Hello all,

I wanted to report a bug. When I start IE7 and immediately go to the
adressbar and type the name of a website (existing or non-existing) and press
enter before IE7 is ready. I do get a message stating that the website is
currently unavailable: "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is currently
unavailable." (Caption: Address bar). (Original Dutch message:
"'http://www.microsoft.com/' is momenteel niet beschikbaar." and the Dutch
caption is called "Adresbalk".)

To reproduce this (the most easy way), first copy the text
"www.microsoft.com" to your clipboard. Close every instance of Internet
Explorer. Start your virus-scanner to scan your harddrive (this slows down
the starting of IE7, which gives you a little bit more time). Start IE7,
immediately click on the address bar, paste the text in the address bar and
press Enter. You have to do this WHILE IE7 is displaying that it is
"Connecting..." ("Verbinging maken..." in Dutch). Then the message will
appear.

After you press OK, the address bar will be overwritten with your start
page, so you have to type the name again... Immediately thereafter, the
website will work as normal.

It's just really annoying loosing the text you've already typed (or part of
the text...).
I hope a Microsoft Engineer could solve this.

Thank you kindly in advance.

With kind regards,
Patrick Luja

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No MS engineers here.

Windows version?

=> Does this behavior persist if you start IE7 in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE7 in No Add-ons mode:

1. Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without Add-ons;

2. Start > (All) Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
(No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

=> Does the problem persist if you Reset IE7 Settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/


PatLuja wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I wanted to report a bug. When I start IE7 and immediately go to the
> adressbar and type the name of a website (existing or non-existing) and
> press enter before IE7 is ready. I do get a message stating that the
> website is currently unavailable: "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is
> currently
> unavailable." (Caption: Address bar). (Original Dutch message:
> "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is momenteel niet beschikbaar." and the Dutch
> caption is called "Adresbalk".)
>
> To reproduce this (the most easy way), first copy the text
> "www.microsoft.com" to your clipboard. Close every instance of Internet
> Explorer. Start your virus-scanner to scan your harddrive (this slows down
> the starting of IE7, which gives you a little bit more time). Start IE7,
> immediately click on the address bar, paste the text in the address bar
> and
> press Enter. You have to do this WHILE IE7 is displaying that it is
> "Connecting..." ("Verbinging maken..." in Dutch). Then the message will
> appear.
>
> After you press OK, the address bar will be overwritten with your start
> page, so you have to type the name again... Immediately thereafter, the
> website will work as normal.
>
> It's just really annoying loosing the text you've already typed (or part
> of
> the text...).
> I hope a Microsoft Engineer could solve this.

Hello all,

PA Bear, thank you kindly for your reaction. I'm a first-timer on this
newsgroup.

I've tried your suggesting of starting it without add-ons, but the behaviour
is still the same. This behaviour was already present in the beta versions
(at least from beta 3), and it was in all versions up until now...
Also (partly) resetting IE didn't help.

There will be a good reason (on source-code-level) to first initialize IE7,
and then listen to the users' input. But it is still a bit annoying when
(part of) your input is wiped...

My windows version is 5.1 build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254. It's a Dutch
version of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2.

PA Bear, thank you kindly for your effort.

With kind regards,
Patrick Luja


"PA Bear" wrote:

> No MS engineers here.
>
> Windows version?
>
> => Does this behavior persist if you start IE7 in No Add-ons mode? To start
> IE7 in No Add-ons mode:
>
> 1. Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without Add-ons;
>
> 2. Start > (All) Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
> (No add-ons).
>
> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>
> => Does the problem persist if you Reset IE7 Settings (RIES)?
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>
>
> PatLuja wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I wanted to report a bug. When I start IE7 and immediately go to the
> > adressbar and type the name of a website (existing or non-existing) and
> > press enter before IE7 is ready. I do get a message stating that the
> > website is currently unavailable: "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is
> > currently
> > unavailable." (Caption: Address bar). (Original Dutch message:
> > "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is momenteel niet beschikbaar." and the Dutch
> > caption is called "Adresbalk".)
> >
> > To reproduce this (the most easy way), first copy the text
> > "www.microsoft.com" to your clipboard. Close every instance of Internet
> > Explorer. Start your virus-scanner to scan your harddrive (this slows down
> > the starting of IE7, which gives you a little bit more time). Start IE7,
> > immediately click on the address bar, paste the text in the address bar
> > and
> > press Enter. You have to do this WHILE IE7 is displaying that it is
> > "Connecting..." ("Verbinging maken..." in Dutch). Then the message will
> > appear.
> >
> > After you press OK, the address bar will be overwritten with your start
> > page, so you have to type the name again... Immediately thereafter, the
> > website will work as normal.
> >
> > It's just really annoying loosing the text you've already typed (or part
> > of
> > the text...).
> > I hope a Microsoft Engineer could solve this.

I'm suprised No Add-ons mode didn't help. The more Add-ons you have, the
slower it will take an IE7 window (or tab in that window) to load.

It's possible that you have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7,
for whatever reason. I suggest that you...

1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) exactly 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.

4. IMMEDIATELY go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install any
critical updates offered. If "Root Certificates" update is listed in the
Optional category, you might install it, too, to take full advantage of
IE7's additional security.

Also see:

IEBlog : IE7 (Un)Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
--
~PA Bear

PatLuja wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> PA Bear, thank you kindly for your reaction. I'm a first-timer on this
> newsgroup.
>
> I've tried your suggesting of starting it without add-ons, but the
> behaviour
> is still the same. This behaviour was already present in the beta versions
> (at least from beta 3), and it was in all versions up until now...
> Also (partly) resetting IE didn't help.
>
> There will be a good reason (on source-code-level) to first initialize
> IE7,
> and then listen to the users' input. But it is still a bit annoying when
> (part of) your input is wiped...
>
> My windows version is 5.1 build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254. It's a
> Dutch
> version of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2.
>
> PA Bear, thank you kindly for your effort.
>
> With kind regards,
> Patrick Luja
>
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> No MS engineers here.
>>
>> Windows version?
>>
>> => Does this behavior persist if you start IE7 in No Add-ons mode? To
>> start IE7 in No Add-ons mode:
>>
>> 1. Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
>> Add-ons;
>>
>> 2. Start > (All) Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet
>> Explorer
>> (No add-ons).
>>
>> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>>
>> => Does the problem persist if you Reset IE7 Settings (RIES)?
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>>
>>
>> PatLuja wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I wanted to report a bug. When I start IE7 and immediately go to the
>>> adressbar and type the name of a website (existing or non-existing) and
>>> press enter before IE7 is ready. I do get a message stating that the
>>> website is currently unavailable: "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is
>>> currently
>>> unavailable." (Caption: Address bar). (Original Dutch message:
>>> "'http://www.microsoft.com/' is momenteel niet beschikbaar." and the
>>> Dutch
>>> caption is called "Adresbalk".)
>>>
>>> To reproduce this (the most easy way), first copy the text
>>> "www.microsoft.com" to your clipboard. Close every instance of Internet
>>> Explorer. Start your virus-scanner to scan your harddrive (this slows
>>> down
>>> the starting of IE7, which gives you a little bit more time). Start IE7,
>>> immediately click on the address bar, paste the text in the address bar
>>> and
>>> press Enter. You have to do this WHILE IE7 is displaying that it is
>>> "Connecting..." ("Verbinging maken..." in Dutch). Then the message will
>>> appear.
>>>
>>> After you press OK, the address bar will be overwritten with your start
>>> page, so you have to type the name again... Immediately thereafter, the
>>> website will work as normal.
>>>
>>> It's just really annoying loosing the text you've already typed (or part
>>> of
>>> the text...).
>>> I hope a Microsoft Engineer could solve this.

Dear PA Bear,

I already uninstalled IE7 two times and reinstalled the newest version after
that, but it didn't help. I don't have any extra toolbars installed nor any
themes, I do however have a few other add-ons installed like Shockwave
Player, Java (from Sun), and the rest is from Microsoft.

I can type quite fast, so maybe I'm too quick for IE7.

I always want to have the latest version of something, so I run Microsoft
Update at least once a week.

I just think that IE7 needs time to initialize, but that they forgot to
disable the address bar between the time the user interface shows and the
time IE7 has initialized. (Or another option would be to delay my request
until after the initialization.)

Thank you kindly, PA Bear.

With kind regards,
Patrick Luja


"PA Bear" wrote:

> I'm suprised No Add-ons mode didn't help. The more Add-ons you have, the
> slower it will take an IE7 window (or tab in that window) to load.
>
> It's possible that you have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7,
> for whatever reason. I suggest that you...
>
> 1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) exactly 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.
>
> 4. IMMEDIATELY go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install any
> critical updates offered. If "Root Certificates" update is listed in the
> Optional category, you might install it, too, to take full advantage of
> IE7's additional security.
>
> Also see:
>
> IEBlog : IE7 (Un)Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
> --
> ~PA Bear