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    Something wrong with my IE9 on XPS 15z

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by lovecd, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. lovecd

    lovecd Notebook Geek

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    I upgraded to IE9 on my XPS 15z, but found the following issue:

    Everytime when I click a link to show its content to a new window, I have to press F5 (refresh) in order to get the contents displayed, otherwise, it won't show anything. I tried to install it again but got the same problem.

    Can any one here advise what could be wrong and how to fix it?

    Many thanks!
     
    lovecd, Oct 26, 2011
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  2. madmattd

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    There's the real issue. There are a massive number of issues still with IE 9 compatibility. There's a reason it's called Internet EXPLODER :D

    I've heard of some issues with IE 9 that aren't resolved yet, I think yours is one of them.
     
    madmattd, Oct 26, 2011
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    seriously, the problem sounds like its just IE9 have you tried Chrome or Firefox?

    but it really does sound like it might just be a over zealous pop-up blocker or something, check the extensions
     
    machiz7888, Oct 26, 2011
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  4. lovecd

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    I uninstalled IE9 and let it go back to IE8 after rebooting. This problem is gone, however, under IE8, when I try to launch a new website by clicking the tab next to the existing IE window, it just prompts me the following errors:

    Internet explore has stopped working, windows can check online for solutions, ....

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

     
    lovecd, Oct 27, 2011
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    Did you completely uninstall IE 9? My guess is Microsoft didn't clean up after itself correctly and is trying to run IE 8 with some of the IE9 files.

    This is why browsers need to be separate from the OS...MS won't go there though.
     
    madmattd, Oct 27, 2011
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  6. lovecd

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    I did uninstall from installed update/program, where else I can check if IE9 is completely removed?
     
    lovecd, Oct 27, 2011
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    Well that ought to have done it, but one never knows. Did you reboot before installing IE 8 back?

    I've never tried reverting IE versions. Granted I pretty much never use IE anyway.
     
    madmattd, Oct 27, 2011
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    Never mind, thanks for your help, anyway!

     
    lovecd, Oct 27, 2011
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    I've had this problem before, and I believe I solved it by upgrading to the latest nVidia drivers for my graphics card. IE9 uses the graphics card for acceleration and I found this fixed my issue
     
    pusta, Oct 28, 2011
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