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Cannot get internet explorer
hylax
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in Techie Stuff
I don't use it very often but I currently cannot get IE. I am on Windows XP and downloaded IE8 but it appears for a second and stops. My other browsers are OK. Any ideas? Will this affect my Windows updates?
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Excellent - a blessing in disguise! Leave it well alone.0
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Yes, as IE is integral to XP, it is possible that it not functioning correctly could affect other things, not just the use of Windows or Microsoft updates.
Try starting it in no add-ons mode first.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx0 -
Thank you waddler_8. You were spot on. Now my Skype, which apparently depends on IE might work.0
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Good - Did you suss out the add-on that was causing the problem, or was it skype?0
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The add-on that I disabled was "Abine Inc. Do Not Track Plus".
Don't know what that was about. Thanks again for your help. Still not getting Skype to open. I get the message "Warning 1909. Could not create Shortcut SKYPE.INK."0
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