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)?
You might try...
Download/run the appropriate, newly-updated script(s) by IE MVP Kai
Schaetzl:
http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=42&id=133&artlang=en
Tip: The file named ie8-rereg.all.zip contains all three (3) scripts below.
If you have a Win7 32-bit computer:
. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.cmd & reboot.
If you have a Win7 64-bit computer:
. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.32on64.cmd to correct the
problem in IE8 32-bit & reboot.
. Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.64on64.cmd to correct the
problem in IE8 64-bit & reboot.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Steve Rosen wrote:
> Sometimes clicking on hypertext links in the subject environment (windows7
> 64 bit, ie8*32 appears to do nothing, although each click adds an
> additional iexplore*32 process to the task manager.
>
> These processes persist until terminated in task manager.
>
> Any clue as to how to troubleshoot/repair?