Printer Friendly popups won't appear

[Keremeos]

I have online banking arrangements with two (2) different Canadian banks. Both of those are listed in my trusted sites for security settings. Despite that, the printer friendly popups for printing receipts, transfers, etc. will NOT appear. IE8 seems to freeze and only resumes operation when I open the Taxk Manager (the threat of a pre-emptive termination seems to work wonders with "Not Responding" issues). Any suggestions???


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

Try this

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1222-internet-explorer-reset.html

Tools
Internet Options
Advanced
Reset
You are removing all the addos, which probably cause the problem. You wlil have to reinstall eg pdf etc.

 

[Keremeos]

What are the things that will go away on a reset, e.g. will I lose all of my bookmark groups and items (have invested a lot of time over the years grooming that list)???


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

No its nothing like that. This will show you what we are talking about

Internet Explorer add-ons: frequently asked questions

 

[Keremeos]

I'll give that a try in the morning. Have some work that I need to finish this PM. Thanks.


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

Take your time Bruce. Take care.

 

[Keremeos]

Back in the early days of my work experience, a wiser man than I told me that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Should have kept that in mind.


I tried disabling a number of the add-ons and removing others. Now I have damaged my Simply Accounting display and a re-install of that program did not repair that damage. Re-enabling the various items didn't help either so I guess the problem is one or more of the accelerators that I deleted.


At this point I've developed a work-around for the damage and I'm going to leave it alone in the hopes that future system updates will eventually repair the damage I've caused.

Thanks for taking the time to try and help me.


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

Sorry that things turned out that way. I do wish you the best and hope that your problem does get solved.

 

[Keremeos]

The most recent "issue" has now been resolved. The problem that cropped up with Simply Accounting was apparently unique to that program (everything else running as usual) so I called their tech support.


After a brief session on GoToAssist, the issue with Simply Accounting is 100% fixed.


As for the IE8 issues, I think I'll just complain directly to my banker and let their systems people fight with Microsoft to resolve it. Thanks for the try. I'll get back to work now......


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

Bruce,
The great thing about this forum is that it is for ideas. You post and others will give you ideas on solutions. Then you have the information to make the best decision for yourself. You seemed to have done that, so I think that this thread was a success and proves the value of this Forum.

 

[Keremeos]

There seems to be a HUGE difference in the way that IE8 behaves on XP Pro as opposed to win 7 Pro. My old laptop is operating flawlessly, however, the time had come to move on and I've got to get this new laptop working for me.


I have been continuing to experience sporadic "issues" that culminated just now in my installing Firefox 3.6 as my default browser. Doing that has finally resolved my problem with printerly friendly buttons. Sad that it had to come to this point but I will keep IE8 around for any websites that object to Firefox.


Bruce M. Cavenaile

 

[richc46]

Im just glad that you were able to resolve the problem.

 

[roncerr]

...Doing that has finally resolved my problem with printerly friendly buttons...

I haven't come across that issue with IE8 but somtimes it's necessary to use the "compatibility view" feature of IE8 to fix wierd problems. I think it's Microsoft's attempt to move to open standards and nudge websites to fix themselves so that their users won't have to use the compatibility view button.

 

[Keremeos]

The point of my last post was that IE8 running on XP Pro did NOT have those "issues" with those very same websites. Apparently, something is dramatically different with IE8 running on Win 7 Pro. At the same time, I have a VERY hard time believing that the websites for two (2) major Canadian banks would be dabbling in the wing-nut areas of web programming. The Canadian banking system has only a tiny fraction of the number that is present in the USA but consider that the smallest of the Canadian banks is likely bigger (and vastly more stable) than over 50% of the US banks.



Bruce M. Cavenaile