"obi_wonder" <obiwonder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6BBA3B0-F628-42A3-BC30-694FAB74887E@microsoft.com...
>I cannot figure out what the deal is with IE7 on my computer. It randomly
> crashes, it will freeze out the menu bar and I will be unable to access
> it,
> it will occassionally do unusual things (like randomly remove "Internet
> Options" from my "tools" menu along with a few other items) it will not
> display any options upon a right-click, pages will not load properly if I
> open more than two tabs sometimes.
>
> For my menu bar, if I can right click, I can usually verify that "menu
> bar"
> is selected, however I cannot deselect it while I can still select,
> deselect,
> or reselect any other option and the program will be responsive. niether
> alt,
> nor F10, will bring it up either. The only thing seems to be time as it
> will
> randomly decide to return ... at least so far it has.
>
> For the tab loading, usually I'll have to close down entirely and restart
> and it will work. for the right-click options I'll usually have to close
> the
> tab entirely. for tools menu options I had to close the program entirely.
> I've tried shutting down and restarting the program and the computer, I
> did a
> RIES to no success. I've run the program without add-ons, and performed
> numerous virus scans. Basically all I can think of is that I'd like to
> just
> reinstall but of course that can't be done on Vista. I'm running on a very
> new HP laptop.
>
> Thoughts would be much appreciated. My last thought is to simply go
> Firefox
> as it's quite frustrating to have to continuously deal with these issues
> for
> no apparent reason.

If Norton or McAfee is installed try uninstalling it just as a test. Make
sure the Windows Firewall is on before connecting.
If that fixes it, Avast is free for home users.

Note: "disabling Norton or McAfee is not a test. They must be uninstalled.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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