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New Computer Blues
Jun. 20th, 2014 04:46 pmMostly, I love my new laptop. There's just one little problem and it is driving me nuts. I can find lots of indications online that many other people have had the same problem, but no solutions. It probably doesn't even matter, cause I pretty much hate Internet Explorer.... but every now and then you really have to have it.
Here's the deal. My laptop came with Windows 7 Professional installed, complete with Internet Explorer 10, which worked fine. Until the first time I rebooted, and Windows helpfully installed 60+ Important Updates. After the reboot, Internet Explorer was dead in the water, claiming "This Page Can't Be Displayed." Note that there is nothing wrong with the internet connection. Firefox and Chrome are working fine.
I finally gave up and restored to an earlier checkpoint before the Windows updates and IE immediately started working again. I unchecked the box in IE that says "update automatically" and rebooted. Again with the huge Windows Update. And again, IE was dead. This time IE itself had not been upgraded, but one of the dozens of other updates makes it not work.
I have tried every cockamamie suggestion I found online, and none of them have helped. Once IE is dead it is DEAD. I tried downgrading it back to IE9 and IE8. Didn't matter. With the killer update in the system, IE will not work on Windows 7.
Anybody familiar with this issue?
Here's the deal. My laptop came with Windows 7 Professional installed, complete with Internet Explorer 10, which worked fine. Until the first time I rebooted, and Windows helpfully installed 60+ Important Updates. After the reboot, Internet Explorer was dead in the water, claiming "This Page Can't Be Displayed." Note that there is nothing wrong with the internet connection. Firefox and Chrome are working fine.
I finally gave up and restored to an earlier checkpoint before the Windows updates and IE immediately started working again. I unchecked the box in IE that says "update automatically" and rebooted. Again with the huge Windows Update. And again, IE was dead. This time IE itself had not been upgraded, but one of the dozens of other updates makes it not work.
I have tried every cockamamie suggestion I found online, and none of them have helped. Once IE is dead it is DEAD. I tried downgrading it back to IE9 and IE8. Didn't matter. With the killer update in the system, IE will not work on Windows 7.
Anybody familiar with this issue?
