Sorry for the strange description. When I try to open IE instead of my
normal home page I get an empty page which is devoid of toolbars, Icons etc.
I do get a menu bar, but that is not accessible unless I press "stop". I
have tried a repair install of Windows, but this did not help. I cannot
think of anything that I have downloaded/installed that would have caused
this (famous last words!)

Running XP Home sp2.

Thanks in advance
Mike
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Why, oh why, did I press that?

"Mike" <mike.duckett (remove this)@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:C299C904-A7B4-4ED0-936C-72A70ABADDEE@microsoft.com
> Sorry for the strange description. When I try to open IE instead of
> my normal home page I get an empty page which is devoid of toolbars,
> Icons etc. I do get a menu bar, but that is not accessible unless I
> press "stop". I have tried a repair install of Windows, but this did
> not help. I cannot think of anything that I have
> downloaded/installed that would have caused this (famous last words!)
>
> Running XP Home sp2.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Mike

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg

5. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

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'.

You may need to reboot.

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Thanks for the reply Frank. Unfortunately it did not help, but I have learnt
a lot! I finally realised that I had made one change - I integrated Fresh
Download into IE. I have just removed it and, "hey Presto!", it now works
beautifully.
As my signature intimates, I will more than likely need the information that
you gave at some point in the future.

Thanks again
Mike
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Why, oh why, did I press that?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

> "Mike" <mike.duckett (remove this)@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:C299C904-A7B4-4ED0-936C-72A70ABADDEE@microsoft.com
> > Sorry for the strange description. When I try to open IE instead of
> > my normal home page I get an empty page which is devoid of toolbars,
> > Icons etc. I do get a menu bar, but that is not accessible unless I
> > press "stop". I have tried a repair install of Windows, but this did
> > not help. I cannot think of anything that I have
> > downloaded/installed that would have caused this (famous last words!)
> >
> > Running XP Home sp2.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Mike
>
> From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
>
> 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
>
> 2. In the Open box, type:
>
> regsvr32 urlmon.dll
>
> 3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:
>
> DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.
>
>
> 4. If you are using WinXP try this:
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg
>
> 5. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
> after you select Auto-Select encoding
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863
>
> 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'.
>
> You may need to reboot.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>
>
>