IE Won't Work But FF Does

dummybox · 05-10-2008, 05:14 AM

Internet Explorer refuses to work at all, it just continues to say that the page cannot be displayed (because it throws up this page everytime it starts up even though i set google as the default:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74005

when i manually type www.google.com and press enter, it gives me this:

The address is not valid

i reset it, downloaded IE7, did everything i could, but it simply won't work. and what's more, it starts to do Automatic updates and there are like fifty of them that it says it won't update.

**sobeit** · 05-10-2008, 07:24 AM

try turning offthe addons and see if it will work. Also make sure there is not a checkmark beside offline under tools (if you do not have the navigation menu across the top).

dummybox · 05-10-2008, 07:46 AM

no, sorry, it still doesn't work.

monkeymonkey · 05-10-2008, 11:36 AM

"IE Won't Work But FF Does" - Sounds an excellent solution already - Just use Firefox instead (and save yourself from all the adware and security flaws of IE!)

**Go The Power** · 05-11-2008, 06:56 AM

what security programs do you have?

05-10-2008, 05:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
dummybox Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	IE Won't Work But FF Does Internet Explorer refuses to work at all, it just continues to say that the page cannot be displayed (because it throws up this page everytime it starts up even though i set google as the default: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74005 when i manually type www.google.com and press enter, it gives me this: The address is not valid i reset it, downloaded IE7, did everything i could, but it simply won't work. and what's more, it starts to do Automatic updates and there are like fifty of them that it says it won't update.

05-10-2008, 07:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: IE Won't Work But FF Does try turning offthe addons and see if it will work. Also make sure there is not a checkmark beside offline under tools (if you do not have the navigation menu across the top). __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

05-10-2008, 07:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
dummybox Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: IE Won't Work But FF Does no, sorry, it still doesn't work.

05-10-2008, 11:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
monkeymonkey Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: here Posts: 58 OS: xp / ubuntu	Re: IE Won't Work But FF Does "IE Won't Work But FF Does" - Sounds an excellent solution already - Just use Firefox instead (and save yourself from all the adware and security flaws of IE!)

05-11-2008, 06:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,972 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: IE Won't Work But FF Does what security programs do you have? __________________