Re: [OT] Sites inaccessible with Win7 and IE8

[David Connors]

On 9 October 2010 22:18, Greg Keogh  wrote:

>  >Have you trying clicking the compatibility mode icon in the address bar
> when this happens?
>
> No , I don’t recall any such icon, but I do recall being asked questions
> about compatibility during installation (or first use).
>
It shows up as a little broken page icon in the address bar. I find that
sometimes works when IE >= v8 shows me a blank page on a site that was
otherwise working.


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RE: [OT] Sites inaccessible with Win7 and IE8

[Greg Keogh]

Not sure if you have tried this already as well but completely resetting IE
8 has helped me with similar issues. Internet Options --> Advanced Tab -->
Reset

 

I hadn't noticed the big fat Reset button before. I tried it a few times,
but it didn't make any difference. Then I did another Reset and when I was
taken to the "welcome to IE" pages, this time I let it continue with all
defaults. I still couldn't sign in to Facebook, but I added it to the
trusted sites, and now I can log in.

 

So some particular combination of settings after a Reset followed by using
trusted sites has solved my problem. The trouble is (as usual) that I'm
quite sure what went right. By a process of elimination over the coming
weeks I might be able to pinpoint the cause.

 

It's a bit of a worry well into the 21st century when an IT professional
with 30 years experience can't login to Facebook.

 

Actually I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I have a Facebook account, as
it's a frightening beast. Did anyone read the article in The Age a couple of
days ago about Zuckeberg's comment on "radical transparency"? The author
suggests he lead by example and prove to us that Facebook isn't a data
mining operation disguised as a social networking site.

 

The bit that shocked me were the comments about the little "I like this"
links which are spreading all over the Internet. These seemingly innocuous
things are a potential goldmine of information.

 

Greg

Re: [OT] Sites inaccessible with Win7 and IE8

[Grant Castner]

Hi Greg,
Not sure if you have tried this already as well but completely resetting IE
8 has helped me with similar issues. Internet Options --> Advanced Tab -->
Reset

Cheers,
Grant


On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

>  >Have you trying clicking the compatibility mode icon in the address bar
> when this happens?
>
> No , I don’t recall any such icon, but I do recall being asked questions
> about compatibility during installation (or first use). Everything must be
> defaulting. I just played with some compatibility options, but sadly nothing
> changed. However, this sounds like a road I haven’t explored before and I’ll
> give it a more serious try in the morning – Greg
>



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RE: [OT] Sites inaccessible with Win7 and IE8

[Greg Keogh]

>Have you trying clicking the compatibility mode icon in the address bar when 
>this happens?

No , I don’t recall any such icon, but I do recall being asked questions about 
compatibility during installation (or first use). Everything must be 
defaulting. I just played with some compatibility options, but sadly nothing 
changed. However, this sounds like a road I haven’t explored before and I’ll 
give it a more serious try in the morning – Greg

Re: [OT] Sites inaccessible with Win7 and IE8

[David Connors]

Have you trying clicking the compatibility mode icon in the address bar when
this happens?

On 9 October 2010 17:17, Greg Keogh  wrote:

>  Ever since I started using Windows 7 last Xmas as my primary development
> OS, I’ve been quite happy except for an unexpected and incomprehensible
> problem with Internet Explorer 8. It’s possibly security settings related,
> but I’m not sure.
>
>
>
> Some web sites I randomly cannot log in (sign in) to. Typical examples are
> Facebook and the ComponentOne forums. Facebook continuously returns to the
> Login page, and the C1 site just redraws and nothing happens. On rare random
> occasions the logins have worked, but for the last couple of months they are
> continuously inaccessible.
>
>
>
> I have moved heaven and earth and searched the web and tried every trick I
> can possibly think of to get around the problems, cleared cookies and
> history and adjusted security settings and used trusted sites, etc etc etc,
> but absolutely nothing will get me into these web sites under Win7 and IE8.
>
>
>
> I have to walk over to my Win3K file server with IE7 and access these
> sites, without any problems at all.
>
>
>
> I’m at wits end, so I thought I’d ask if anyone has been through this.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>



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