Help help help help help (Internet Explorer misbehaving)

You had it returned from a friend? From being Fixed?

I'm channeling my DH technerdboy who says the fastest and safest thing to do would be to back all your important files up and he recommends using the system restore disk to put it back to factory settings. Then download a good free antivirus (we use Avast.)

Good luck

Something similar happened to me recently and it turned out the date/clock had been set ahead by accident and so "security certificates" appeared to be out of date, but it was because my calendar was set months ahead. I don't know if that's your problem, but I'd check that at least.

Is the parental controls option turned on? Go to control panel --> Parental Control option. And look if for your account there has been issued access restrictions. Or just turn the thing off if it's turned on.

Also it could be your browser. Maybe you could try another one like fire fox . That is if you can get to the site and install it.

Some standard things you can do when having internet explorer problems are:
In the tools menu; Delete browsing history; Clear temporary internet files; Delete any offline files. In the tools menu --> Internet options -->Advanced tab --> Verify under Multimedia that Show Pictures check box is selected.

On the security tab click default for the internet zone.

You could also check if your firewall is blocking stuff or that you are running an add blocker.

Hope this helps. (If you use internet explorer, really try firefox. )

MacAllister said:

What you do is this:

1. Go to Mozilla.com and read about Firefox.

2. Download Firefox, and check "Yes. Make Firefox my default browser"

3. Import your IE bookmarks during installation. Firefox will walk you through it.

4. Leave IE on your computer, but remove all the shortcuts from your desktop, dock, and toolbars.

5. Have a much faster, happier, and safer internet experience.

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This! Do this thing right here! What she said!

Firefox = cool and good and fast and awesome and worky.

IE = bad and crappy and slow and crappy and non-worky.

Just sayin'.

Also... Avast! is good virus protection.

Another vote for Firefox. I still have IE, and about two times a year I find some amateur site which cannot display properly on Firefox and view it using IE, but other than that, I'm a totally happy camper. Well, except that my idea of camping is a hotel with less than three stars.

Maryn, spoiled