Windows 7 - IE 8 32bit display issue

Hey,

First post here. Had a look around trying to find an answer for this..

Suddenly my IE 8 32bit is not working properly. Below the tab bar, where the website is displayed, it's just grey. Websites will load, but nothing is there except grey. It doesn't even show the 'cannot display the webpage' page when I'm offline. However in IE 8 64bit it works. Here's some screen shots to show you what i mean:


In the pictures above, the page thats white and showing the correct 'cannot display webpage' page is IE 8 64bit.

I've tried system restore to a point when it was working, disabling and reenabling in turn windows features on and off, and also reset internet explorer settings. None of which had any luck. Any ideas?

Thanks for your time,

Justin

Welcome to Seven Forums Jpape. Perhaps try this. Download Capt. Jack's IE Restorator tool:

SF IE Restorator - Troubleshooting General Issues with IE

And run the 32 bit reregister for your type of Operating System (32 bit or 64 bit). See if that helps. A Guy

Tried it but no luck.. it's a pretty strange problem, as the program itself works but just doesnt display the website.

Is this just the one website? Here are some things to try.

Try turning off IE addons to see if that corrects the problem:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2...25/678113.aspx

If no help, you can try resetting/repairing IE8

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213

A Guy

Making progress A Guy. Ran IE 32 in no addon mode and worked, but for some reason when i open IE 32 normally, manually disable all addons, it still has the issue.

Personally, I'd use the Captains tool again, and reset IE. Obviously one of the addons is causing the issue. You might note which addons you have and try replacing them one by one after the reset. A Guy

still no luck. even tried updating to IE 9 and had same issue.

Then use another browser

Since you've tried everything to repair IE, the next thing to try is a repair of Windows. Have you got any repair or reinstall disks for your system?

Really old MS article for an old IE version, but might be worth a shot..maybe?

Internet Explorer Displays a Gray Background

Definitely a weird problem. Done any customizing of system files for theming, etc?