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Dwayne
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I am using IE8 on Windows XP Professional on a Dell Precision T5400 64-bit
platform PC.
Everything has been running fine for the last year and just the other day,
Internet Explorer started behaving odd after I installed Spybot Search and
Destroy and cleaned up some temporary internet files, cookies, and temp
files.
Here is what started happening. The remember me checkboxes that can store
your username and password are no longer are persisted. Everytime I close
the browser and come back to sites that I had saved my username and
password, I have to login again. It is like my cookies aren't getting
stored. I've tried dumping the temporary internet files and cookies, but the
problem still occurs. I uninstalled Spybot Search and Destroy and
reinstalled Internet Explorer 8. Still the problem persists. I've also
changed the TIF folder location and then changed back to the default
location: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files
I noticed that if I actually navigate to the above directory c:\Documents
and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\ I don't see the Temporary Internet
Files folder, but if I open IE and navigate to Internet Options and check
the path and view files, it will open the cookies and files in the above
folder. Not sure why I don't see the Temporary Internet Files folder
though, wasn't sure if that might be a problem or if IE just creates that
folder behind the scenes?
Also, flash video used to run fine on IE (points to the 32-bit version of IE
because 64-bit doesn't support Flash, I am aware of this), but now I cannot
play Flash videos in IE8 (32-bit). If I go to Tools >> Manage Add-Ons, it
shows the Flash Shockwave player installed and if I go to Add Remove
Programs the flash player and Active X programs are installed.
Finally, I cannot download files from IE. When I tried to reinstall IE8, I
couldn't download the installer exe, so I had to use Firefox instead to
download the file and then run the install for IE8. That is just one
example of files I cannot download. I've tried to download Excel and Word
files through Outlook Webmail from my company email system and the same
problem...unable to download the file.
After re-installing IE8, I am noticing that the browser just seems to lockup
sporadically and when I try to close, I'm getting an occassional popup
"Window is busy" message.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
platform PC.
Everything has been running fine for the last year and just the other day,
Internet Explorer started behaving odd after I installed Spybot Search and
Destroy and cleaned up some temporary internet files, cookies, and temp
files.
Here is what started happening. The remember me checkboxes that can store
your username and password are no longer are persisted. Everytime I close
the browser and come back to sites that I had saved my username and
password, I have to login again. It is like my cookies aren't getting
stored. I've tried dumping the temporary internet files and cookies, but the
problem still occurs. I uninstalled Spybot Search and Destroy and
reinstalled Internet Explorer 8. Still the problem persists. I've also
changed the TIF folder location and then changed back to the default
location: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files
I noticed that if I actually navigate to the above directory c:\Documents
and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\ I don't see the Temporary Internet
Files folder, but if I open IE and navigate to Internet Options and check
the path and view files, it will open the cookies and files in the above
folder. Not sure why I don't see the Temporary Internet Files folder
though, wasn't sure if that might be a problem or if IE just creates that
folder behind the scenes?
Also, flash video used to run fine on IE (points to the 32-bit version of IE
because 64-bit doesn't support Flash, I am aware of this), but now I cannot
play Flash videos in IE8 (32-bit). If I go to Tools >> Manage Add-Ons, it
shows the Flash Shockwave player installed and if I go to Add Remove
Programs the flash player and Active X programs are installed.
Finally, I cannot download files from IE. When I tried to reinstall IE8, I
couldn't download the installer exe, so I had to use Firefox instead to
download the file and then run the install for IE8. That is just one
example of files I cannot download. I've tried to download Excel and Word
files through Outlook Webmail from my company email system and the same
problem...unable to download the file.
After re-installing IE8, I am noticing that the browser just seems to lockup
sporadically and when I try to close, I'm getting an occassional popup
"Window is busy" message.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.