I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem and
would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I tried
everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous IE8 and
installed the new. Same problem.

Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if I
wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great. Loads
in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8 except it
actually works correctly.

And what will you do when you mess up Firefox? I guess you'll try Opera,
or maybe Safari?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Panic wrote:
> I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
> and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem and
> would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I tried
> everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous IE8 and
> installed the new. Same problem.
>
> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if I
> wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great. Loads
> in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8 except it
> actually works correctly.
>
>

check for malware and spyware

"Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message
news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem and
>would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I tried
>everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous IE8 and
>installed the new. Same problem.
>
> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if I
> wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
> except it actually works correctly.
>

Perhaps, change your handle from,
"Panic" => "Manic"

>WT<

"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
news:uZtlj374JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> check for malware and spyware
>
> "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message
> news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
>>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
>>and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I tried
>>everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous IE8 and
>>installed the new. Same problem.
>>
>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if
>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
>> except it actually works correctly.
>>
>
>

Well, Leonard, I've used IE since Windows came out. Used basic com protocol
before the internet came into being.
I ran McAfee complete scan and found no virus. After reinstalling IE8 and
having the same problem it just wasn't worth the trouble to continue with
IE8. You're right, though, if, in another 20 years I have trouble with
Firefox, maybe I will try Opera or Safari.

"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:e3tVi164JHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> And what will you do when you mess up Firefox? I guess you'll try Opera,
> or maybe Safari?
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Panic wrote:
>> I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
>> and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
>> and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I
>> tried everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous
>> IE8 and installed the new. Same problem.
>>
>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if
>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
>> except it actually works correctly.

I did.

"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
news:uZtlj374JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> check for malware and spyware
>
> "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message
> news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
>>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
>>and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I tried
>>everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous IE8 and
>>installed the new. Same problem.
>>
>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if
>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
>> except it actually works correctly.
>>
>
>

Well, thanks a lot, Robin. That really helped.
But I used Panic for 50 years, first as an Air Force jet instructor pilot
and later just for fun. I think I'll keep it.

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler Web Site
http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
USAF Pilot Class 55-I Web Site
http://pilotclass55india.org/

"williamtell" <wt@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:elw3jX84JHA.1096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Perhaps, change your handle from,
> "Panic" => "Manic"
>
>>WT<
>
> "John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
> news:uZtlj374JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> check for malware and spyware
>>
>> "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
>>>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
>>>and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I
>>>tried everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous
>>>IE8 and installed the new. Same problem.
>>>
>>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if
>>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
>>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
>>> except it actually works correctly.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me if I
> wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
> except it actually works correctly.

That's not solving the problem, that's ignoring it.

Tom Lake

Has anyone had issues with Smarter Ticket and IE 8?
I am seeing that the formatting toolbar disappears in Knowledge Base
Content writing.... haven't checked other places yet.


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Panic wrote on Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:08:53 -0700:

> Well, Leonard, I've used IE since Windows came out.

The first version for IE did not come out until Windows 95 was released,
that was long past "since Windows came out" - the first version of Windows
was from 1983, and the first version of Internet Explorer was in 1995. A few
months later the first version for Windows for Workgroups was released. One
of my early job roles was rolling out IEv2 on WfW where I work :)

> Used basic com protocol before the internet came into being.

What do you mean by this? Are you talking about old serial modems via BBS?
The Internet is very, very old - the name roughly dates back to 1980 when
ARPANET was linked to NSFNet. The WWW, which many people refer to as "the
Internet" and uses a "web browser" dates back only to 1989, and the first
graphical web browser was released in 1993.

> I ran McAfee complete scan and found no virus.

McAfee isn't 100% perfect. And no virus (even if you definitely have none)
doesn't mean no malware - McAfee (and other) virus scanners only look for
virus patterns, and a few malicious malware patterns, but the vast majority
of malware isn't detected by AV scanners. There is no 100% detection for all
malicious software, so you can never be sure you are completely clean unless
you are able to dissect the system completely. Even OS installation disks
occassionally include applications considered by some as malware so a clean
install does not guarantee a clean system.

> After reinstalling IE8 and having the same problem it just wasn't worth
> the trouble to continue with IE8.

Did you run IE in no add-ons mode, or perform a reset? Those 2 steps are the
first to determining if the browser is the problem. It would be highly
probable that performing either one or both of these would have solved the
issue, which would point to a 3rd party add-on toolbar/plugin being the
source of the problem.

> You're right, though, if, in another 20 years I have trouble with
> Firefox, maybe I will try Opera or Safari.

You haven't even used IE for 20 years yet (most you could have managed is
just under 14 years in - or just over 14 years if, like me, you were in the
Windows 95 beta programme). I guess you'll switch again as soon as you start
having problems because of a problematic 3rd party add-on you've installed
rather than realising that the browser itself isn't the problem.

Dan

> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:e3tVi164JHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> And what will you do when you mess up Firefox? I guess you'll try
>> Opera, or maybe Safari?
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est

>> Panic wrote:
>>> I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop
>>> up ad, and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it
>>> had a problem and would shut down, then the other copy took over
>>> the same page. I tried everything including reinstalling IE8 which
>>> deleted the previous
>>> IE8 and installed the new. Same problem.

>>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked
>>> me if
>>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works
>>> great.
>>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as
>>> IE8 except it actually works correctly.

Daniel wrote to Panic on Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:24:31 +0100:

> Panic wrote on Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:08:53 -0700:

>> Used basic com protocol before the internet came into being.

> What do you mean by this? Are you talking about old serial modems via
> BBS? The Internet is very, very old - the name roughly dates back to 1980
> when ARPANET was linked to NSFNet. The WWW, which many people refer to as
> "the Internet" and uses a "web browser" dates back only to 1989, and the
> first graphical web browser was released in 1993.

I've just seen one of your other replies and realise that you're somewhat
older than I am, so just ignore my reply here, I'll assume you were talking
about some much older military network systems.

Not really relevant to the discussion of IE - the underlying concepts of
HTTP are only now 20 years old.

--
Dan

On Jun 2, 7:13*pm, "Panic" <smart...@home.com> wrote:
> Well, thanks a lot, Robin. *That really helped.
> But I used Panic for 50 years, first as an Air Force jet instructor pilot
> and later just for fun. *I think I'll keep it.
>
> Darrell R. Schmidt
> B-58 Hustler Web Sitehttp://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
> USAF Pilot Class 55-I Web Sitehttp://pilotclass55india.org/
>
> "williamtell" <w...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:elw3jX84JHA.1096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Perhaps, change your handle from,
> > "Panic" => "Manic"
>
> >>WT<
>
> > "John" <m...@myhome.net> wrote in message
> >news:uZtlj374JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> check for malware and spyware
>
> >> "Panic" <smart...@home.com> wrote in message
> >>news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. *I kept getting a Google pop up ad,
> >>>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
> >>>and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. *I
> >>>tried everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous
> >>>IE8 and installed the new. * Same problem.
>
> >>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. *On its first run it asked me if
> >>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. *I chose yes and it works great.
> >>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as IE8
> >>> except it actually works correctly.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hahaha!

I guess dear Panic, people didn't get the cynicism of your post!
Hahaha!
And some were taking as a flaky character ;-)

I am with you on this, that this is the first time ever that the
installation of a software from Microsoft bamboozles some previously
well behaving function.

GodBless

"jamesB" <james_bzx8********.com> wrote in message
news:db357a81-e6a7-42f4-bd8a-1f5f38d657e6@n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 2, 7:13 pm, "Panic" <smart...@home.com> wrote:
> Well, thanks a lot, Robin. That really helped.
> But I used Panic for 50 years, first as an Air Force jet instructor pilot
> and later just for fun. I think I'll keep it.
>
> Darrell R. Schmidt
> B-58 Hustler Web Sitehttp://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
> USAF Pilot Class 55-I Web Sitehttp://pilotclass55india.org/
>
> "williamtell" <w...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:elw3jX84JHA.1096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Perhaps, change your handle from,
> > "Panic" => "Manic"
>
> >>WT<
>
> > "John" <m...@myhome.net> wrote in message
> >news:uZtlj374JHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> check for malware and spyware
>
> >> "Panic" <smart...@home.com> wrote in message
> >>news:OAjzbP64JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>>I had a problem with IE8, WinXP, SP3. I kept getting a Google pop up
> >>>ad,
> >>>and also getting 2 copies of IE opening and one saying it had a problem
> >>>and would shut down, then the other copy took over the same page. I
> >>>tried everything including reinstalling IE8 which deleted the previous
> >>>IE8 and installed the new. Same problem.
>
> >>> Yesterday I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. On its first run it asked me
> >>> if
> >>> I wanted to import all my IE settings. I chose yes and it works great.
> >>> Loads in half the time of IE8, and almost looks and acts the same as
> >>> IE8
> >>> except it actually works correctly.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hahaha!

I guess dear Panic, people didn't get the cynicism of your post!
Hahaha!
And some were taking as a flaky character ;-)

I am with you on this, that this is the first time ever that the
installation of a software from Microsoft bamboozles some previously
well behaving function.

GodBless

Well, thanks, James. I had previously reported my IE8 problems on this
group and tried several suggestions to correct it, including completely
removing and reinstalling IE8. Didn't work. It was no longer worth the
effort to continue since I'll be buying a new computer in November after
Windows 7 comes out. Firefox solved all my problems instantly and works
better than IE8 ever did. I thought other users would like to know about
this easy alternative when they're having problems.