Hi All...
I know there was a thread on this somewhere, but I am unable to locate it now.

I have Vista Home and IE7 on my new laptop (6 mos old). Up until last week,
everything worked fine. All of a sudden, I can't get to any page that has a
log-in. Email, banking, EBay, this site...

I don't know much about mucking around with the virus and spyware programs,
but I have AVG Free, and I think Windows Defender is doing something, but I
really don't know how to check. I have done all MS Updates (except the 102 MB
Office one; I'm on Dial-up at 26400, if lucky) and AGV updates.

I can acess everything ok on this computer (XP & IE7). I have compared all
security and privacy settings from the new computer to this one through
Internet Tools. Everything is the same.

The local computer shop suggested downloading Firefox and see if the problem
persists with it; same problem.

I have a box that pops up from the task bar that says "some programs are
being blocked from running" (or something close to that). I've tried to look
at them, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing.

If someone could help walk me through checking virus programs/firewalls,
etc. in simple steps, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Di

Hi,
First try disabling browser add-ons from IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. If that
resolves the issue, re-enable add-ons one at a time until the problem
returns. The culprit could be as simple as a pop-up blocker.

Next, from Start> Run> (type in) msconfig, go to the Startup tab. You can
disable Defender and AVG. Restart and see if the problem is resolved. Any
other security programs which could be affecting both browsers?

From Windows Help, search for DEP. Check the DEP is enabled only for
"essential Windows programs."

Internet Options> Privacy, try a (cookie) setting of Low or Accept all.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Di Willard" <DiWillard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A837EFF-3A63-4100-8437-C3FA52037F45@microsoft.com...
> Hi All...
> I know there was a thread on this somewhere, but I am unable to locate it
now.
>
> I have Vista Home and IE7 on my new laptop (6 mos old). Up until last
week,
> everything worked fine. All of a sudden, I can't get to any page that has
a
> log-in. Email, banking, EBay, this site...
>
> I don't know much about mucking around with the virus and spyware
programs,
> but I have AVG Free, and I think Windows Defender is doing something, but
I
> really don't know how to check. I have done all MS Updates (except the 102
MB
> Office one; I'm on Dial-up at 26400, if lucky) and AGV updates.
>
> I can acess everything ok on this computer (XP & IE7). I have compared all
> security and privacy settings from the new computer to this one through
> Internet Tools. Everything is the same.
>
> The local computer shop suggested downloading Firefox and see if the
problem
> persists with it; same problem.
>
> I have a box that pops up from the task bar that says "some programs are
> being blocked from running" (or something close to that). I've tried to
look
> at them, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing.
>
> If someone could help walk me through checking virus programs/firewalls,
> etc. in simple steps, it would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Di

Hi Don,
Thanks for your help. Although i never succeeded in uninstalling Defender, I
did figure out that I had tried to stop a couple of programs from
automatically booting in the "startup" configuration. I reset that to normal
startup, and the problem seems to be gone. I am re-installing AVG now...
(4hrs 47 min... Yippee! I love Dial Up! :( ).
Thanks again, and Happy New Year!
Di

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> First try disabling browser add-ons from IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. If that
> resolves the issue, re-enable add-ons one at a time until the problem
> returns. The culprit could be as simple as a pop-up blocker.
>
> Next, from Start> Run> (type in) msconfig, go to the Startup tab. You can
> disable Defender and AVG. Restart and see if the problem is resolved. Any
> other security programs which could be affecting both browsers?
>
> From Windows Help, search for DEP. Check the DEP is enabled only for
> "essential Windows programs."
>
> Internet Options> Privacy, try a (cookie) setting of Low or Accept all.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Di Willard" <DiWillard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A837EFF-3A63-4100-8437-C3FA52037F45@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All...
> > I know there was a thread on this somewhere, but I am unable to locate it
> now.
> >
> > I have Vista Home and IE7 on my new laptop (6 mos old). Up until last
> week,
> > everything worked fine. All of a sudden, I can't get to any page that has
> a
> > log-in. Email, banking, EBay, this site...
> >
> > I don't know much about mucking around with the virus and spyware
> programs,
> > but I have AVG Free, and I think Windows Defender is doing something, but
> I
> > really don't know how to check. I have done all MS Updates (except the 102
> MB
> > Office one; I'm on Dial-up at 26400, if lucky) and AGV updates.
> >
> > I can acess everything ok on this computer (XP & IE7). I have compared all
> > security and privacy settings from the new computer to this one through
> > Internet Tools. Everything is the same.
> >
> > The local computer shop suggested downloading Firefox and see if the
> problem
> > persists with it; same problem.
> >
> > I have a box that pops up from the task bar that says "some programs are
> > being blocked from running" (or something close to that). I've tried to
> look
> > at them, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing.
> >
> > If someone could help walk me through checking virus programs/firewalls,
> > etc. in simple steps, it would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Di
>
>

Hi,
Glad you got it resolved. Thanks for the update.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Di Willard" <DiWillard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DFBFF72F-956F-4E49-89AB-284566191AFB@microsoft.com...
> Hi Don,
> Thanks for your help. Although i never succeeded in uninstalling Defender,
I
> did figure out that I had tried to stop a couple of programs from
> automatically booting in the "startup" configuration. I reset that to
normal
> startup, and the problem seems to be gone. I am re-installing AVG now...
> (4hrs 47 min... Yippee! I love Dial Up! :( ).
> Thanks again, and Happy New Year!
> Di

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > First try disabling browser add-ons from IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. If
that
> > resolves the issue, re-enable add-ons one at a time until the problem
> > returns. The culprit could be as simple as a pop-up blocker.
> >
> > Next, from Start> Run> (type in) msconfig, go to the Startup tab. You
can
> > disable Defender and AVG. Restart and see if the problem is resolved.
Any
> > other security programs which could be affecting both browsers?
> >
> > From Windows Help, search for DEP. Check the DEP is enabled only for
> > "essential Windows programs."
> >
> > Internet Options> Privacy, try a (cookie) setting of Low or Accept all.

> > "Di Willard" <DiWillard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7A837EFF-3A63-4100-8437-C3FA52037F45@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi All...
> > > I know there was a thread on this somewhere, but I am unable to locate
it
> > now.
> > >
> > > I have Vista Home and IE7 on my new laptop (6 mos old). Up until last
> > week,
> > > everything worked fine. All of a sudden, I can't get to any page that
has
> > a
> > > log-in. Email, banking, EBay, this site...
> > >
> > > I don't know much about mucking around with the virus and spyware
> > programs,
> > > but I have AVG Free, and I think Windows Defender is doing something,
but
> > I
> > > really don't know how to check. I have done all MS Updates (except the
102
> > MB
> > > Office one; I'm on Dial-up at 26400, if lucky) and AGV updates.
> > >
> > > I can acess everything ok on this computer (XP & IE7). I have compared
all
> > > security and privacy settings from the new computer to this one
through
> > > Internet Tools. Everything is the same.
> > >
> > > The local computer shop suggested downloading Firefox and see if the
> > problem
> > > persists with it; same problem.
> > >
> > > I have a box that pops up from the task bar that says "some programs
are
> > > being blocked from running" (or something close to that). I've tried
to
> > look
> > > at them, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing.
> > >
> > > If someone could help walk me through checking virus
programs/firewalls,
> > > etc. in simple steps, it would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Di