Rob, i pfressed F12 for the Drupal developer tool (I had never been in that
tool, so the notes you had on possible impact of being in that and pressing a
wrong key combination didn't occur). When i got inito the developer tool, it
was already set for IE as the default for both browser mode and document
mode. The problem still exists.
The key points:
1. I was in Drupal when the problem occurred. Even if i reboot the comptuer,
when i try to log into the Drupal site, it appears the commadn bar (very top
is where i have the choices), only shows "skip to main content" (but that is
not a command i recall ever seeing). So, it apparently thinks i am still
logged in. The browser works fine in logging into other sites.
2. the problen onlhy occurs when i am logged is a a regular user; when i log
in as administrator the browser goes to drupal and works fine)
PA Bear, sorry i used an old term (microsoft defender), i meant to say
Microsoft Security Essentials.
Roger
"rob^_^" wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> Go to Drupal, Press F12 to display the Developer Tool, Press Alt+8 to toggle
> the Document Mode back to IE8 Standards (the site default)
>
> Looks like you pressed Alt+7 or 6 instead of Shift+7 or 6 and forgot to
> mention that you had the Developer tool visible when the issue occurred. It
> has its own keyboard shortcuts which will over-ride the current page's. Good
> idea to not display it while you are using an on-line editor.
>
> The Flash you saw was the page refreshing when the Document Mode was
> changed. Flattering that IE8 can refresh the page in a Flash....
>
> mmm. You should not be inserting those Shift+numeric key characters into a
> html snippet ( !@#$%^&*) they are special characters... (ref:
> http://www.concordancesoftware.co.uk/manual/hs2655.htm )
>
> So obviously you pressed Alt+7 i/o Shift+7 to insert an & character... use
> & instead or does the online Drupal html editor correct your mistakes
> for you. No way Jose... more junk to feed the masses.
>
> Regards.
>
> "roger" wrote in message
> news:BA156D5F-4DD0-4165-A2E7-4BABA29D46F3@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for the quick reply.
> >
> > 1. I tried the reset IE settings, and that did not do anything.
> > 2. The problem occurs on both 64 and 32 bit versions (including no changes
> > after doing #1).
> > 3. I had McAfee when the computer came, and i deleted it. I use MS
> > Defneder
> > and MS firewall. But, these changes were made over a week before the IE
> > problem came up.
> >
> > New information.
> > I have two users (me as regular and me as administrator). I had been using
> > regular. Tonuight I logged into administrator. Both the 64 bit and 32 bit
> > versions of IE worked perfectly. So it looks like the problem is not with
> > IE
> > but something else that affected a single user.
> >
> > Curiosity question.
> > On the start menu there is IE (64 bit) and IE. On the task bar (bottom of
> > screen) there is an IE icon (auto installed). This one seems is 32 bit (by
> > looking at "about" on the help menu). Why wouldn't 64 be the default on
> > the
> > task bar. Is there any difference in the two verions, in a practical
> > sense.
> >
> > roger
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> The only way to reinstall IE8 in Win7 is by reinstalling Win7 and I don't
> >> think you need to do that just yet.
> >>
> >> Start here:
> >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Tips-for-solving-problems-with-Internet-Explorer
> >> (which includes a reference to
> >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings).
> >>
> >> Are you running Win7 64-bit and do you see the behavior in IE8 32-bit and
> >> IE8 64-bit?
> >>
> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> >> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> >> Defender)?
> >> What third-party firewall (if any)?
> >>
> >> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
> >> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> >> bought
> >> it)?
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >>
> >>
> >> roger wrote:
> >> > I have a new dell comptuter with windows 7 and initially IE 8 worked
> >> > fine.
> >> > One day i was editing via IE 8 to a Drupal (content management) server,
> >> > and
> >> > the screen flashed, I think i hit some key but it seemed more like the
> >> > effect of a quick power outage. Two problems now occur but only on the
> >> > website i was editing. Going to the website shows less that is really
> >> > on
> >> > the site (confirmed by looking via Firefox), and i can no longer edit
> >> > Drupal (the symptom is that part of a menu shows suggesting it thinks i
> >> > am
> >> > still logged in, but i cannot do anything and the type between attempts
> >> > is
> >> > several days).
> >> >
> >> > I was going to reinstall IE 8 but i cannot find a verson on the MS
> >> > site -
> >> > only for vista. It should be the same, and since IE 8 comes with
> >> > windows
> >> > 7,
> >> > maybe this is ok. I did not want to take the risk of trying such a
> >> > reinstall
> >> > without advice, so that is why i am writing. I assume the reinstall
> >> > would
> >> > retain all my tabs/favorites.
> >> >
> >> > Roger
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >