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Hi all You might have seen various references to performance improvements in browsing if you add the google chrome plugin to IE8. My experience with W7 X-64 RTM (legal downloaded from Technet and Clean install) is that this plug in causes random " IE8 has stopped working" messages as well as...

I am running Windows 7 Rc on a new PC which I built up as a media centre. Whilst I can say it looks great I am experiencing several blue screen crashes per day and sometimes the Pc will freeze and force a reset. This is a new install of windows 7 as previously it got so bad I reformatted and...

my specs: Dell Opti 760 (core 2 duo, 4gb ram, Geforce 9300 GE) Win 7 Ultimate x64 RTM, joined to domain Problem: We have two people in IT testing Win7, and we both love it. However, one of the problems we are both having is IE8's browser buttons (back, forward, stop, refresh) do not...

I am running W7 RC1 and find it a definate improvement over Vista. The only niggle I have is that IE8 runs slowly as compared to Firefox 3. I have read that IE8 has greater security than Firefox. My question is: Are the security issues great enough for me to put up with the slow browsing? DanaW

Hello , when i boot and enter windows 7 , im getting the error "internet explorer has stopped working". Im using Chrome for browsing. I didnt even opened IE8. This message keeps on comming every 20 seconds after i closed the error. This is very annoying. :mad: Someone who has a solution to...

Hi, I need to force/run IE 7 on windows 7 - I know IE 7 is not compatible with windows 7 but surely there is a way to force this to happen? I have removed IE8 as per instructions here Link Removed - Invalid URL But now I want to install IE7 - I have downloaded IE 7 for winxp - but it wont...

I'm having a problem with Internet Explorer 8 on the Windows 7 beta; here's the story: a while back, I installed the Internet Explorer Collection. Then uninstalled it . . . using Revo Uninstaller, which makes sure that all the bits and pieces of the program are removed when you uninstall it. I...

I’m using W7 a lot now for testing. As a result, I am beginning to notice some issues with IE8. From time to time, it appears to go stale. Current open tabs still work, but trying to connect to a web using a new tab fails. Doesn’t matter what site. Opening a new IE8 session...

Opera Software, the Norwegian browser maker that sparked an antitrust investigation into Microsoft business practices in Europe, remains dissatisfied with its rival's move to dump IE8 from Windows 7. Link Removed - Invalid URL

I'm running Win7 x64 and love it so far. However, I'm seeing some oddities when I browse using IE8. For example: if I navigate to www.yahoo.com, it'll error out and not connect. If I hit refresh immediately, it still won't connect. If I wait a few mins then hit F5, it'll connect and run great...

Hi - can anyone help please? I'm running Win 7 RC Build 7100. Generally IE8 will display all images on most websites with absolutely no problem, except when I do an Image search in either Google Images or Bing – the thumbnails will not display - I get placeholders followed by red...

I liked IE8 in Win7, so installed it in XP Pro. Had to remove it today as DigitalPersona finger print doesnt work in Ie8. So I installed Ie7 instead, which works fine. However it looks pretty much like IE8. What are major diffs here? Ed

Hi all I have VM Cable and I am dual booting Vista Ultimate SP2 and Windows 7 RCM. Over the last two days my internet access has stopped in Win 7 but when I switch back to Vista everything is working! I also have a wireless router and just now with Win 7 telling me that there is no connection...

I have installed Windows 7 and it is working liek a treat, even games I used to run on Vista works fine. The only problem so far, in IE8 the third tab never works. tab 1,2, 4 etc... works fine. Tab 3 never connects. What gives? Any oneelse experiencing this? :) thanks

I cannot play a link containing a .wma file. I get 'Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage.' I can save the file and play it. I have IE8 installed in Vista and the link works. I do not have any other player installed. Any ideas? Thanks

Hi, I think this is the correct forum to post this and I will try to explain my issue as clearly as possible. When running IE8 if you're on a site and you click a link that creates a pop up window, I cannot find a way to make this pop up window bigger or even full screen? For games especially...

I've tried many different beta builds of Windows 7 on my Dell Latitude D610 including and up to build 7229, but they all have the same problem. Everything works great except for the video driver that is downloaded through Windows Update. The video card driver that is downloaded through...

I can't print from IE8 in the 64 bit versions of Windows 7 (up to and including build 7201) neither will Adobe Reader open display a .PDF file. If I try to look at page preview from within IE8 I just see a blank page with a path and filename at the bottom, neither of which can I find on my...

i just wondered which browser people prefer on windows 7 x64,do you use a 64 bit browser or not....i use minefield 3.6 with 2 addons adblock and downloadhelper......i also use ie8 32bit for watching flash videos....i do like the speed of chrome but it doesnt have adblock,you can use privoxy to...

Hi all, I came to this forum in order to get a solution for my problem. As many know and some would know now, when the drivers are not available for Windows 7, the NIC will just return a APIPA i.e., 169.x.x.x IP. We all thought this is a driver issue, but how do we find whether it is a driver...