Getting Around IE 7 App Problems
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While IE 7 is a major upgrade from IE 6, the big changes in standards support and security defaults have caused problems with applications that thought that they were optimized for IE. One of the main culprits is the strict lockdown attitude that now IE 7 takes towards ActiveX controls. One vendor that has run into problems is McAfee and their suggestions on getting their products to work with IE 7 will probably be helpful to many users who are running into similar application problems. |


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I can't get Windows Live Writer to work w. 'DropMyRights' : both are Microsoft products and Windows Live Writer uses IE7 or Firefox.
I left a note at the Microsoft Live feedback url.
Posted by Mary | November 1, 2006 7:21 PM
I have been using IE7 with good success but their is one problem that i am finding really annoying. When i go into my hotmail account i keep getting a constant informaion bar popping up all the time asking me if i want to start windows live messenger? When i close the information bar by pressing the X on the right side of the bar about every 30 seconds or so it keeps popping up asking me this same question over and over, it is getting very annoying. There needs to be settings available to be able to set options.
Posted by Allen | November 2, 2006 6:57 AM
It was a dishonest thing for MS to push IE 7.0 as a "Windows Update". The truth is that IE 7.0 is an independent application and not an operating system component. MS has clearly acknowledged for some time that IE is not "part of the OS". There is no way MS can justify this action.
To push out a dot-zero version of *anything* using a support facility that MS wants the average Joe to blindly trust as a means of keeping their "genuine", paid-for copy of Windows current is an abuse of that trust.
Anyone in IT knows that dot-zero versions are bound to have problems and should not be treated as if they were mature products. The bug report on this page about the pop-up windows every 30 seconds on Hotmail and other reports of breaking Mcaffee are examples of this fact.
Not only did I not download this particular "Windows Update", but I also disabled it permanently. It is *my* computer, and I will decide when I wish to install a new application.
Posted by Lawrence J. Sylvain | November 2, 2006 11:14 PM
It was a dishonest thing for MS to push IE 7.0 as a "Windows Update". The truth is that IE 7.0 is an independent application and not an operating system component. MS has clearly acknowledged for some time that IE is not "part of the OS". There is no way MS can justify this action.
To push out a dot-zero version of *anything* using a support facility that MS wants the average Joe to blindly trust as a means of keeping their "genuine", paid-for copy of Windows current is an abuse of that trust.
Anyone in IT knows that dot-zero versions are bound to have problems and should not be treated as if they were mature products. The bug report on this page about the pop-up windows every 30 seconds on Hotmail and other reports of breaking Mcaffee are examples of this fact.
Not only did I not download this particular "Windows Update", but I also disabled it permanently. It is *my* computer, and I will decide when I wish to install a new application.
Posted by Lawrence J. Sylvain | November 2, 2006 11:15 PM
Every since I downloaded IE 7 non-beta form, I have been having problems with my web pages freezing up and not-responding. I tried to revert back to IE 6 but whatever IE 7 caused has now stuck to my computer even in this version. I had no problems till the IE 7 upgrade. I run Windows XP can anyone help?
Posted by Jesse | November 4, 2006 2:32 AM
where the heak is may joe?
Posted by sos | November 5, 2006 8:16 AM
I downloaded the upgrade and have not had a problem up to this point.
Posted by Dan | November 5, 2006 8:33 AM
I downloaded the upgrade and have not had a problem up to this point.
Posted by Dan | November 5, 2006 8:33 AM
Lawrence J. Sylvain
How did you permanently disable it from installing?
Posted by Don | November 5, 2006 4:27 PM
When I downloaded windows IE7 IT TOOK OUT MY SOUND DRIVE I HAD TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER OF THE COMPUTER COMPANY TOO REINSTALL MY SOUND DRIVE MANUALLY I DON'T LIKE IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TOOL BARS AS WHAT I'VE BEEN USED TO THE FONTS ARE TO BIG. I WOULDN'T RECOMEND THE USE OF IT.
Posted by Terri | November 9, 2006 7:15 PM
When I downloaded windows IE7 IT TOOK OUT MY SOUND DRIVE I HAD TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER OF THE COMPUTER COMPANY TOO REINSTALL MY SOUND DRIVE MANUALLY I DON'T LIKE IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TOOL BARS AS WHAT I'VE BEEN USED TO THE FONTS ARE TO BIG. I WOULDN'T RECOMEND THE USE OF IT.
Posted by Terri | November 9, 2006 7:16 PM
after i downloaded the IE 7 my web pages freeze up and i get lots of white screens and non responding commands. I restored my computer to an earlier time prior to the download of IE 7 and things are much better. I am very disappointed in this whole thing
Posted by critina | November 9, 2006 9:56 PM
Sometimes I can connect to my router sometimes I can't? Never a problem with IE6. Time to remove IE7.
Posted by Burt | November 10, 2006 6:42 AM
Left navigation driven by java script tags is not working correctly on IE 7. It works on every other browser including Macintosh browser.
Posted by Radek | November 10, 2006 11:53 AM
I too was under the impression that 7.0 was a update. "Update to 7.0" !! I would like to remove this program and go back to 6, but I don't have a clue as to go about doing that. I get an error message after installing 7.0
SMARTBRIDGE ALERTS:MotiveSB.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located.
Anyone have ideas on that? or on how to remove 7.0 and go back to 6.0? I tried to get Microsoft with this issue, but I can't afford the money they want to help with their free product. :(
Posted by Eleanor | November 10, 2006 3:54 PM
When I downloaded IE 7 I thought it was great till
my Java and RealPlayer did not work and I had to download them once again. I thought IE 7 looked great but I had to use SYSTEM RESTORE to get IE 6
back. Funny thing in IE 6 I checked what version it is an it said IE 6 but now all the help instructions in "Contents Idex" are listed IE 7. Microsoft please fix your IE 7 so I can use it with my computer with it.
Posted by Peter Konopka | November 11, 2006 8:12 PM
When I downloaded IE 7 I thought it was great till
my Java and RealPlayer did not work and I had to download them once again. I thought IE 7 looked great but I had to use SYSTEM RESTORE to get IE 6
back. Funny thing in IE 6 I checked what version it is an it said IE 6 but now all the help instructions in "Contents Idex" are listed IE 7. Microsoft please fix your IE 7 so I can use it with my computer.
Posted by Peter Konopka | November 11, 2006 8:21 PM
I just upgraded to IE7 and had no sound. After troubleshooting a bit, I realized that the "Wave" setting in the volume controls was turned down all the way. My sound was fine before the upgrade, so I can only assume that this was a result of the upgrade.
Posted by A Jonas | November 11, 2006 9:41 PM
ie.7.0 really sucks. less info. less graphically organized. now how do i get back to 6.0 without restoring the entire computer? or do i just dump it for firefox??
Posted by reed | November 13, 2006 2:53 AM
Please uninstall your antivirus programme then install IE7. After that you can reinstall your antivirus programme.
Posted by Shaju | November 13, 2006 5:37 AM
Why is everyone talking like Microsoft pushing IE 7 as an update is anything new? That is exactly what they did with IE 6 as well. Also, if you do get the IE 7 pushed through as an update. Go check your add remove programs list, it is there and can be uninstalled with a simple click of the mouse. Now before someone twists this around, I am not saying that I like IE 7 at all, it looks cool, but I had nothing but problems with it. The RC1 was more stable than this "final" release is.
Posted by Steve | November 14, 2006 11:05 PM
Installed IE 7 and had a number of problems on a win2003 domain, chief being users unable to log off or shut down the machine. Don't just use system restore, but uninstall IE7 from add/remove progs first, THEN use system restore to a point before the install. That seems to do the trick. I've also changed my auto update settings.
Posted by RJ | November 16, 2006 4:30 AM
I have a desktop PC I built myself and an IBM laptop, both have IE7 installed. The desktop isn't working well and the laptop is, and I not sure how my desktop will behave if I uninstall IE7. This is something to think about, I had no problems with the beta version on my desktop or my laptop but when I installed the .0 version I started having freeze ups, white screens along with IE7 opening and closing two or three times before I finally saw my homepage. I�ve had to reformat my desktop too many times to count and I don�t want to go through that again any time soon! I�m going to try Registry Patrol and see if it corrects the problem. I'll get back here and post my results.
Posted by David | November 20, 2006 7:54 AM
We had trouble with some sites in IE7 and discovered the solution documented in the release notes. You have to reestablish the connections which were dropped when you converted from IE6 to IE7. In internet settings go to connections to reestablish the connections. In our case we had to automatically detect the proxy settings.
Posted by Warren | November 21, 2006 11:58 AM
MY PC has been updated with IE7 and I have
found that IE7 will stop responding and caused the PC to stop working. Under Task mananger it
looks like the PC will open up applications but they don't. The performance
for the PC is at 100% and no application are running. If you remove IE7 this
will not clear up the problem.
This happens after the PC is idle for 10 min or more. If I keep using the PC it will work fine. I have to reboot to get the PC to work after it locks up.
R Harrell
Posted by Robert Harrell | November 22, 2006 10:23 AM
Angela:
I downloaded "internet explorer 7 optimized for yahoo." Thinking it was a microsoft upgrade. I have a desktop with windows XP SP2, since I downloaded "internet explorer 7 optimized for yahoo." I can not uninstall programs. I now have some programs not listed in the 'add or remove" dialogue window. I no longer have the option to "change or remove" the programs that are still listed. My programs are now corrupted and do not open. I can no longer use system restore. I get a "restore incomplete" result. I need to be able to uninstall corrupted programs. Microsoft tells me they do not own "internet explorer 7 optimized for yahoo." And can not help me. They told me Yahoo has to help me to uninstall the program. Yahoo help have not responded to my e-mail. How do I uninstall "internet explorer 7 optimized for yahoo" from windows XP SP2. There is no option to remove the program from the "add or remove" dialogue window.
Posted by Angela Beads | November 23, 2006 8:17 AM
Even when the Internet Explores 7 detect my proxy server configuration, i can't go out trhoug it, i always get the error: HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required - The ISA Server requires authorization to fulfill the request. Access to the Web Proxy service is denied. (12209)
Internet Security and Acceleration Server
Posted by Nestor | November 30, 2006 5:12 PM
i got IE 7 and thought yay! b no, it went downhill. i get a load of pop-ups alerting me about security and i should download this, that and the other...nortons started 2 hav a few errors and is constantly detecting trojans. also whenever i try to make a new tab, IE closes....
Posted by 08Spectre80 | December 10, 2006 11:44 AM
Ever since I installed IE 7, whenever I access my email, it brings up a second IE page. When I am finished with my Hotmail, i have to close the second page.
Any ideas why this happens???
PS IE7 is crap and should not be automaically shoved down our throats.
Tony
Posted by Tony | December 12, 2006 4:40 PM
Another attempt to control your computer. Soon there will not be enough room on our computers for our own programs.
Posted by Dave | December 24, 2006 12:59 AM
Ever since I installed IE 7 my system hangs after long idle periods. Everything shows "Not Responding". I have to force a power off and then reboot. This is a serious problem. Anyone know of a fix.
Posted by Jim | January 10, 2007 6:11 PM
Did anyone respond? I have been having the same problem. Will go see an appointment, come back to my desk, and IE is dead so the computer has to be rebooted.
Posted by Julie | January 15, 2007 5:35 PM
I have used Firefox ver. 2.XX and now I have tried to install IE 7...I only gat a quick flash of IE and then it will not open. Any tricks to do to get IE 7 to work from desk top?
Posted by RP | January 28, 2007 4:34 PM
Not sure if this is since I downloaded IE7, but my DVD/CD drive works very sporadically....just noticed yesterday and updated to IE 7 @2 weeks ago..any ideas? I have tried everything..it says working properly in device manager..uninstalled and reinstalled....
Posted by sandie | February 1, 2007 3:27 PM
My computer just performed the update to IE7 on Sunday automatically. Now I am unable to use any of the hotlinks I had previously established on the links toolbar. Also the address toolbar doesn't work and I can not click on other links on the web, especially those which pop-up a 2nd screen such as a request to open a PDF. I tried the MS self-help and it suggested I download the network diagnostic tool, but IE7.0 won't allow the download screen to open the program. Also no history is displayed. Everything I need to access has to be manually typed in on google and reaccessed that way with me retyping all account names & passwords. Nothing gets saved so I have to keep re-searching and re-typing all acct names and passwords. I can't create new hotlinks under my favorites. What the hell has happened? Somebody help me!!!tcsi98@yahoo.com
Posted by DanT | February 7, 2007 2:07 AM
Robert--My CPU usage was up to 100% with only Outlook open. I had to call the manufacturer and they disable all my start-up items and it's running great. Only problem now is with the 7.0 "upgrade" I can't get to my verizon email account on line yet I can get to the home page...anyone have this happen?
Posted by Doreen Harris | February 7, 2007 7:50 PM
My automatic updates downloaded IE 7.0 and I've had nothing but problems ever since. Now, when I try to burn CDs in Napster, Napster doesn't recognize my burner CD/DVD drive. Also, when I go to "my computer" and check out the properties, then hardware, I have a "non-recognition" message for the CD/DVD drive. This is very frustrating. Is removing IE 7.0 a problem?
Thanks
Posted by Tracy | April 5, 2007 1:15 PM
It's really annoying this IE7 after installation browser always hang up "not responding" thought it was other program I install that make this I download again the IE 7 and install after installation worst happen cannot open it will just flash then nothing will come out
Posted by Harrison | June 9, 2007 7:58 AM
Awhile back I "upgraded" to I.E. 7.0 and had continuuous connection problems and response time problems. I used restore several times, which seemed to fix the connection problem. Restore quit doing the fix and I uninstalled I.E. 7 and reverted back to I.E. 6. All works great and I'll never go back to 7.0!
Posted by Bob | July 14, 2007 6:00 AM
I am having real problems - not sure if it is IE7. Running PC with Vista and IE7 and Office 2007. Using Hotmail account with no problems, however recently everyone I send emails to cannot read them. Any clues as to the problem? I have tried sending them to various users - some can read and some cant!
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