Hi,
A very likely cause is an incompatible add-on or third-party security
program (firewall or security suite.)

This, in particular, points to a firewall or security suite.
> but after trying to get to them from the Microsoft website, I can't upload
> them from there because I'm not using IE.

See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
for troubleshooting information.
More at:
IEBlog Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

936213- How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213/en-us

936215- How to troubleshoot Internet Explorer 7 issues in Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936215

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"FaZizzle" <FaZizzle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After installing IE7 and receiving no errors during the process, I thought
I
> was good to go. We use IE7 at work, and I love it. Because of that I
thought
> I would go ahead and get it as well.
>
> Now I can't open anything. It won't display any website. Obviously I am
> connected as I am using FireFox right now.
>
> I assumed that installing the latest Windows updates would be a great
idea,
> but after trying to get to them from the Microsoft website, I can't upload
> them from there because I'm not using IE.
>
> I'm not really sure what to do at this point.