IE and only IE wont connect

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote in message ...
The usual AVG factor is its HTTP proxy and getting rid of that may involve
uninstalling and reconfiguring the product.

Thanks. Any idea why this is a problem for IE8 and not any other browser?

Duane Hebert wrote:
The usual AVG factor is its HTTP proxy and getting rid of that may
involve
uninstalling and reconfiguring the product.

Thanks. Any idea why this is a problem for IE8 and not any other browser?

For all intents and purposes, AVG Linkscanner, Search-Shield, Active
Surf-Shield, and/or Security toolbar are redundant in (if not incompatible
with) IE8.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ...
Duane Hebert wrote:
The usual AVG factor is its HTTP proxy and getting rid of that may
involve
uninstalling and reconfiguring the product.

Thanks. Any idea why this is a problem for IE8 and not any other browser?

For all intents and purposes, AVG Linkscanner, Search-Shield, Active
Surf-Shield, and/or Security toolbar are redundant in (if not incompatible
with) IE8.

Redundant would be fine. Incompatible, not so much.

I've removed the AVG Security Toolbar and Search-Shield but that didn't really help.
I will try the others to see if I can isolate this. Thanks.

Duane Hebert wrote:
Duane Hebert wrote:
The usual AVG factor is its HTTP proxy and getting rid of that may
involve
uninstalling and reconfiguring the product.

Thanks. Any idea why this is a problem for IE8 and not any other
browser?

For all intents and purposes, AVG Linkscanner, Search-Shield, Active
Surf-Shield, and/or Security toolbar are redundant in (if not
incompatible
with) IE8.

Redundant would be fine. Incompatible, not so much.

I've removed the AVG Security Toolbar and Search-Shield but that didn't
really help. I will try the others to see if I can isolate this. Thanks.

Answering all of the questions in my second reply to your thread might help:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...dd9393dbc98f66

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Answering all of the questions in my second reply to your thread might
help:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...dd9393dbc98f66

This was not my thread originally but I can answer your questions:

I'm running XP Pro SP3.

1. I don't have KB980182 Security Update For Windows IE 7 listed in
add/remove programs. I have several for IE8 though.
2. I am not using NOD32 on the PC that is causing my problem. I'm using
AVG8. As a side note, I have disabled AVG8 HTTP proxy based on another
suggestion in this thread and it doesn't seem to have helped.
3. Running in No add-ons mode does not seem to help.
4. Reset IE advanced settings does not seem to help.

I have uninstalled IE8 and run IE7 for a few days with no issues.
Reinstalling IE8 caused the same problems to
return after a couple of days. I have no issues with Firefox.

Just as a reminder, when opening IE8, I get a message "connecting" and this
stays there and never succeeds.
Sometime closing and opening IE8 fixes it. Sometime it takes several tries.
While this is happening,
Firefox is fine so I don't think it's a dns issue or anything like that.

Thanks.

Duane Hebert wrote:
Answering all of the questions in my second reply to your thread might
help:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...dd9393dbc98f66

This was not my thread originally but I can answer your questions...

Then you can begin your own, new thread, please.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Duane Hebert wrote:
Answering all of the questions in my second reply to your thread might
help:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...dd9393dbc98f66

This was not my thread originally but I can answer your questions...

Then you can begin your own, new thread, please.

Is it your intention to annoy people or do you actually not read any of the
posts that you reply to? Can't you see that I was replying to the OP of
this
thread when you started asking me questions?

I have already posted here and got the same canned answers that you send
to everyone.

Have a nice day.

[Inline w/snippage]

Duane Hebert wrote:
This was not my thread originally but I can answer your questions...

Then you can begin your own, new thread, please.

Is it your intention to annoy people...?

No, it's my intention to avoid confusing OPs and myself, primarily, and to
make sure we're only discussing /your/ computer.

I have already posted here and...

AFAIK, your only other recent posts in IE General or WinXP General
newsgroups were in a thread which you'd also hijacked and I didn't reply to
either of your posts:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...4c12c003df581b

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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[Inline w/snippage]

Duane Hebert wrote:
This was not my thread originally but I can answer your questions...

Then you can begin your own, new thread, please.

Is it your intention to annoy people...?

No, it's my intention to avoid confusing OPs and myself, primarily, and to
make sure we're only discussing /your/ computer.

I have already posted here and...

AFAIK, your only other recent posts in IE General or WinXP General
newsgroups were in a thread which you'd also hijacked and I didn't reply
to either of your posts:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...4c12c003df581b


Adding to a thread is not normally considered hijacking. That usually
refers to taking the thread to a different topic from
which the OP intended. I don't see that in the links that you point to as
the topic of the thread is not violated.

Anyway, please add me to your kill file. I will do the same.
Plonk.

Duane Hebert wrote:
Adding to a thread is not normally considered hijacking. That usually
refers to taking the thread to a different topic from
which the OP intended. I don't see that in the links that you point to as
the topic of the thread is not violated.

I think it is useless to discuss with him about those topics...
This guy thinks he can impose his preferences about usenet posting on
everyone posting in the same groups as he does.

Notice his silly comments when people reply to his boilerplate questions
by typing the answer below each question. (the clearest way of answering
those questions IMHO)
He reacts as if they have committed a serious offense by not following
his lame style of typing a followup above the original, and then quoting
the entire original article. So then they have to refer back to his
questions "by number" (he adds). But those questions are not even numbered
in all of his boilerplates!

Had he used a decent newsreader, he could view the original article at
a click of the mouse (or a key on the keyboard), so why bother insisting
on quoting the original?
But he almost threatens those that do not do it his way.

He must have a lot of people in his killfile, or he enjoys posting his
boilerplates a lot. Often does it happen that a question has already
been answered and the OP has confirmed success, but still he adds a followup
asking about the exact version numbers of windows and internet explorer...

I think you are right, killfiling may be a good idea.

"Rob" wrote in message
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Duane Hebert wrote:

Had he used a decent newsreader, he could view the original article at
a click of the mouse (or a key on the keyboard), so why bother insisting
on quoting the original?
But he almost threatens those that do not do it his way.

He must have a lot of people in his killfile, or he enjoys posting his
boilerplates a lot. Often does it happen that a question has already
been answered and the OP has confirmed success, but still he adds a
followup
asking about the exact version numbers of windows and internet explorer...

I think you are right, killfiling may be a good idea.

It sucks that this seems to be the only place to get any support. If you
google
for "IE8 not connecting" you get lots of hits and you can see the level of
frustration
when people get the same nonsense answers.

My favorite is the suggestion to wipe the hard drive and reinstall
everything.
I can't imagine telling my customers something like that.

Besides, the problem goes away by uninstalling only IE8. IE7 doesn't have
this problem.
Nor does Firefox.


Anyway, maybe someone will stumble on a fix and post it here.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp

[But he's plonked me so...]


Duane Hebert wrote:
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It sucks that this seems to be the only place to get any support.

He's another one on the Hooplehead list.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...gory/windowsxp
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: [But he's plonked me so...]
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: Duane Hebert wrote:
: snip
: It sucks that this seems to be the only place to get any support.