Hi,

After I installed IE8, which I downloaded from the Microsoft website, it
requires me to login to some community, so I filled in the username,
password and e-mail adress, I even checked the I AGREE checkbox, when I
click on the submit button I get straight back to the same page.

I notice just above the I AGREE checkbox and subit button a square with
weird looking wavy lines, is there something that I am suppose to do with
this square

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Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

On Sun, 3 May 2009 16:09:54 -0400, "Martin Racette"
<rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi,
>
>After I installed IE8, which I downloaded from the Microsoft website, it
>requires me to login to some community, so I filled in the username,
>password and e-mail adress, I even checked the I AGREE checkbox, when I
>click on the submit button I get straight back to the same page.
>
>I notice just above the I AGREE checkbox and subit button a square with
>weird looking wavy lines, is there something that I am suppose to do with
>this square[/color]
You are not 'required' to do anything after installing IE8 - what are
you talking about?
--
Noel Paton
[url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one up
but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8

"Noel Paton" <noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4b5sv4hi7dl2ve0njmtufqbaf8u349lu37@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Sun, 3 May 2009 16:09:54 -0400, "Martin Racette"
> <rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Hi,
>>
>>After I installed IE8, which I downloaded from the Microsoft website, it
>>requires me to login to some community, so I filled in the username,
>>password and e-mail adress, I even checked the I AGREE checkbox, when I
>>click on the submit button I get straight back to the same page.
>>
>>I notice just above the I AGREE checkbox and subit button a square with
>>weird looking wavy lines, is there something that I am suppose to do with
>>this square[/color]
> You are not 'required' to do anything after installing IE8 - what are
> you talking about?
> --
> Noel Paton
> [url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi[/color]

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

"Martin Racette" <rat7_2001********.com> wrote in message news:uRVmglLzJHA.2084@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
> have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one up
> but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
> And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>[/color]

You don't have to log in to anything to use IE8
What is the exact address where you downloaded IE8 from?
What is the name of this 'community' ?
What does the login box say exactly ?

On Mon, 4 May 2009 09:07:57 -0400, "Martin Racette"
<rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
>have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one up
>but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>[/color]
I say again...

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOG IN TO ANY "COMMUNITY" TO USE IE8.

If you are getting that response, then you did not get IE8 from an
authorized/clean source, and should uninstall it, run recognised
malware cleaning tools, and then reinstall IE8 from the Microsoft
download site (or from Windows Updates, where it is available now)
--
Noel Paton
[url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
you can not get any cleanner than that, and yes until I can create the
login in the community there is nothing that I can do with either IE8

"Noel Paton" <noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f1quv4lphv0tnl6seci3mq2kq781jaugsp@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 4 May 2009 09:07:57 -0400, "Martin Racette"
> <rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
>>have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one
>>up
>>but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>>And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>>[/color]
> I say again...
>
> YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOG IN TO ANY "COMMUNITY" TO USE IE8.
>
> If you are getting that response, then you did not get IE8 from an
> authorized/clean source, and should uninstall it, run recognised
> malware cleaning tools, and then reinstall IE8 from the Microsoft
> download site (or from Windows Updates, where it is available now)
> --
> Noel Paton
> [url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi[/color]

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
and until I can get the login created I can not do anything with either IE8,
and the community is MICROSOFT community, and as I said before it asked me
to provide a user ID, password, e-mail adress, and then just above the
submit there is a square in which there is a bunch of wavy lines and it says
that I must copy the word(s), which I do not know which word(s) is that, and
I can not replicate those wavy line since my computer has only a keyboard
and a mouse, and I do not know how to replicate those lines using those

BTW I remember that I had a similar problem using facebook, I could not, and
still can not, add any friends because it does something similar, but there
it says that I MUST copy those wavy lines and I never figured out how

"Dave-UK" <here@home.com> wrote in message
news:BrmdnUEoWfmPcWPUnZ2dnUVZ8hydnZ2d@giganews.com...[color=blue]
>
> "Martin Racette" <rat7_2001********.com> wrote in message
> news:uRVmglLzJHA.2084@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do
>> not have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set
>> one up but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>> And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>>[/color]
>
> You don't have to log in to anything to use IE8
> What is the exact address where you downloaded IE8 from?
> What is the name of this 'community' ?
> What does the login box say exactly ?
>
>
>[/color]

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

On Mon, 4 May 2009 19:07:58 -0400, Martin Racette wrote:
[color=blue]
> I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
> and until I can get the login created I can not do anything with either IE8,
> and the community is MICROSOFT community, and as I said before it asked me
> to provide a user ID, password, e-mail adress, and then just above the
> submit there is a square in which there is a bunch of wavy lines and it says
> that I must copy the word(s), which I do not know which word(s) is that, and
> I can not replicate those wavy line since my computer has only a keyboard
> and a mouse, and I do not know how to replicate those lines using those
>
> BTW I remember that I had a similar problem using facebook, I could not, and
> still can not, add any friends because it does something similar, but there
> it says that I MUST copy those wavy lines and I never figured out how[/color]

You're seeing what's called CAPCHA (it's a pun on the English word
"capture").

You're not supposed to copy the wavy lines. You're supposed to see several
letters and numbers superposed on those lines or partially hidden by them,
and what you're supposed to do is type those letters and numbers. NB: they
are case sensitive.

It's a sort of password, and it's supposed to defeat "bots", robots that
sneak into such sites. In fact, it amounts to a Turing Test.

If you can't see the letters, then you have a problem with your monitor or
browser color settings.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On Mon, 04 May 2009 23:14:36 +0100, Noel Paton
<noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Mon, 4 May 2009 09:07:57 -0400, "Martin Racette"
><rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
>>have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one up
>>but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>>And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>>[/color]
>I say again...
>
>YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOG IN TO ANY "COMMUNITY" TO USE IE8.
>
>If you are getting that response, then you did not get IE8 from an
>authorized/clean source, and should uninstall it, run recognised
>malware cleaning tools, and then reinstall IE8 from the Microsoft
>download site (or from Windows Updates, where it is available now)[/color]

Could it be the MSN version of IE8???

On Mon, 04 May 2009 19:13:37 -0500, Steve McGarrett
<smcgarret@bookem.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Mon, 04 May 2009 23:14:36 +0100, Noel Paton
><noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>On Mon, 4 May 2009 09:07:57 -0400, "Martin Racette"
>><rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do not
>>>have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set one up
>>>but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>>>And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>>>[/color]
>>I say again...
>>
>>YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOG IN TO ANY "COMMUNITY" TO USE IE8.
>>
>>If you are getting that response, then you did not get IE8 from an
>>authorized/clean source, and should uninstall it, run recognised
>>malware cleaning tools, and then reinstall IE8 from the Microsoft
>>download site (or from Windows Updates, where it is available now)[/color]
>
>Could it be the MSN version of IE8???[/color]

Possibly - in that case it's not IE8 that's demanding credentials,
it's MSN (which I refuse to use as a browser, and know nothing about)

To the OP

please clarify - and UNINSTALL MSN!
--
Noel Paton
[url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

All I see is just a bunch of wavy lines all black, but I can not make out
any kind of characters in those. All those lines a re just a big (small)
puzzle that I can not decypher. Is there any way to bypass that and keep on
with whats next

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
news:1fqa70ct8yvuk.5ks29m1747bg.dlg@40tude.net...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 4 May 2009 19:07:58 -0400, Martin Racette wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
>> and until I can get the login created I can not do anything with either
>> IE8,
>> and the community is MICROSOFT community, and as I said before it asked
>> me
>> to provide a user ID, password, e-mail adress, and then just above the
>> submit there is a square in which there is a bunch of wavy lines and it
>> says
>> that I must copy the word(s), which I do not know which word(s) is that,
>> and
>> I can not replicate those wavy line since my computer has only a keyboard
>> and a mouse, and I do not know how to replicate those lines using those
>>
>> BTW I remember that I had a similar problem using facebook, I could not,
>> and
>> still can not, add any friends because it does something similar, but
>> there
>> it says that I MUST copy those wavy lines and I never figured out how[/color]
>
> You're seeing what's called CAPCHA (it's a pun on the English word
> "capture").
>
> You're not supposed to copy the wavy lines. You're supposed to see several
> letters and numbers superposed on those lines or partially hidden by them,
> and what you're supposed to do is type those letters and numbers. NB: they
> are case sensitive.
>
> It's a sort of password, and it's supposed to defeat "bots", robots that
> sneak into such sites. In fact, it amounts to a Turing Test.
>
> If you can't see the letters, then you have a problem with your monitor or
> browser color settings.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color]

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

I do not use MSN except for Messenger, and even very little of it, I have
already tried to uninstall IE8, the only way that I found was to restore
from a backup that I have, and I even re-downloaded the installation from
the Microsoft website at the following adress
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx[/url], and
it was at that same adress that I downloaded it previously

"Noel Paton" <noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uflvv4ttvsi678ajdh8ahufms58e2j9qlg@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 04 May 2009 19:13:37 -0500, Steve McGarrett
> <smcgarret@bookem.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>On Mon, 04 May 2009 23:14:36 +0100, Noel Paton
>><noeldp/spamless/@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>On Mon, 4 May 2009 09:07:57 -0400, "Martin Racette"
>>><rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>When I start IE8 it requires me to login to some community, since i do
>>>>not
>>>>have any ID/Passowrd already setup with this community, I need to set
>>>>one up
>>>>but I can not because of the problem that I specified below
>>>>And until I can login to the community, I can not use IE8
>>>>
>>>I say again...
>>>
>>>YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOG IN TO ANY "COMMUNITY" TO USE IE8.
>>>
>>>If you are getting that response, then you did not get IE8 from an
>>>authorized/clean source, and should uninstall it, run recognised
>>>malware cleaning tools, and then reinstall IE8 from the Microsoft
>>>download site (or from Windows Updates, where it is available now)[/color]
>>
>>Could it be the MSN version of IE8???[/color]
>
> Possibly - in that case it's not IE8 that's demanding credentials,
> it's MSN (which I refuse to use as a browser, and know nothing about)
>
> To the OP
>
> please clarify - and UNINSTALL MSN!
> --
> Noel Paton
> [url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi[/color]

--
Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin

"Martin Racette" <rat7_2001********.com> wrote in message news:e6STr0QzJHA.5032@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
> and until I can get the login created I can not do anything with either IE8,
> and the community is MICROSOFT community, and as I said before it asked me
> to provide a user ID, password, e-mail adress, and then just above the
> submit there is a square in which there is a bunch of wavy lines and it says
> that I must copy the word(s), which I do not know which word(s) is that, and
> I can not replicate those wavy line since my computer has only a keyboard
> and a mouse, and I do not know how to replicate those lines using those
>
> BTW I remember that I had a similar problem using facebook, I could not, and
> still can not, add any friends because it does something similar, but there
> it says that I MUST copy those wavy lines and I never figured out how
>[/color]

I haven't got a clue as to what you are talking about.
What does this dialog box say EXACTLY.
Describe the header text exactly.
Quote the text EXACTLY word for word.
Better still , take a snapshot of your desktop with this box showing
and upload it to a file sharing site so that we can see it.

On Tue, 5 May 2009 09:36:47 -0400, Martin Racette wrote:
[color=blue]
> All I see is just a bunch of wavy lines all black, but I can not make out
> any kind of characters in those. All those lines a re just a big (small)
> puzzle that I can not decypher. Is there any way to bypass that and keep on
> with whats next[/color]

I can't really help, then. *If* I interpreted your previous remarks
correctly, here really should be some characters visible in the box.

Sorry - it's got to be a real pain for you.
[color=blue]
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
> news:1fqa70ct8yvuk.5ks29m1747bg.dlg@40tude.net...[color=green]
>> On Mon, 4 May 2009 19:07:58 -0400, Martin Racette wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I got it from [url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] and then I clicked on the GET IE8,
>>> and until I can get the login created I can not do anything with either
>>> IE8,
>>> and the community is MICROSOFT community, and as I said before it asked
>>> me
>>> to provide a user ID, password, e-mail adress, and then just above the
>>> submit there is a square in which there is a bunch of wavy lines and it
>>> says
>>> that I must copy the word(s), which I do not know which word(s) is that,
>>> and
>>> I can not replicate those wavy line since my computer has only a keyboard
>>> and a mouse, and I do not know how to replicate those lines using those
>>>
>>> BTW I remember that I had a similar problem using facebook, I could not,
>>> and
>>> still can not, add any friends because it does something similar, but
>>> there
>>> it says that I MUST copy those wavy lines and I never figured out how[/color]
>>
>> You're seeing what's called CAPCHA (it's a pun on the English word
>> "capture").
>>
>> You're not supposed to copy the wavy lines. You're supposed to see several
>> letters and numbers superposed on those lines or partially hidden by them,
>> and what you're supposed to do is type those letters and numbers. NB: they
>> are case sensitive.
>>
>> It's a sort of password, and it's supposed to defeat "bots", robots that
>> sneak into such sites. In fact, it amounts to a Turing Test.
>>
>> If you can't see the letters, then you have a problem with your monitor or
>> browser color settings.
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color][/color]


--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On Tue, 5 May 2009 09:42:27 -0400, "Martin Racette"
<rat7_2001********.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I do not use MSN except for Messenger, and even very little of it, I have
>already tried to uninstall IE8, the only way that I found was to restore
>from a backup that I have, and I even re-downloaded the installation from
>the Microsoft website at the following adress
>[url]http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx[/url], and
>it was at that same adress that I downloaded it previously
>[/color]

Why that link should download MSN Explorer I have no idea - and why
you are unable to back out of the install using Programs in Control
Panel I have even less idea.

that *should* have led to the following page.....
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79154fb4-c610-4a1e-811d-dfe0f1dd84d1&displaylang=en[/url]
(assuming you said Vista and Canada to the questions asked prior to
the download - and that you're using 32bit Vista)

the file you downloaded should have been

IE8-WindowsVista-x86-ENU.exe

What is the Windows page header when you open IE8 now??
--
Noel Paton
[url]www.crashfixpc.co.uk[/url]

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi