Whats the deal with IE7??

chrislo · 11-29-2007, 12:13 AM

My computer has tried to download IE7 through the Automatic Updates. One time I let it install IE7 and it worked fine for awhile. Then when I went to certain websites (I remember one site was using Adobe Reader) it would freeze then shut down. So I did a System Restore and went back to Internet Explorer 6. No problems now.

Has anyone else had this problem? Also why is it I can't use ieSpell on IE7? I can't find the icon in the Standard Buttons or find it in the Right Click drop down.

PC eye · 11-29-2007, 01:15 AM

Probably since it was meant for IE 5.0 or higher and not the lastest IE 7. The last release came out before IE 7 back in October 2006 while IE 7 was still in beta form. http://www.iespell.com/download.php

Sometimes other add-ons will get in the way forcing you to remove that and then reinstall it after the others are on. One site lists it as one of the best 7 addons for IE 7 however. http://www.wired.com/software/softwa.../2007/02/72777

chrislo · 11-29-2007, 02:22 AM

Thanks, maybe I will try it again. Un-install ieSpell and re-install, then try IE7.

diroga · 11-29-2007, 02:39 AM

use foxit reader not adobe http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

oh yeah use opera not IE http://www.opera.com/download/

chrislo · 11-29-2007, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diroga

use foxit reader not adobe http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

oh yeah use opera not IE http://www.opera.com/download/

Thanks for the links.

PC eye · 11-29-2007, 04:57 AM

Overview

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 2.1 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.

ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.

These are entirely two different things there. Foxit reader is another document reader while ieSpell is a spell checking tool for IE. You'll probably that it won't even install on Opera. IE 7 is far superior to IE 6 with the new security features and higher default settings. But then look at how long MS took releasing the next version of Windows since XP came with IE 6 to replace the older IEs.

diroga · 11-29-2007, 06:36 AM

for spell check use http://aspell.net/

chrislo · 11-29-2007, 01:30 PM

I have no doubt that IE7 is superior and for most of the time I used it that seemed to be the case. I just wondered why it failed me in those two areas.

zaroba · 11-29-2007, 08:44 PM

could have to do with IE7's extreme and way over killing security features.

i wasn't able to download adobe acrobat at all via IE. or many other things. too much of a pain. Firefox is quite nice though.

PC eye · 11-29-2007, 09:20 PM

That's an odd one since Adobe is a cross platform reader. http://www.adobe.com/products/reader...dex.html#80win

If you go to download a manual for a board often you will get the prompt to download the latest version. The latest release for Vista is found at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

The Aspell wouldn't install on Vista when tried. You would have to see if that will go on XP there. At least in XP you can easily remove IE 7 in the control panel's add/remove>add/remove Windows Components section there to go back to IE 6 or try reinstalling 7 to see if that will allow ieSpell to work then.

11-29-2007, 12:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
chrislo Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 21 Posts: 224	Whats the deal with IE7?? My computer has tried to download IE7 through the Automatic Updates. One time I let it install IE7 and it worked fine for awhile. Then when I went to certain websites (I remember one site was using Adobe Reader) it would freeze then shut down. So I did a System Restore and went back to Internet Explorer 6. No problems now. Has anyone else had this problem? Also why is it I can't use ieSpell on IE7? I can't find the icon in the Standard Buttons or find it in the Right Click drop down. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

11-29-2007, 01:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,687	Probably since it was meant for IE 5.0 or higher and not the lastest IE 7. The last release came out before IE 7 back in October 2006 while IE 7 was still in beta form. http://www.iespell.com/download.php Sometimes other add-ons will get in the way forcing you to remove that and then reinstall it after the others are on. One site lists it as one of the best 7 addons for IE 7 however. http://www.wired.com/software/softwa.../2007/02/72777 __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

11-29-2007, 02:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
chrislo Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 21 Posts: 224	Thanks, maybe I will try it again. Un-install ieSpell and re-install, then try IE7. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

11-29-2007, 02:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 832	use foxit reader not adobe http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/ oh yeah use opera not IE http://www.opera.com/download/ __________________ All removed by apj101 as related to hacking which is against forum rules apj101 didn't read them ... Last edited by diroga; 11-29-2007 at 02:42 AM.

11-29-2007, 04:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,687	Overview Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 2.1 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application. These are entirely two different things there. Foxit reader is another document reader while ieSpell is a spell checking tool for IE. You'll probably that it won't even install on Opera. IE 7 is far superior to IE 6 with the new security features and higher default settings. But then look at how long MS took releasing the next version of Windows since XP came with IE 6 to replace the older IEs. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

11-29-2007, 06:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 832	for spell check use http://aspell.net/ __________________ All removed by apj101 as related to hacking which is against forum rules apj101 didn't read them ...

11-29-2007, 01:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
chrislo Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 21 Posts: 224	I have no doubt that IE7 is superior and for most of the time I used it that seemed to be the case. I just wondered why it failed me in those two areas. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

11-29-2007, 08:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
zaroba Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hereford PA Age: 27 Posts: 599	could have to do with IE7's extreme and way over killing security features. i wasn't able to download adobe acrobat at all via IE. or many other things. too much of a pain. Firefox is quite nice though. __________________ The Universal - the internet's most unique and enjoyable game. Mobo: Asus P5N32-E \| CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz \| PSU: Coolmax 650watt HDs: 3x320gb Seagate Barracuda, 3x500GB Seagates in USB cases \| Disc Drives: 16x DL dvd +/- rw Case: Lian-Li PC-V2100plusII \| OS: XP Professional - 64bit \| Monitors: Dual 19" Hanns-G 2ms LCDs Ram: 6 gb ddr2 \| GPU: 640MB GeForce 8800GTS

11-29-2007, 09:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,687	That's an odd one since Adobe is a cross platform reader. http://www.adobe.com/products/reader...dex.html#80win If you go to download a manual for a board often you will get the prompt to download the latest version. The latest release for Vista is found at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html The Aspell wouldn't install on Vista when tried. You would have to see if that will go on XP there. At least in XP you can easily remove IE 7 in the control panel's add/remove>add/remove Windows Components section there to go back to IE 6 or try reinstalling 7 to see if that will allow ieSpell to work then. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

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