OWA, IE8, and Win 7

[RJB]

I've successfully used Outlook Web Access for quite a while.

Recently bought a machine running Windows 7, thus, IE 8.

When I try to reply to a message or start a new message, there is no text
box where I can type... Just greyed out with a red "X" in the upper left
corner.

The OWA site IS in my Trusted Sites.

Pop-Up Blocker is OFF.

I HAVE updated OWA's "S/MIME Control". Once I did that, I gained the ability
to type a message in the box – but when I hit “Sendâ€, it creates a fatal
error in Internet Explorer either during or just after running the spellcheck
(I don’t know if the spellcheck is complete when we get the error).

What gives? I suspect it's an issue of 32 and 64 bit nonsense, but don't know.

Help!

Thanks

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Is it a Win7 64-bit computer?

RJB wrote:
> I've successfully used Outlook Web Access for quite a while.
>
> Recently bought a machine running Windows 7, thus, IE 8.
>
> When I try to reply to a message or start a new message, there is no text
> box where I can type... Just greyed out with a red "X" in the upper left
> corner.
>
> The OWA site IS in my Trusted Sites.
>
> Pop-Up Blocker is OFF.
>
> I HAVE updated OWA's "S/MIME Control". Once I did that, I gained the
> ability
> to type a message in the box – but when I hit “Sendâ€, it creates a fatal
> error in Internet Explorer either during or just after running the
> spellcheck (I don’t know if the spellcheck is complete when we get the
> error).
>
> What gives? I suspect it's an issue of 32 and 64 bit nonsense, but don't
> know.
>
> Help!
>
> Thanks

 

[RJB]

Isn't all Win 7 64-bit?

(I'm 99% certain the machine is 64-bit)

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

No.

RJB wrote:
> Isn't all Win 7 64-bit?
>
> (I'm 99% certain the machine is 64-bit)

 

[Daave]

RJB wrote:
> Isn't all Win 7 64-bit?

Not this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116752

(Interestingly, it's $15 *less* than XP!)