Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2;
Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) as well as your IE version
when posting in an IE-specific forum or newsgroup. Please do so in your next
reply.
1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE in No Add-ons mode:
=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).
Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to IE7 &
IE8 in all OSS]
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)? If Vista or WinXP: Were any of these
applications running in the background when you installed IE8?
4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
Dave wrote:
> I did make the change and closed Explorer and reopened. It still just
> sits
> there and the icon on the tab just keeps spinning. At the bottom of the
> page the bar I call the fuel bar that show the page loading, it goes half
> way and quits.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Select "Every time I visit the page" instead.
>>
>> If you're not receiving notfications of replies to a thread, check your
>> My
>> Alerts setting for your Live ID.
>>
>>
>> Dave wrote:
>>> Check for newer versions of stored pages the automatically is checked.
>>> Disk
>>> space is set to 50. Also why is it when you replied I never got a
>>> notification that there was a reply? I did check the box to be
>>> notified.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>> As June Allyson used to say, "Depends."
>>>>
>>>> What's your setting IE Tools | Internet Options | General | Browsing
>>>> history | Settings | Check for newer versions of stored pages <=here?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave wrote:
>>>>> Web pages will not update in IE8
>>>>> I have a problem with a web page that does an automatic update. I use
>>>>> msn
>>>>> and foxnews.com as my home pages. Fox’s website does an automatic
>>>>> update
>>>>> for changes in news. This always worked fine with IE7, but now that I
>>>>> have
>>>>> change to IE8 it no longer will update unless I do it manually. Is
>>>>> this
>>>>> a
>>>>> problem with IE8 or is there a setting I need to change.
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>> .