[cancan]

Hi,
I am not sure if I am in the right place with this post because I am not sure what the exact problem is.

When I try to open IE8, it freezes before it even gets to home page.

If I boot in safe mode with networking, I can access internet, so obviously it's connected.

But also, the connection icons are missing from the tool bar/tray at bottom.

I have ran and installed Windows updates.

Have checked all the networking connection stuff based on other posts.

This is a desktop computer, running XP.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to what the problem is and how to fix it?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[JohnWill]

Truthfully, I'd uninstall IE8 and do a fresh installation and see if that makes it's mind right.