this morning and had to do that with my firewall (zone alarm).

npd424 · Answer

I'll give it a try + thank you.

NemesisDB · Answer

The MS site is meant for you to set certain settings on the first time running IE7. It will continue to come up when you launch IE7 until you sucessfully view it and save settings.

Unfortunately, it was getting hammered hard this morning. Try it again later or just keep hitting refresh when it times out.

npd424 · Answer

It is good to have an answer. I went to a M.S. newsgroup yesterday and everybody was complaining but no one had an answer except to use a work around that I could not run  = gpedit.msc - My machine said the operaton could not be performed. I ended up removing msie 7 - I really didn't like the features. I got on line by clicking on the 'home' tab. Thank you.

npd424 · Answer

Do you know if msie will still be supported after the release of msie 7?

NemesisDB · Answer

according to this, it will be supported for the life cycle of XP SP2 (presuming you are running SP2) http://informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500898

npd424 · Answer

Sorry about the redundant pm; yes, I run sp2 and thank you for the information.

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