My responses in CAPS:

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Recap: These issues are only encountered in one particular User Profile.
> The issues do not occur in IE6 after IE7 is uninstalled.
THAT IS CORRECT. ACTUALLY ONLY ONE PROFILE WORKS CORRECTLY. THE OTHER 2
BOTH HAVE THE PROBLEM. I CREATED A NEW USER ACCOUNT AND THAT HAD THE PROBLEM
AS WELL.

>
> What anti-virus or "internet security" suite is installed? What
> anti-spyware applications? Were all components of these applications
> disabled before uninstalling IE7 and reinstalling it?
ZONE ALARM. COMPLETELY UNINSTALLED AND NOT REINSTALLED.
MCAFEE ANTIVIRUS. DISABLED ALL VIRUS CHECKING.
SPYBOT SEARCH & DESTROY. COMPLETELY UNINSTALLED.
>
> Have you tested starting IE7 in No Add-ons mode since this most recent
> install?
YES, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.
>
> Have you tried RIES again (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737)?
YES, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.
WHAT I NOTICE IS THAT I AM ALWAYS STUCK ON THE RUNONE PAGE:
RUNONCE.MSN.COM/RUNONCE2.ASPX.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS RELATED? WHY WOULD IE BE STUCK RUNNING THE RUNONCE
PAGE ON THE ACCOUNTS
THAT DONT WORK. ON THE ACCOUNT THAT WORKS THE RUNONCE PAGE RUNS
SUCCESSFULLY. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE BAD ACCOUNTS THAT LEAD TO SOME
WEB PAGES (INCLUDING THE RUNONCE PAGE) NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. APPARENTLY
THIS IS RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF BEING UNABLE TO PRINT.
>
> Does this behavior persist in a newly created User Profile?
> ===================================
> Related references:
>
> No-charge phone support for IE7 installation issues (home users only) is
> available until 01 Nov-07. Call 866-234-6020 (North America)
>
> How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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>
>
> Bill C. wrote:
> > OK, I uninstalled again per the instructions.
> > I uninstalled Zonealarm, turned off auto updated, uninstalled Google
> > toolbar, etc.
> >
> > Then I reinstalled IE 7.
> >
> > Still having the same problems. The only difference is on the affected
> > accounts, I do not get stuck in the runonce2.aspx page. But I still am
> > unable to view the same web sites, such as www.weather.com, and still get
> > the IE Script Error when I try to print (or do a lot of other things).
> > Basically no change.
> >
> > "PA Bear" wrote:
> >> A1. Possibly; otherwise, I'd suspect one or more add-ons.
> >>
> >> A2. via Add/Remove Programs (we're talking about third-party toolsbars
> >> here; e.g., Google, Yahoo, MSN/Windows Live, Roboform, etc.)
> >> --
> >> Bill C. wrote:
> >>> OK, I will try this.
> >>>
> >>> Does the 'flawed' install if IE7 theory still hold considering
> >>> everything
> >>> works fine under 1 account but is screwed up on the other accounts? I
> >>> would think if IE was screwed up that the behavior would be bad on all
> >>> accounts.
> >>>
> >>> p.s. How do I uninstall all toolbars?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>>
> >>> "PA Bear" wrote:
> >>>> The fact that the problems didn't persist in IE6 suggests that you may
> >>>> have
> >>>> yet another horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7. (My
> >>>> instructions
> >>>> didn't include reinstalling IE7 yet.) I suggest that you...
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) per
> >>>> http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html
> >>>>
> >>>> 2a. Uninstall all toolbars and third-party Windows Themes (including
> >>>> Window
> >>>> Blinds).
> >>>>
> >>>> 2b. Disable all Norton Add-ons, if applicable.
> >>>>
> >>>> 3. Reinstall IE7 EXACTLY per
> >>>> http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install, and using
> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.mspx as the
> >>>> installation
> >>>> source, not Automatic/Windows Update.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also see:
> >>>>
> >>>> IEBlog : IE7 (Un)Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
> >>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
> >>>> --
> >>>> ~PA Bear
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill C. wrote:
> >>>>> OK, here are my results:
> >>>>> 1) Start IE7 in Non Add-Ons Mode
> >>>>> I tried this and the behavior persisted
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2) Reset IE7 Settings
> >>>>> I tried this and the behavior persisted
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 3) Uninstall
> >>>>> I uninstalled IE7, which reinstalled IE6.
> >>>>> Now things worked fine, all webpages could be viewed OK and I could
> >>>>> print
> >>>>> from IE.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I then re-installed IE7. On the account that had previously worked,
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> went to the
> >>>>> http://runonce.msn.com\runonce2.aspx page and I successfully set this
> >>>>> up
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> things worked fine as in the past.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> However, when logged into the account that had the problems in the
> >>>>> past,
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> noticed
> >>>>> that the runonce2.aspx page did not run properly. It did not go to
> >>>>> that
> >>>>> page that allowed the IE selections, but instead just gave an error
> >>>>> message.
> >>>>> So its like the initial IE7 setup did not occur. I did get a message
> >>>>> asking
> >>>>> if I wanted to set up the phishing filter or not, which I left off.
> >>>>> But
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> still think the inability to run the runonce2.aspx script left IE in
> >>>>> an
> >>>>> incomplete setup state.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So the bottom line is I am still in the same state. IE7 works fine
> >>>>> when
> >>>>> logged into the first account, but still has the same problems when
> >>>>> logged
> >>>>> into the 2nd account.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for all your help, I am awaiting further advice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bill
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Bill C." wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> When I try to print from I.E. 7, I get the following error:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Internet Explorer Script Error - An error has occurred in the script
> >>>>>> on
> >>>>>> this page.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There is nothing following the "Line:", "Char:", "Error:" or other
> >>>>>> fields
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There are many other problems with I.E. also, it does not display
> >>>>>> many
> >>>>>> web
> >>>>>> pages properly such as www.weather.com. It shows "Done" with
> >>>>>> "Error".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The odd thing, this only occurs when logged in from certain accounts.
> >>>>>> From
> >>>>>> other accounts everything is just fine.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am running I.E. 7.0 on Win XP w/ Service Pack 2.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have gone through many suggestions on this page and Microsoft KB
> >>>>>> articles
> >>>>>> (285212, 308260...) and none of them have solved the problm. I
> >>>>>> reloaded
> >>>>>> I.E. 7.0 (although I did not know how to uninstall it since it
> >>>>>> doesn't
> >>>>>> show
> >>>>>> up in Add/Remove programs, so I just installed it over the existing
> >>>>>> version.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Obviously something is different with the accounts where this is not
> >>>>>> working and the account where there is no problem. I tried creating
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> new account and that account did have the problem.
>
>