Re: Can't use web links from messages

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From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:58:17 -0800

Don't Double click. Single click. A double click would try to open 2 instances of IE at
the same time.

If you still have problems, work your way down this list: until the problem is fixed:

How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456
Internet Explorer Not Configured as Default Browser
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=153774

OE: Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Don't Start Browser
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=177054
http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx

OLEXP: Hyperlink With (!) in the Address Does Not Start Web Browser
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249613

Hyperlinks Do Not Work in Outlook Express or in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823301

IE6 opens blank (empty) windows
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#blank_windows

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You Click a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

If you are using a Pop-up Ad blocker program, check its documentation to see if it is
blocking the opening of a new web browser and how to workaround that.

And if you still have problems, then look at:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Spyware, Browser Hijackings and other Antisocial Tricks
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#spyware 

-- 
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Laurel" <FakeMail@Hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u1DN55iLFHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Suddenly  (i.e., all day today) if I double click on a web link embedded in
> a message, hotmail freezes.  I've rebooted many times and uninstalled any
> products that seemed like they might interfere (anti-spyware, parental
> control, iHateSpam).  I do have Enterprise McAfee running, but I can't stop
> that, as the company forces e-policy.  But it's been running OK forever...
> I'm using vanilla URLs like www.google.com to test the problem.
>
> Here's a clue though, after I unstalled one of these products, whenever I
> would click on a web link, instead of being I would get throuwn into the
> Windows Installer, trying to install XSL Tester.  It happened to be failing
> because I'd moved the source. (XSL Tester is at the bottom of the list in my
> Install/Remove program list.  The one I'd just removed was not... It's a
> benign, rarely used program for... testing XSL.)
>
> When I gave it the right source for XSL so the install (that I'd never
> asked for) could complete, the symptom in Outlook Express reverted to
> freezing.  I have to kill Outlook Express via the Task Manager to get it
> usable again.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

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