I have the solution: Install FireFox 2.0 and simply don not use I.E. 7.0.
Its clear that I.E. 7.0 has problems. ForeFox is faster, has cool addons as
well. I.E. 7.0 is a clear copy cat of FireFox.

"Robert wilkens" wrote:
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> Oops.. I replied to the wrong message. Ignore my previous reply.
>
> -Rob
>
> "Will Zachmann" <WillZachmann@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A74FC76D-BC6F-40B3-AD1B-72CDDBFCC587@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I have had a serious problem with IE7 after installing Vista Ultimate (RTM)
> > in that while it will launch once, a second and any subsequent launch
> > fails.
> > If I re-set IE7, I can again get one successful launch, but then the
> > failures
> > resume.
> >
> > After comparing the settings in HKLM\Software before and after the one
> > successful launch (after which IE7 will fail on launch) I got the hunch to
> > try unchecking the "Enable Protected Mode" box on the Security tab in
> > Internet Settings.
> > Sure, enough, IE7 worked 'normally' after turning it off. If I turn it on
> > again, though, IE7 fails as before and I have to reset it to get it
> > working
> > again.
> >
> > So I am looking for help/ideas/suggestions to try to resolve the problem
> > of
> > why a second launch of IE7 on Vista Ultimate (RTM) after a reset fails if
> > the
> > Enable Protected Mode box is checked.
> >
> > Here is a comparison of HKLM/Software before and after the one successful
> > launch with Protected Mode enabled (after which it will fail until reset):
> >
> > Comparing files HKLMswPrior.reg and HKLMSWPOST.REG
> > ***** HKLMswPrior.reg
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
> > "Seed"=hex:a5,2b,14,0a,78,19,69,d4,c8,0a,f7,41,0f,c2,86,13,0d,d0,fb,d0,4f,6c,\
> >
> > f6,e8,68,02,09,f4,9b,9e,12,e0,4b,42,33,89,c1,9f,25,04,95,2c,2f,fa,8b,f2,fc,\
> >
> > db,b7,38,65,15,44,16,cf,e2,9c,da,93,1c,2f,ab,b7,29,90,cc,96,7c,86,e1,40,29,\
> > fb,d8,9f,36,6d,14,c7,cf
> >
> > ***** HKLMSWPOST.REG
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
> > "Seed"=hex:28,ca,8e,5b,0d,3a,a5,7e,f8,6b,38,eb,14,65,49,e6,65,30,3b,e8,7e,04,\
> >
> > 83,96,de,91,a2,c7,2c,bc,8d,5e,a8,10,d7,7a,58,95,bc,7c,64,5c,94,18,a3,5f,a1,\
> >
> > a3,48,a9,65,97,c2,dd,a9,98,52,b2,83,76,e1,f4,4b,5a,d9,3a,d7,34,ec,05,2e,d1,\
> > d4,d8,d2,e3,a2,8a,a4,e9
> >
> > *****
> >
> > ***** HKLMswPrior.reg
> > "ProfileLoadTimeHigh"=dword:00000000
> > "RefCount"=dword:00000006
> > "RunLogonScriptSync"=dword:00000000
> > ***** HKLMSWPOST.REG
> > "ProfileLoadTimeHigh"=dword:00000000
> > "RefCount"=dword:00000007
> > "RunLogonScriptSync"=dword:00000000
> > *****
> >
> > ***** HKLMswPrior.reg
> > "LogNumber"=dword:00000041
> > "NotificationLogCheckPoint"=hex:a5,ef,00,00,00,00,00,00
> > "HistoryHashMapFile"="C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Search\\Data\\Applications\\Windows\\Projects\\SystemIndex\\SystemIndex.Hash.
> > ***** HKLMSWPOST.REG
> > "LogNumber"=dword:00000041
> > "NotificationLogCheckPoint"=hex:38,fb,00,00,00,00,00,00
> > "HistoryHashMapFile"="C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Search\\Data\\Applications\\Windows\\Projects\\SystemIndex\\SystemIndex.Hash.
> > *****
> >
> > Thanks much for any help you might be able to offer! And have a Happy
> > Thanksgiving, too!
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > will
> >
> > --
> > William F. Zachmann
> > Canopus Research Inc.
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