internet explorer is not working

internet explorer will not launch at all. I am using Windows XP and internet explorer 8. Firefox Mozilla and Opera load up fine. Thanks.

 

You can try this too: http://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/?did=2

Complete Internet Repair.

Open CIntRep.exe
Choose the Repair Internet Explorer 8.0xxx option.
Select GO!

 

Thanks, very nice app, Thisisu!

 

Yet another option: Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections tab; make sure everything is UNCHECKED in this tab, then > Advanced tab > click "Restore advanced settings" and then click the "Reset..." button just below it. This commonly fixes many IE problems. Also, check out these:
http://majorgeeks.com/IEFix_d4467.html
http://majorgeeks.com/LSP-Fix_d4180.html
http://majorgeeks.com/XP_TCPIP_Repair_d4521.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259/en-us
I hope this helps!

@ thisisu: great little app there! I'll have to try it out next time I have a troublesome IE at work. I personally don't use IE at home unless absolutely necessary....

 

When I click lick My Computer, select Explore. Click on + in front of C, then + in front of Program Files then click on Internet Explorer nothing happens.

I also downloaded http://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/?did=2 and followed the instructions but nothing change. I still cannot access internet explorers.

I also downloaded
http://majorgeeks.com/IEFix_d4467.html
http://majorgeeks.com/LSP-Fix_d4180.html
http://majorgeeks.com/XP_TCPIP_Repair_d4521.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259/en-us
and followed the instructions but nothing happened.

Help.

 

@ mgjruss: did you try the first part of my post above (I left out the "LAN settings" step by mistake; sorry :-o ) :

Since you're running XP, you should be able to uninstall IE8 via Add/Remove Programs if all else fails, then re-install it.

You could try Dial-A-Fix and check all the boxes in the right-hand section. It doesn't fix any problems in IE8, but it just might fix something that's causing your problem if it's unrelated to IE itself. Running Dial-A-Fix certainly won't hurt anything. Any errors you get will likely be because it will report that it "doesn't recognize the Internet Explorer version" or something similar, and you'll get 8 or 10 of these messages; just click OK and let it do its thing (it may appear to lock up on a file called initpki but don't worry, it's normal for Dial-A-Fix to sit on this file for some time)

Good Luck!

 

Thanks a lot. I did everything you guys suggested and even the Dial-A-Fix. Initially after running the Dial-A-Fix it seem to have accomplished nothing. Therefore I proceeded to install IE. After my attempt to uninstall IE I was instructed to reboot the computer. After rebooting, I noticed that the IE icon was still on my desktop. I click on it and it worked. Thank you again.

Maureen

 

I was going to suggest in downloading IE9 over IE8 to see if that works.