As I said in the beginning I am new to IE8 and whilst going through all the
options I came across ' manage add ons ' which I have never seen before.
Whether they are installed with the program or downloaded automatically
later I don't know,but I found 2 add ons from Sun Microsystems (I certainly
didn't install them ) Disabling them both stopped the annoying launching of
IE8.
Thanks Leonard and Pa Bear.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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>> IE8 launches by itself...
>
> And when does this happen?
>
> 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)? Were any of these
> applications running in the background when you installed IE8?
>
> 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
>
>
> joe wrote:
>> winxp pro sp3 and all updates
>>
>> Sorry guys I am new to IE8 and haven't got to grips with it yet.
>>
>> IE8 launches by itself and says 'cannot display the webpage' -
>> ''diagnose
>> connection problems' which says all is ok.
>>
>> In the navigation area it says 'javascript:click Refresh ()
>>
>> Why is this happenng and how to stop?
>>
>> Any help please.
>