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David

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Since: Apr 23, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:59 pm
Post subject: Pc doing strange things
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Ok I am an extreme novice about this stuff and really need help.

I have been experiencing very irratating problems for a couple of weeks now
and it seems to be getting worse. I can't blame it on IE 7 but it didn start
about a week or 2 after installing that.

Problems. When I try and highlight a group of files (say 5 or 10) it will
only highlight one at a time. This doesn't happen all the time but a good bit.

When trying to backclick to a previous page it will sometimes (a good bit of
the time) take me back 2 or 3 pages instead of one.

When downloading files (Like pictures from the net) it will sometimes try
and change the location I want the file to go to. For example I may have a
folder of nature photos and be downloading files to put in that folder.
Wihtout prompting from me it will automatically change the location the file
is being moved to or downloaded to to a music folder I have.

Trying to pull down my favorites list can sometimes take 5 or 10 tries. It
will just keep disappearing as soon as it appears.

A site I visit regularly and share photos with has an upload manager. I
regularly have big problems trying to use this upload manager now. Same as
before, when trying to pull pictures from a certain folder to upload , it
will automatically take me to different folders I didn't try to go too.

These are a few of my current problems. I downloaded and started using the
opera browser thinking it was aIE 7 problem but encountered the same things
with that one too. Any ideas ? Please help if you can. Thanks.

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Pennywise

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:49 pm
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David <David DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ok I am an extreme novice about this stuff and really need help.

Try using Opera or FireFox see if your problems go away.

You don't need to remove or do anything with IE, just install one of
the other browsers.

>I have been experiencing very irratating problems for a couple of weeks now
>and it seems to be getting worse. I can't blame it on IE 7 but it didn start
>about a week or 2 after installing that.
>
>Problems. When I try and highlight a group of files (say 5 or 10) it will
>only highlight one at a time. This doesn't happen all the time but a good bit.
>
>When trying to backclick to a previous page it will sometimes (a good bit of
>the time) take me back 2 or 3 pages instead of one.
>
>When downloading files (Like pictures from the net) it will sometimes try
>and change the location I want the file to go to. For example I may have a
>folder of nature photos and be downloading files to put in that folder.
>Wihtout prompting from me it will automatically change the location the file
>is being moved to or downloaded to to a music folder I have.
>
>Trying to pull down my favorites list can sometimes take 5 or 10 tries. It
>will just keep disappearing as soon as it appears.
>
>A site I visit regularly and share photos with has an upload manager. I
>regularly have big problems trying to use this upload manager now. Same as
>before, when trying to pull pictures from a certain folder to upload , it
>will automatically take me to different folders I didn't try to go too.
>
>These are a few of my current problems. I downloaded and started using the
>opera browser thinking it was aIE 7 problem but encountered the same things
>with that one too. Any ideas ? Please help if you can. Thanks.

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Elmo

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Since: Sep 20, 2005
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:54 am
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David wrote:
> Ok I am an extreme novice about this stuff and really need help.
>
> I have been experiencing very irritating problems for a couple of weeks now
> and it seems to be getting worse. I can't blame it on IE7 but it did start
> about a week or two after installing that.
>
> Problems. When I try and highlight a group of files, (say 5 or 10), it will
> only highlight one at a time. This doesn't happen all the time but a good bit.
>
> When trying to back-click to a previous page it will sometimes (a good bit of
> the time) take me back 2 or 3 pages instead of one.
>
> When downloading files, like pictures from the net, it will sometimes try
> and change the location I want the file to go to. For example I may have a
> folder of nature photos and be downloading files to put in that folder.
> Without prompting from me it will automatically change the location the file
> is being moved to or downloaded to a music folder I have.
>
> Trying to pull down my favorites list can sometimes take 5 or 10 tries. It
> will just keep disappearing as soon as it appears.
>
> A site I visit regularly and share photos with has an upload manager. I
> regularly have big problems trying to use this upload manager now. Same as
> before, when trying to pull pictures from a certain folder to upload, it
> will automatically take me to different folders I didn't try to go to.
>
> These are a few of my current problems. I downloaded and started using the
> Opera browser thinking it was an IE7 problem but encountered the same things
> with that one too. Any ideas? Please help if you can. Thanks.

Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW, click OK. If any files are damaged
or missing, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot afterwards so
damaged files will be replaced.

Try one of these free online virus scans:

Use its Complete check
http://www.pcpitstop.com/

Symantec
http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?productid=ssr&langid=ie&venid=sym

<url:http://security2.norton.com/us/home.asp?j=1&venid=sym&langid=us&plfid=20&pkj=IHBEXIBVEMBQAUWZKTK>
then click the Security check link.

http://housecall.antivirus.com/ free online virus scan

http://www.ewido.net/en/

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