About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.

However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with all
my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me having
to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11

- Jon

Crossposted to microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop newsgroup.

I wouldn't be surprised if Windows Live Mail "hijacked" your RSS feeds.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Jonathan P. Handby wrote:
> About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
> automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
> Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.
>
> However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with
> all
> my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me
> having
> to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
>
> - Jon

By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted in a while, this is why.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.

However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with all
my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me having
to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11

- Jon

My computer is normally switched off over-night.
The task for the feeds update goes under what name in task manager? Perhaps the task isn't running.
"Darnell 0216" <Darnell0216@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86335AB6-B3D3-452A-90E9-C3FA62B85B89@microsoft.com...
By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted in a while, this is why.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.

However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with all
my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me having
to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11

- Jon


--
Jon Handby

It's an invisible task. Open Scheduled Tasks and under one of the menu options is the setting to show all. If after enabling it you don't see them, go into Internet Settings -> Content -> Feeds and make sure updating regularly is turned on. If it is on, turn it off and back on. Watch the scheduled tasks window for it to appear.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:73D29DB2-9270-4CC1-BAF2-860851E421C2@microsoft.com...
My computer is normally switched off over-night.
The task for the feeds update goes under what name in task manager? Perhaps the task isn't running.
"Darnell 0216" <Darnell0216@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86335AB6-B3D3-452A-90E9-C3FA62B85B89@microsoft.com...
By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted in a while, this is why.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.

However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with all
my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me having
to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11

- Jon


--
Jon Handby

I have actually managed to fix to issue after you pointed me to the ST window.

Turned out that the Protected Storage Service was corrupted.
I searched microsofts database and found article 246183 and deleted the S-1-5-18 folder while in safe mode from c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\s-1-5-18
Rebooted and sure enough it worked.
I have not only RSS back but all other tasks i forgot were not running when they should have.

Thanks guys.
"Darnell 0216" <Darnell0216@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9AFF5FC1-0D7A-44C7-925A-5F8959816AB3@microsoft.com...
It's an invisible task. Open Scheduled Tasks and under one of the menu options is the setting to show all. If after enabling it you don't see them, go into Internet Settings -> Content -> Feeds and make sure updating regularly is turned on. If it is on, turn it off and back on. Watch the scheduled tasks window for it to appear.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:73D29DB2-9270-4CC1-BAF2-860851E421C2@microsoft.com...
My computer is normally switched off over-night.
The task for the feeds update goes under what name in task manager? Perhaps the task isn't running.
"Darnell 0216" <Darnell0216@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86335AB6-B3D3-452A-90E9-C3FA62B85B89@microsoft.com...
By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted in a while, this is why.
"Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.

However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with all
my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me having
to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11

- Jon


--
Jon Handby


--
Jon Handby

How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Darnell 0216 wrote:
> By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run
> for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted
> in
> a while, this is why.
>
> "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
> automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
> Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in
> it.
>
> However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with
> all
> my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me
> having
> to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
>
> - Jon

Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop. I'm one who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found out by looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because of this I have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then restart it so it'll run for another 3 days.
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Darnell 0216 wrote:
> By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is run
> for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't rebooted
> in
> a while, this is why.
>
> "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
> automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
> Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in
> it.
>
> However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with
> all
> my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me
> having
> to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
>
> - Jon

Cannot reproduce. I might reboot my WinXP SP2 machines twice a month: My
RSS Feeds are checked without fail every 4 hours, exactly as I've configured
it.
--
~PA Bear

Darnell 0216 wrote:
> Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop. I'm one
> who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found out by
> looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because of this I
> have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then restart it so
> it'll run for another 3 days.
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is
> run
> > for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't
> rebooted
> > in
> > a while, this is why.
> >
> > "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> > news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> > About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped
> updating
> > automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation
> of
> > Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed
> in
> > it.
> >
> > However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that
> with
> > all
> > my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean
> me
> > having
> > to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> > MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
> >
> > - Jon

Well for some reason, for as long as I've had IE7 and used it's RSS, it has been this way for me in XP SP2. I've even attached a screenshot of my task settings, where by default it's checked to stop after 72 hours.
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message news:OjIv4TRtHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Cannot reproduce. I might reboot my WinXP SP2 machines twice a month: My
RSS Feeds are checked without fail every 4 hours, exactly as I've configured
it.
--
~PA Bear

Darnell 0216 wrote:
> Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop. I'm one
> who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found out by
> looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because of this I
> have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then restart it so
> it'll run for another 3 days.
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task is
> run
> > for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't
> rebooted
> > in
> > a while, this is why.
> >
> > "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> > news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> > About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped
> updating
> > automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation
> of
> > Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed
> in
> > it.
> >
> > However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that
> with
> > all
> > my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean
> me
> > having
> > to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> > MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
> >
> > - Jon

Ah, gotcha now!

<QP>
BTW, if you want to see how your RSS feeds are going, go to Control Panel,
Scheduled Tasks. Turn on the option to view hidden tasks (Advanced menu)
and you will be able to see the User Feed Synchronization task.
</QP>
Source: http://www.ie-vista.com/breaking_news.html

Now that I've enabled Hidden Tasks, I see that I have the same setting in
Settings tab. However, my RSS Update schedule default is "every 4 hours"
and I do not see the behavior you report.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Darnell 0216 wrote:
> Well for some reason, for as long as I've had IE7 and used it's RSS, it
> has
> been this way for me in XP SP2. I've even attached a screenshot of my task
> settings, where by default it's checked to stop after 72 hours.
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:OjIv4TRtHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Cannot reproduce. I might reboot my WinXP SP2 machines twice a month:
> My
> RSS Feeds are checked without fail every 4 hours, exactly as I've
> configured
> it.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop. I'm
> one
> > who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found out
> by
> > looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because of
> this I
> > have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then restart it
> so
> > it'll run for another 3 days.
> > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> > news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> > AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
> >
> > Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > > By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task
> is
> > run
> > > for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't
> > rebooted
> > > in
> > > a while, this is why.
> > >
> > > "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> > > news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> > > About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped
> > updating
> > > automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the
> installation
> > of
> > > Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds
> managed
> > in
> > > it.
> > >
> > > However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do
> that
> > with
> > > all
> > > my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't
> mean
> > me
> > > having
> > > to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> > > MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
> > >
> > > - Jon

Hi,

Thanks Robear and Jonathan for the feedback. Hopefully these steps fix the
issue with your feeds updating. Do this to check your IE7 rss update
settings:

In the feeds pane on the right in IE7, right click any feed and select
"Properties..."

Then take a look at whether "Use default schedule" or "Use custom schedule"
is selected. From that same window you can also see how frequently IE7 is
updating your feeds. If "Use default schedule" is grayed out, click the
"Settings..." button next to it and make sure "Automatically check feeds for
updates" is checked.

Let me know if this solves your problems with IE7 updating your feeds.

I'll investigate to see what could have caused this to happen.

Thanks,
Anthony


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
news:#gG71UEtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Crossposted to microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop newsgroup.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if Windows Live Mail "hijacked" your RSS feeds.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> Jonathan P. Handby wrote:
>> About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped updating
>> automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the installation of
>> Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds managed in it.
>>
>> However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do that with
>> all
>> my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't mean me
>> having
>> to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
>> MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
>>
>> - Jon
>

Well I guess mine actually wants to obey that setting, LoL. Sure it updates every 4 hours just fine, but after 72 hours it stops and I have to turn off and turn back on automatic feed update to enable it for the next 3 days.
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message news:Ow0NdIStHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Ah, gotcha now!

<QP>
BTW, if you want to see how your RSS feeds are going, go to Control Panel,
Scheduled Tasks. Turn on the option to view hidden tasks (Advanced menu)
and you will be able to see the User Feed Synchronization task.
</QP>
Source: http://www.ie-vista.com/breaking_news.html

Now that I've enabled Hidden Tasks, I see that I have the same setting in
Settings tab. However, my RSS Update schedule default is "every 4 hours"
and I do not see the behavior you report.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Darnell 0216 wrote:
> Well for some reason, for as long as I've had IE7 and used it's RSS, it
> has
> been this way for me in XP SP2. I've even attached a screenshot of my task
> settings, where by default it's checked to stop after 72 hours.
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:OjIv4TRtHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Cannot reproduce. I might reboot my WinXP SP2 machines twice a month:
> My
> RSS Feeds are checked without fail every 4 hours, exactly as I've
> configured
> it.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop. I'm
> one
> > who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found out
> by
> > looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because of
> this I
> > have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then restart it
> so
> > it'll run for another 3 days.
> > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> > news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like this?
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> > AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
> >
> > Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > > By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update' task
> is
> > run
> > > for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you haven't
> > rebooted
> > > in
> > > a while, this is why.
> > >
> > > "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> > > news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> > > About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7 stopped
> > updating
> > > automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the
> installation
> > of
> > > Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds
> managed
> > in
> > > it.
> > >
> > > However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to do
> that
> > with
> > > all
> > > my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which doesn't
> mean
> > me
> > > having
> > > to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> > > MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
> > >
> > > - Jon

You may have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7. I suggest that
you..,

1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) per
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

2. Uninstall all toolbars and third-party Windows Themes (including Window
Blinds).

3. Reinstall IE7 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

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/e...asp?frame=true
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Darnell 0216 wrote:
> Well I guess mine actually wants to obey that setting, LoL. Sure it
> updates
> every 4 hours just fine, but after 72 hours it stops and I have to turn
> off
> and turn back on automatic feed update to enable it for the next 3 days.
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:Ow0NdIStHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Ah, gotcha now!
>
> <QP>
> BTW, if you want to see how your RSS feeds are going, go to Control
> Panel,
> Scheduled Tasks. Turn on the option to view hidden tasks (Advanced
> menu)
> and you will be able to see the User Feed Synchronization task.
> </QP>
> Source: http://www.ie-vista.com/breaking_news.html
>
> Now that I've enabled Hidden Tasks, I see that I have the same setting
> in
> Settings tab. However, my RSS Update schedule default is "every 4
> hours"
> and I do not see the behavior you report.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
>
> Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > Well for some reason, for as long as I've had IE7 and used it's RSS,
> it
> > has
> > been this way for me in XP SP2. I've even attached a screenshot of my
> task
> > settings, where by default it's checked to stop after 72 hours.
> > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> > news:OjIv4TRtHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Cannot reproduce. I might reboot my WinXP SP2 machines twice a
> month:
> > My
> > RSS Feeds are checked without fail every 4 hours, exactly as I've
> > configured
> > it.
> > --
> > ~PA Bear
> >
> > Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > > Yeah by design the task is set to run for 72 hours and then stop.
> I'm
> > one
> > > who sometimes runs for a week or more without rebooting and found
> out
> > by
> > > looking at the task it's designed to stop at that point. Because
> of
> > this I
> > > have to make my way to the Feeds setting in IE to stop then
> restart
> it
> > so
> > > it'll run for another 3 days.
> > > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eGhOdJQtHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > > How have you determined that Feeds Update task behaves like
> this?
> > > --
> > > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> > > AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
> > >
> > > Darnell 0216 wrote:
> > > > By chance when was the last time you rebooted? 'Feeds Update'
> task
> > is
> > > run
> > > > for the first 72 hours your computer is running. If you
> haven't
> > > rebooted
> > > > in
> > > > a while, this is why.
> > > >
> > > > "Jonathan P. Handby" <jphandby********.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:22F9AB8D-84DD-47AC-8E96-CFCCFCF136DC@microsoft.com...
> > > > About a week to two weeks ago, all my feeds in my IE7
> stopped
> > > updating
> > > > automatically. I don't know if this is connected to the
> > installation
> > > of
> > > > Windows Live Mail (ex desktop/client) which also has feeds
> > managed
> > > in
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > However I can manually update the feeds but I don't want to
> do
> > that
> > > with
> > > > all
> > > > my feeds over and over. Is there a fix for this which
> doesn't
> > mean
> > > me
> > > > having
> > > > to reinstall IE 7 on my windows XP home machine?
> > > > MY IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11
> > > >
> > > > - Jon

Don't have any 3rd party toolbars. The theme you see in the screenshot is the Microsoft Zune theme straight from MS Downloads. I don't install IE7 from Microsoft Update as I keep the full installer on the backup drive and check the site for updates regularly. It's like this even after my regularly scheduled reformats before anything else is installed. It's not that much a bother to go through all that drama after just reformatting Jun 1st anyway :p
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message news:uNOj0mStHHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
You may have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7. I suggest that
you..,

1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) per
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

2. Uninstall all toolbars and third-party Windows Themes (including Window
Blinds).

3. Reinstall IE7 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

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/e...asp?frame=true
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org