I have no idea what causes this trouble, but there are any number of standard diagnostic measures you can start applying if your'e intent on solving the problem.
1. What makes a machine that has problems different from one that doesn't? a. Installed software? b. BHO's and ActiveX plugins installed in IE? c. List of installed QFEs? (get QFECHECK, MSKB 282784) 2. Delete temporary internet files. 3. Disable browser 3rd party extensions. 4. Check event viewer for things logged at about the same time that Word fails to start. 5. Test with a user who has never logged into a problem machine before. If it's user-profile-specific, a new user won't see the problem. I am guessing that you're telling me that adding the site to trusted sites had no effect on the problem. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Pile Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IE embedded links for Word docs fail Ah, so true... I need my other pill bottle. The web page has links that used to open Word doc files when double clicked. Now the users get a fast flash of a screen change and no file displays. Nada. I added this site to the trusted sites list via a remote registry edit since IE is locked down considerably. BTW, this is XP Pro SP2 and IE 6, SP2 -Jester On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:04:29 -0500, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"affected the response... our users get" > >Affected it how? > >Exact verbage from error messages works best when describing problems. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >David Pile >Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: IE embedded links for Word docs fail > >Apparently a recent security patch has affected the response some of our >users get when they click embedded links to Word doc files. > >I have been searching for info on this such as reregistering some dlls, >repairing file type association or other potential causes and am coming up >with too many or too few (AKA, none) solutions. > >Any pointers for these old eyes would be greatly appreciated. > >-Jester -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
