I recently came across a very strange behavior related to ie7 and machine
debug manager. Because I do not use visual studio at all and I don’t debug
scripts, I disabled the MDM service. After a restart, each time I
double-clicked a link file save on the desktop, after a brief freeze, ie 7
opened the link but in the background a blank ie 6 window opened up also.
I re-enabled the mdm service and the “ghost� ie 6 window stopped appearing
alongside ie7.

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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

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 a "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

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649487.aspx

Release Notes
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/Aa740486.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

Andrei Vida-Ratiu wrote:
> I recently came across a very strange behavior related to ie7 and machine
> debug manager. Because I do not use visual studio at all and I don’t
> debug
> scripts, I disabled the MDM service. After a restart, each time I
> double-clicked a link file save on the desktop, after a brief freeze, ie 7
> opened the link but in the background a blank ie 6 window opened up also.
> I re-enabled the mdm service and the “ghost� ie 6 window stopped
> appearing alongside ie7.

This happed twice on freshly installed XP, so I am sure it is not a broken
IE7. It is a bug in IE7. Please disable you MDM and try. I am sure the same
will happen to you. I tried it on serveral computer and the problem appearead
on all of them.
It is not a big problem, if you leave MDM running nothing will happen and IE
will work just fine. But I consider a bug the fact that the "ghost" ie6
appears if you disable the MDM service...

"PA Bear" wrote:

> 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
>
> 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 a "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
>
> What's New in Internet Explorer 7
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649487.aspx
>
> Release Notes
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/Aa740486.aspx
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>
> Andrei Vida-Ratiu wrote:
> > I recently came across a very strange behavior related to ie7 and machine
> > debug manager. Because I do not use visual studio at all and I don’t
> > debug
> > scripts, I disabled the MDM service. After a restart, each time I
> > double-clicked a link file save on the desktop, after a brief freeze, ie 7
> > opened the link but in the background a blank ie 6 window opened up also.
> > I re-enabled the mdm service and the “ghost� ie 6 window stopped
> > appearing alongside ie7.
>
>

"Andrei Vida-Ratiu" <Andrei Vida-Ratiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:35EEA70E-E42D-4D02-B4CF-49F274158221@microsoft.com...
> This happed twice on freshly installed XP, so I am sure it is not a broken
> IE7.

>It is a bug in IE7. Please disable you MDM and try. I am sure the same
> will happen to you. I tried it on serveral computer and the problem
> appearead
> on all of them.

Have you taken a look at the following Article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321410

According to this article, the MDM(Machine Debug Manager ) should be turned
off by turning off script debugging in the Browser if you are running IE5 or
later(not by disabling the MDM Service).

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


> It is not a big problem, if you leave MDM running nothing will happen and
> IE
> will work just fine. But I consider a bug the fact that the "ghost" ie6
> appears if you disable the MDM service...
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> 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 a "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
>>
>> What's New in Internet Explorer 7
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649487.aspx
>>
>> Release Notes
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/Aa740486.aspx
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> Andrei Vida-Ratiu wrote:
>> > I recently came across a very strange behavior related to ie7 and
>> > machine
>> > debug manager. Because I do not use visual studio at all and I donâ?Tt
>> > debug
>> > scripts, I disabled the MDM service. After a restart, each time I
>> > double-clicked a link file save on the desktop, after a brief freeze,
>> > ie 7
>> > opened the link but in the background a blank ie 6 window opened up
>> > also.
>> > I re-enabled the mdm service and the â?oghostâ?� ie 6 window stopped
>> > appearing alongside ie7.
>>
>>