RE: Problem with IE7

  • From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:59:52 -0400

Can he get to web sites any other way?  For instance, can he open the
run dialog and type http://google.com and go to google sucessfully?

If not, perhaps his IE settings are incorrect in some way (he
accidentally enabled use of a proxy or some such).

Chip






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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Campbell
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:54 PM
> To: VICUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Problem with IE7
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I have a client who is a JAWS user, running JFW 9.0, Windows XP
> Professional with Internet Explorer 7.  He's got a very peculiar
> problem.
> 
> When he brings up IE, then does ctrl+o and types in a website he wants
> to visit followed by enter, he hears "New Browser Window."  This is
> followed by a blank screen.  He never gets to the website 
> he's trying to
> get too.
> 
> He turned the pop-up blocker on and this did not make a 
> difference.  He
> had a program called Igoogle and has removed it from add/remove
> programs.  He does not have the Google tool bar installed.
> 
> Does anyone have any other ideas of things he can check?  Is there a
> setting in IE7 that may be causing this behavior?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician
> Adaptive Technology Center
> Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
> 1850 W. Roosevelt Road
> Chicago, IL  60608
> 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
> 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
> ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> AIM Screen Name: tclhelp
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