BobJam
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In the past few days, IE7 has been starting off line ALWAYS. I realize that it DOES start off line when it was off line PREVIOUS to the start. But I noticed this recent behavior all the time, and experimented by making sure I was on line in the previous session, and it STILL started off line.
Off course, it's a simple matter to click on "Tools" and uncheck "Work Offline" and then go online with a URL, but this is tedious and a bother, especially when it USED to start on line when I had previously been on line.
I can't recall changing any settings recently, but I guess it's possible that I did.
I am looking at my antivirus (AntiVir) and Firewall (Comodo), but I don't really think these can be the cause.
Not a deal breaker, nor something that prevents me from running IE on line if I do "Tools" and uncheck "Work Offline" (that works, thank goodness).
I recently installed Sandboxie, HOWEVER, IE7 exhibits the same flawed behavior even if it's not sandboxed, so I can't really lay this at Sandboxie's foot. It's likely an IE only issue (am going to post on the MS Newsgroup for IE about this), but I posted on the Sannboxie forum because I thought there might be a connection.
I've Googled the issue, and read various solutions from Registry hacks to emptying the browser cache to "repairing" IE. Tried it all, but nothing worked.
I do have the Google Toolbar and that's been implicated in some stuff I've read, so I may try uninstalling it and see if that works. May try a recent restore point too (my OS is XP HE).
But as you can see by my desperation in posting here, I'm pretty much out of ideas short of uninstalling IE7 and trying a reinstall (which I REALLY don't want to do unless it's the last resort).
Anyway . . . thoughts??
Off course, it's a simple matter to click on "Tools" and uncheck "Work Offline" and then go online with a URL, but this is tedious and a bother, especially when it USED to start on line when I had previously been on line.
I can't recall changing any settings recently, but I guess it's possible that I did.
I am looking at my antivirus (AntiVir) and Firewall (Comodo), but I don't really think these can be the cause.
Not a deal breaker, nor something that prevents me from running IE on line if I do "Tools" and uncheck "Work Offline" (that works, thank goodness).
I recently installed Sandboxie, HOWEVER, IE7 exhibits the same flawed behavior even if it's not sandboxed, so I can't really lay this at Sandboxie's foot. It's likely an IE only issue (am going to post on the MS Newsgroup for IE about this), but I posted on the Sannboxie forum because I thought there might be a connection.
I've Googled the issue, and read various solutions from Registry hacks to emptying the browser cache to "repairing" IE. Tried it all, but nothing worked.
I do have the Google Toolbar and that's been implicated in some stuff I've read, so I may try uninstalling it and see if that works. May try a recent restore point too (my OS is XP HE).
But as you can see by my desperation in posting here, I'm pretty much out of ideas short of uninstalling IE7 and trying a reinstall (which I REALLY don't want to do unless it's the last resort).
Anyway . . . thoughts??