RE: Loss of internet explorer functionality



"Stewieb" wrote:

I have lost a number of functions in internet explorer.
I have no toolbars except the address bar and have no access to the File
Tools etc menus.
Download function has stopped. I cant click on a link that starts a
download. Nothing happens. So I cant even go to another web browser site and
download their software.
Also no detail is coming up in the taskbar for any open internet explorer
pages. Just a blank box.
System restore wont go back to the day before the troulble started.
I cant seem to remove iexplorer even with the instalation disk so I can
reinstall.
Safe mode makes no difference.
Can someone please help me?


First click F11 to bring up the Toolbar, then perform these steps:

1= Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which one is the culprit and remove it or you can send them
here in your next
post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheck
this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.

Scan for malwares from here:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D

2= Open a run command and type in:
ipconfig /flushdns click [OK]
ipconfig /renew click [OK]
regsvr32 urlmon.dll click [OK]
Reboot your machine and try to connect.
Also you may have a corrupted winsock so try to repair it, you can do it in
two ways:
Manually by opening a Run command and type in:
netsh winsock reset click [OK]

Reboot your machine.
Or by downloading this tool called winsock fixer from here:
http://www.nasstec.co.uk/tools.html

Also advisable to run Disk CleanUp on your Hard drive.
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk
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