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by diskaus 1 view

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I am running Win 98SE 300Mhz Slot 1 , 320mb ram, my problem is that when ever I open IE6 through a Favourites link in the start menu or I click on a link from Outlook Express it will not open up fully (defult) it just comes up as minimisied (blue bar about 2 Inches long), I have been through this site and MS knoledge base with no success, IE repair tool does not fix it , appart from uninstalling and reinstalling I am at a loss

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by rcom

There was mention of this problem posted not long ago here. I believe it was an issue with spyware does anyone remember?
Either way try Ad Aware

www.lavasoft.nu

by diskaus

Tried thais and still no better , thankyou any way,
Any other ideas are most welcome.

by thechas

By default, links in OE and some other areas open up in the minimized window.

Can you drag the corner of the box, and enlarge it?

If so, drag it to the size you want,
Hit the restore button a couple times,
Close the window.

The next time you click on a link, it should come up at the new small window size.

Otherwise, here is a good site for ALL things Internet Explorer / Outlook Express related.

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/

Chas

by diskaus

Checked this site out but no answers there either , thanks any way.
Any other ideas are most welcome.

by jkaras

I know this isnt the most technical description to your problem but, while working in a call center we used to get problems with 98 and ie6 all the time. Everytime this combination would not play well together. The fix would always be to reinstall IE5.5 In my opinion 5.5 is a far superior browser and works well with 98, as for 6.0 it was designed to work with ME, Xp, ect... I dont know why there is a backward compatibility issue with it. Also when you upgraded to ie6 I bet it upgraded outlook to 6.0. Reccommend sticking with 5.5 versions and all will be fine, not much advantage between the two versions to deal with hassle.

by been there

Just as Note when I had my first experience like this was back in Win 3.1 It was that the window had been reduced just enough to show the explorer bar only try double clicking any where inside the blue bar area. This should expand it to full window.Unlikley this is the solution by what the heck give it a shot.:-)

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