completely OT: IE browser misbehaving

Sorry to pester ras, but my pleas for help have gone unanswered elsewhere.... I have IE 6.0.2 installed under Windows 98SE and suddenly I am unable to right click on links and select "open in new window". Well, I can select it...but it doesn't work. A new window opens, but no content appears. The same problem manifests itself when a link is designed to automatically open in a new browser window (the window opens, but just hangs with no content and no error message) and with pop-up ads, which also fail to load any content. I have tried disabling my software firewall; I confirmed that no unknown programs were running in the background; I went through all the the IE security and privacy settings to confirm that none of the settings seemed out of line; and in the end I downloaded and re-installed the browser. All to no avail. Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it? Thanks, itazura P.S. After some googling, I tried some possible "fixes" listed here http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm , but the problem persists.

OK, request retracted :-) The one thing I hadn't tried yet worked when I did try it. Namely, I extracted the file oleaut32.dll from the Win98 installation disk and dumped it in the System folder and rebooted. This tip was the very last suggested step on the link I provided in my original post and it did the trick. Sorry for the newsgroup clutter. itazura "SS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Sorry to pester ras, but my pleas for help have gone unanswered > elsewhere.... > > I have IE 6.0.2 installed under Windows 98SE and suddenly I am unable to > right click on links and select "open in new window". Well, I can select > it...but it doesn't work. A new window opens, but no content appears.The > same problem manifests itself when a link is designed to automaticallyopen

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> in a new > browser window (the window opens, but just hangs with no content and no > error message) and with pop-up ads, which also fail to load any content. I > have tried disabling my software firewall; I confirmed that no unknown > programs were running in the background; I went through all the the IE > security and privacy settings to confirm that none of the settings seemed > out of line; and in the end I downloaded and re-installed the browser.

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> to no avail. > > Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it? > > Thanks, > itazura > > P.S. After some googling, I tried some possible "fixes" listed here > http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm , but the problem persists. > > >

Glad to hear you got it working. I was wondering if you've ever tried FireBird from the people who put out Mozilla. I've been using it for quite a while now and am very happy with it. Over all, it's much quicker and claims to be more secure as well. As for opening links in new windows, Mozilla uses a slick tabbed system. Sorry if this is sounding like an ad for FireBird :) If anyone is interested be sure to check out http://mozilla.org/products/firebird dklassen86 SS wrote:

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> OK, request retracted :-) > > The one thing I hadn't tried yet worked when I did try it. Namely, I > extracted the file oleaut32.dll from the Win98 installation disk and dumped > it in the System folder and rebooted. This tip was the very last suggested > step on the link I provided in my original post and it did the trick. Sorry > for the newsgroup clutter. > > itazura > > > "SS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>Sorry to pester ras, but my pleas for help have gone unanswered >>elsewhere.... >> >>I have IE 6.0.2 installed under Windows 98SE and suddenly I am unable to >>right click on links and select "open in new window". Well, I can select >>it...but it doesn't work. A new window opens, but no content appears. > > The > >>same problem manifests itself when a link is designed to automatically > > open > >>in a new >>browser window (the window opens, but just hangs with no content and no >>error message) and with pop-up ads, which also fail to load any content. I >>have tried disabling my software firewall; I confirmed that no unknown >>programs were running in the background; I went through all the the IE >>security and privacy settings to confirm that none of the settings seemed >>out of line; and in the end I downloaded and re-installed the browser. > > All > >>to no avail. >> >>Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it? >> >>Thanks, >>itazura >> >>P.S. After some googling, I tried some possible "fixes" listed here >>http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm , but the problem persists. >> >> >> > > >

"SS" <[email hidden]> So the old oleaut32.dll missing file bug got ya eh? Sure "I" was gonna suggest that . . .. hehehe not! I would suggest, especially with a win98 install, that about once a year you save and backup all your important stuff and then fdisk your boot drive and start windows with a clean fresh install. Does wonders for unexplained lockups and odd behaivors that windows might throw at you. dave henrie

I second that. I just switched to Firebird myself, and for the most part I like it much better than IE. Only thing I don't like is that organizing bookmarks into folders is much more awkward than it is in IE. Other than that Firebird is superior. Tabbed browsing is great, and the built in popup blocker works much better than the standalone one that I was using. "dklassen86" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ybcTb.363898$X%5.10727@pd7tw2no...

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> Glad to hear you got it working. > > I was wondering if you've ever tried FireBird from the people who put > out Mozilla. I've been using it for quite a while now and am very happy > with it. Over all, it's much quicker and claims to be more secure as > well. As for opening links in new windows, Mozilla uses a slick tabbed > system. > > Sorry if this is sounding like an ad for FireBird :) If anyone is > interested be sure to check out http://mozilla.org/products/firebird > > dklassen86 >

"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I second that. I just switched to Firebird myself, and for the most partI > like it much better than IE. Only thing I don't like is that organizing > bookmarks into folders is much more awkward than it is in IE. Other than > that Firebird is superior. Tabbed browsing is great, and the built inpopup

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> blocker works much better than the standalone one that I was using. > > "dklassen86" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ybcTb.363898$X%5.10727@pd7tw2no... > > Glad to hear you got it working. > > > > I was wondering if you've ever tried FireBird from the people who put > > out Mozilla. I've been using it for quite a while now and am very happy > > with it. Over all, it's much quicker and claims to be more secure as > > well. As for opening links in new windows, Mozilla uses a slick tabbed > > system. > > > > Sorry if this is sounding like an ad for FireBird :) If anyone is > > interested be sure to check out http://mozilla.org/products/firebird > > > > dklassen86 > > > >

Let me start out by saying that I am a creature of habit, I am used to IE, I have tried other browsers and just don't like them(for various reasons). Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectable from the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectable and mousing over the various browswer windows in the task bar gives me the full name and/or address. Just my $0.02 worth. Sean

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:36:32 -0500, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I second that. I just switched to Firebird myself, and for the most part I >like it much better than IE. Only thing I don't like is that organizing >bookmarks into folders is much more awkward than it is in IE. Yea, I don't like the way it handles bookmarks either but I am using it as my main web browser in Win98SE and ME, in XP I am using Opera.

I had the same question at first, i.e. what's the point of the tabs? Then I tried it. I found I very quickly got to like it better. Probably best for people who like to have the browser full screen, not very useful if you don't. Is it really any easier? Possibly not, but in use it just feels better. A couple things that are different - I have it set to open windows in the background which means if I ctrl-click on a link it will open on a separate tab in the background without taking me away from the current window. This allows me to open a bunch of different links in a search engine all at once and then look at them after I am done opening them all. In IE if you open a page in a separate window it takes you to the new page immediately even if you didn't want to switch contexts yet. Also you can open an entire group of links at once, with a separate tab for each. Kind of handy if you have a number of websites you like to review regularly. Firebird seems to open pages faster then IE too. Minor stuff maybe, but nice. Biggest thing for me is the integrated popup blocker and the fact that you can also block banner ads. It's just more trouble free than using a separate popup blocker with IE. "McWhom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > Let me start out by saying that I am a creature of habit, I am used to IE,I > have tried other browsers and just don't like them(for various reasons). > Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one > browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectablefrom > the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectableand > mousing over the various browswer windows in the task bar gives me thefull

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> name and/or address. > > > Just my $0.02 worth. > > Sean > >

I use Mozilla with WinME and OS X. I use the tabs to keep my browsing organized: one window per "theme" with multiple tabs in each window. I can get way off track and get back quickly while having lots of pages accessible. Works for me. Jim Haqsau wrote:

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>I had the same question at first, i.e. what's the point of the tabs? Then I >tried it. I found I very quickly got to like it better. Probably best for >people who like to have the browser full screen, not very useful if you >don't. Is it really any easier? Possibly not, but in use it just feels >better. A couple things that are different - I have it set to open windows >in the background which means if I ctrl-click on a link it will open on a >separate tab in the background without taking me away from the current >window. This allows me to open a bunch of different links in a search >engine all at once and then look at them after I am done opening them all. >In IE if you open a page in a separate window it takes you to the new page >immediately even if you didn't want to switch contexts yet. Also you can >open an entire group of links at once, with a separate tab for each. Kind >of handy if you have a number of websites you like to review regularly. >Firebird seems to open pages faster then IE too. Minor stuff maybe, but >nice. Biggest thing for me is the integrated popup blocker and the fact >that you can also block banner ads. It's just more trouble free than using >a separate popup blocker with IE. > >"McWhom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... > > >>Let me start out by saying that I am a creature of habit, I am used to IE, >> >> >I > > >>have tried other browsers and just don't like them(for various reasons). >>Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one >>browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectable >> >> >from > > >>the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectable >> >> >and > > >>mousing over the various browswer windows in the task bar gives me the >> >> >full > > >>name and/or address. >> >> >>Just my $0.02 worth. >> >>Sean >> >> >> >> > > > >

Check your HOSTS file to see if it's been hi-jacked. This is a very common issue these days. Whenever I have a client with any sort of IE weirdness I immediately do the following: 1. Install, update and run SpyBot 1.2. 2. Install, update and run Ad-Aware 6. 3. Install, update and run CWShredder. There is a class of exploits out there called "CoolWebSearch" that wreaks havoc with IE and the HOSTS file. You can only find them with the above programs, and CWShredder is the only one known to find and remove all known versions of this Bovine-Residue. Even if it's not your issue, I assure you that you're going to be amazed at what these programs find. -Larry "SS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Sorry to pester ras, but my pleas for help have gone unanswered > elsewhere.... > > I have IE 6.0.2 installed under Windows 98SE and suddenly I am unable to > right click on links and select "open in new window". Well, I can select > it...but it doesn't work. A new window opens, but no content appears.The > same problem manifests itself when a link is designed to automaticallyopen

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> in a new > browser window (the window opens, but just hangs with no content and no > error message) and with pop-up ads, which also fail to load any content. I > have tried disabling my software firewall; I confirmed that no unknown > programs were running in the background; I went through all the the IE > security and privacy settings to confirm that none of the settings seemed > out of line; and in the end I downloaded and re-installed the browser.

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> to no avail. > > Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it? > > Thanks, > itazura > > P.S. After some googling, I tried some possible "fixes" listed here > http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm , but the problem persists. > > >

I still recommend you run the applications I listed. There may be malware installed that was the root of your issue. This stuff is obnoxious as hell. -Larry "SS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > OK, request retracted :-) > > The one thing I hadn't tried yet worked when I did try it. Namely, I > extracted the file oleaut32.dll from the Win98 installation disk anddumped > it in the System folder and rebooted. This tip was the very lastsuggested > step on the link I provided in my original post and it did the trick.Sorry

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> for the newsgroup clutter. > > itazura > > > "SS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Sorry to pester ras, but my pleas for help have gone unanswered > > elsewhere.... > > > > I have IE 6.0.2 installed under Windows 98SE and suddenly I am unable to > > right click on links and select "open in new window". Well, I can

select

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> > it...but it doesn't work. A new window opens, but no content appears. > The > > same problem manifests itself when a link is designed to automatically > open > > in a new > > browser window (the window opens, but just hangs with no content and no > > error message) and with pop-up ads, which also fail to load any content.

I > > have tried disabling my software firewall; I confirmed that no unknown > > programs were running in the background; I went through all the the IE > > security and privacy settings to confirm that none of the settingsseemed

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> > out of line; and in the end I downloaded and re-installed the browser. > All > > to no avail. > > > > Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it? > > > > Thanks, > > itazura > > > > P.S. After some googling, I tried some possible "fixes" listed here > > http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm , but the problem persists. > > > > > > > >

Sean, Well, for one, no one mentioned GROUPED Bookmarks, a value-added feature of tabbed browsers. What you do is open up, say, your normally daily 10 web pages under Tabs. Then you create ONE bookmark that encapsilates all of those tabs. From that point on when you open that one bookmark, all 10 tabs open and load all the web pages automatically. I call them MacroWeb's :) Cool, huh :) -Larry "McWhom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I second that. I just switched to Firebird myself, and for the mostpart > I > > like it much better than IE. Only thing I don't like is that organizing > > bookmarks into folders is much more awkward than it is in IE. Otherthan

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> > that Firebird is superior. Tabbed browsing is great, and the built in > popup > > blocker works much better than the standalone one that I was using. > > > > "dklassen86" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:ybcTb.363898$X%5.10727@pd7tw2no... > > > Glad to hear you got it working. > > > > > > I was wondering if you've ever tried FireBird from the people who put > > > out Mozilla. I've been using it for quite a while now and am very

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> > > with it. Over all, it's much quicker and claims to be more secure as > > > well. As for opening links in new windows, Mozilla uses a slick tabbed > > > system. > > > > > > Sorry if this is sounding like an ad for FireBird :) If anyone is > > > interested be sure to check out http://mozilla.org/products/firebird > > > > > > dklassen86 > > > > > > > > > Let me start out by saying that I am a creature of habit, I am used to IE,

I > have tried other browsers and just don't like them(for various reasons). > Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one > browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectablefrom > the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectableand > mousing over the various browswer windows in the task bar gives me thefull

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> name and/or address. > > > Just my $0.02 worth. > > Sean > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <[email hidden]> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:30 PM Subject: Re: completely OT: IE browser misbehaving > Check your HOSTS file to see if it's been hi-jacked. This is a verycommon > issue these days. > > Whenever I have a client with any sort of IE weirdness I immediately dothe

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> following: > > 1. Install, update and run SpyBot 1.2. > 2. Install, update and run Ad-Aware 6. > 3. Install, update and run CWShredder. > > There is a class of exploits out there called "CoolWebSearch" that wreaks > havoc with IE and the HOSTS file. You can only find them with the above > programs, and CWShredder is the only one known to find and remove all

known > versions of this Bovine-Residue. > > Even if it's not your issue, I assure you that you're going to be amazedat > what these programs find. > > -Larry ><snip> Larry, Very interesting stuff there. Spybot is pretty cool if only because the author is so up front about what he is doing. I love his license agreement :-) I did a search on Newsupd.exe when I reinstalled my soundcard drivers this last time. Not sure what I had done before but I don't remember coming accross that program. Probably because I only istalled the drivers and this time I decided to check out the included software from creative. Anyway, I must have run across one of the authors pages because I saw almost verbatim the same info in the spybot program. No, Newsupd.exe is not active though I have not removed it, Zonealarm has it blocked. Other things that it came up with are media player and IE vulnerabilities which I do not consider spyware but I suppose it can be on the list and he does warn the end user to be aware of possible non-spyware findings. Pretty amazing to see a webpage and software designed specifically around one spyware company, CWS is pretty scary, I had a run in with the earlier versions a couple of times. I run pretty barebones on my system, don't like a lot of software running because I think it clouds things up too much and I lose track of what should and should not be happening. Zonealarm and Ad-aware are the only utilities I keep running and even with XP I reboot (or coldboot) often just to see what happens :-) One of my favorite pages: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Sean

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:53:15 -0500, McWhom wrote: > Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one > browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectable from > the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectable and Both mozilla and firebird support multiple windows and / or tabs. If you're concerned about security / privacy, non-IE browsing is the way to go. cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Dont forget my fav Opera. "Uwe Sch�rkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:53:15 -0500, McWhom wrote: > > > Now, for the point that bothers me. What is different from having one > > browser window with tabs vs. having multiple browser windows selectablefrom > > the task bar? Just seems to me to be the same thing, easily selectableand

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> > Both mozilla and firebird support multiple windows and / or tabs. If > you're concerned about security / privacy, non-IE browsing is the way > to go. > > cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61