Hey again,
First let me preface this by saying this is actually for Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. Even though it's 32-Bit, still hoping I can get some assistance.
This copy of Vista was installed on my laptop OVER an existing copy of XP. Probably not the wisest idea, but it's been fine for a few weeks now...till now. I just wanted to mention how I installed it in the offchance it's a factor.
Anyway major problems with IE in Vista. It all started yesterday with something I thought was simple. I couldn't get IE to install Flash Player. I would goto adobe, click install, and the next page would never load the IE security bar to install an activeX control like it usually does. In trying to solve this problem, I used the master reset in IE to reset everything back to default...and that just made things worse.
Now IE does not have a Temporary Internet Files folder selected and no matter what I do, it wont let me select one! It keeps saying I don't have the space. Being that I have like 80GBs free, that's obviously wrong. Likewise because there is no folder selected, it wont let me set any kind of Temp Internet Folder file size. Says my Max I can make it is 8 Megabytes. Ha!
Even though I don't have a folder, when I goto "View files" it takes me to IE Downloaded Program Files and in there are only 2 files.
This is probably not going to help anything but one file is named {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} and it's status is "Damaged." Going to properties indicates it's an ActiveX control. How much this has to do with my ultimate problem, who knows, but though I would mention it.
Much as i hate to say it, I have a bad feeling a complete reinstall might be in my future. I just wanted to post and ask incase something can be done.
And this time, I will do a clean install. =)
Before anyone suggests it, System Restore is off. But I have recently been enlightened about the little fact that having it on does not hurt performance, so that wont be a mistake I'm likely to make again.
First let me preface this by saying this is actually for Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. Even though it's 32-Bit, still hoping I can get some assistance.
This copy of Vista was installed on my laptop OVER an existing copy of XP. Probably not the wisest idea, but it's been fine for a few weeks now...till now. I just wanted to mention how I installed it in the offchance it's a factor.
Anyway major problems with IE in Vista. It all started yesterday with something I thought was simple. I couldn't get IE to install Flash Player. I would goto adobe, click install, and the next page would never load the IE security bar to install an activeX control like it usually does. In trying to solve this problem, I used the master reset in IE to reset everything back to default...and that just made things worse.
Now IE does not have a Temporary Internet Files folder selected and no matter what I do, it wont let me select one! It keeps saying I don't have the space. Being that I have like 80GBs free, that's obviously wrong. Likewise because there is no folder selected, it wont let me set any kind of Temp Internet Folder file size. Says my Max I can make it is 8 Megabytes. Ha!
Even though I don't have a folder, when I goto "View files" it takes me to IE Downloaded Program Files and in there are only 2 files.
This is probably not going to help anything but one file is named {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} and it's status is "Damaged." Going to properties indicates it's an ActiveX control. How much this has to do with my ultimate problem, who knows, but though I would mention it.
Much as i hate to say it, I have a bad feeling a complete reinstall might be in my future. I just wanted to post and ask incase something can be done.
And this time, I will do a clean install. =)
Before anyone suggests it, System Restore is off. But I have recently been enlightened about the little fact that having it on does not hurt performance, so that wont be a mistake I'm likely to make again.
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Q6600 B3 2.4 (OCed to 3.0 GHz)
- Motherboard
- Abit IP35-E
- Memory
- Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 1GB x 4
- Graphics card(s)
- XFX Geforce GTX 260
- Sound Card
- X-Fi Fatality w/ Audigy 2 ZS Front Bay Drive
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 2407WFP & Dell 1905FP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200 and 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- Serial ATA 250, 300, and 160Gb
- PSU
- Fotron Source 450 Watt
- Case
- Cooler Master CM 590
- Mouse
- DiNovo BT Laser
- Keyboard
- diNovo BT Laser
