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turnedmyworldtoblack
turnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
edited January 2007 in Technical Stuff and Help
I upgraded a friends computer to IE7, and ever since then I can't view web pages on his comp. AIM works, I can ping websites, but browsers just wont load websites. I was rushing out of his house and all i got to fool around with was the LAN settings in the explorer options, nothing wierd there. His router isn't blocking any type of HTTP port or anything either. I am going there tonight and just wanted some fresh ideas to trouble shoot. Thanks in advance.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Is it just IE7 that won't load websites or all browsers on the computer? And what is the message you get when attempting to load a webpage?
  • ItsEvolutionBaby74
    ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    turnedmyworldtoblack wrote:
    I upgraded a friends computer to IE7, and ever since then I can't view web pages on his comp. AIM works, I can ping websites, but browsers just wont load websites. I was rushing out of his house and all i got to fool around with was the LAN settings in the explorer options, nothing wierd there. His router isn't blocking any type of HTTP port or anything either. I am going there tonight and just wanted some fresh ideas to trouble shoot. Thanks in advance.

    Are you using Zone Alarm? Are you using a static or a dynamic IP address? Are you using Windows Firewall?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Try Firefox.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    cutback wrote:
    Try Firefox.
    I made the switch but IE is hard to let go. but I bet it will work ;)
  • turnedmyworldtoblack
    turnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I made the switch but IE is hard to let go. but I bet it will work ;)

    Firefox didnt work. But I fixed it with just a reinstall.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    turnedmyworldtoblack wrote:
    Firefox didnt work. But I fixed it with just a reinstall.
    interesting. well at least it works now.
  • turnedmyworldtoblack
    turnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
    It got wierd because I tried running it before restarting. I wonder what part of the installation needs the reboot so bad.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    turnedmyworldtoblack wrote:
    It got wierd because I tried running it before restarting. I wonder what part of the installation needs the reboot so bad.

    Probably the registry.

    I know that IE7 on release had a major bug in the Phishing Filter and Microsoft very quietly released a patch for it. In-fact just searching for Phishing Filter Patch on google isn't good enough. You have to go through dozens of sites to find the actual patch. However, the bug only affected sites that use frames.
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  • Jamal
    Jamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    However, the bug only affected sites that use frames.
    and are by definition "evil"
    at least, so I've been told (by my webtech teacher ;))
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jamal wrote:
    and are by definition "evil"
    at least, so I've been told (by my webtech teacher ;))

    I like to use frames ;)
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  • Jamal
    Jamal Posts: 2,115
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I like to use frames ;)
    http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?FramesAreEvil

    they have their place, but are often misused and can mostly be replaced by a css-based lay-out, so no tables either !! :D

    I'm working on a php site atm, and I'm just shifting blocks around, with frames, that would have been hell ...
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9517DB9C-3C0D-47FE-BD04-FAD82A9AAC9F&displaylang=en
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Jamal wrote:
    http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?FramesAreEvil

    they have their place, but are often misused and can mostly be replaced by a css-based lay-out, so no tables either !! :D

    I'm working on a php site atm, and I'm just shifting blocks around, with frames, that would have been hell ...
    Frames are so 90's
  • Jamal
    Jamal Posts: 2,115
    Saturnal wrote:
    Frames are so 90's
    and not very ergonomical... (back-button, printing, ...)
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