[crosspost to IE General]

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1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?

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

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!

3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
IE8?

4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


BFG1 wrote:
> Can anyone help. Since I downloaded IE8, every time I start IE protected
> mode is off so on tools I reset security and restart IE.This works but
> when
> I shutdown my machine and restart protected mode is off. Please help its
> driving me crazy.