Re: Can't use web links from messages
From: Laurel (FakeMail_at_Hotmail.com)
Date: 03/22/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:17:52 -0500
(reposting - for some reason this didn't get posted as a reply to the
thread.)
Well, I had to go all the way down to the last URL before the spyware
ones... The one that had me run regsvr32 on 7, not 5 dlls did the trick.
A couple of questions.
1 - Assuming regsvr32 "registers" a dll, what might cause a dll to get
unregistered?
2 - Any idea how a dll can get unregistered? (If, indeed, I've got my
assumption and jargon right here.)
3 - http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx and at the bottom it had the
suggestion below. When I enter SFC in Run, something flashes by, but that's
the end of it. Since I didn't need it to solve the problem it's not
critical, but I'm curious. Might it do the same thing as regsvr32? I see
it's operating on one of the same dlls that I did that to.
You can also try this:
Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.
Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.
Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.
"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:ehzQ5ilLFHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> 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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