Problem in WinXP Control Panel

dlb · Mar 31, 2010

I've got a laptop here and all of the options in the Control Panel work fine except[/b] for the Internet Options applet. When I try to launch it, I get the hourglass thingy for may 2 seconds, and that's it. No error, no window opens up, nothing. I have run a multitude of "fix it" type things like Dial-A-Fix, I've run CCleaner (even though I knew that it would have no effect on this particular issue), I've run malware scans (nothing except for adware type stuff like Gamevance and HotBar). Any ideas?

Thanks!

motc7 · Mar 31, 2010

dlb said: ↑

I've got a laptop here and all of the options in the Control Panel work fine except[/b] for the Internet Options applet. When I try to launch it, I get the hourglass thingy for may 2 seconds, and that's it. No error, no window opens up, nothing. I have run a multitude of "fix it" type things like Dial-A-Fix, I've run CCleaner (even though I knew that it would have no effect on this particular issue), I've run malware scans (nothing except for adware type stuff like Gamevance and HotBar). Any ideas?

Thanks!
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What version of IE? If it's anything higher than 6, I would goto Add/Remove and then uninstall it. That will revert you to the previous version of the browser. Let us know what happens.

plodr · Mar 31, 2010

This is a very long shot...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
left column, line 268

If it is XP Pro, you can run gpedit.msc (I have XP Home fired up and can't do this).

dlb · Mar 31, 2010

motc7 said:

If it's anything higher than 6, I would goto Add/Remove and then uninstall it
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roflmao YUP!!!! That's exactly what I ended up doing and it worked perfectly! Thanks for the suggestions anyway guys! :-D

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Problem in WinXP Control Panel

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