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Windows XP Pro printing html code when asked to print from IE 7.0

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by jairomcnally 1 view

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I have a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC in the network that is giving me a headache.
When in internet explorer 7 the end user tries to print the webpage all the output he gests is a whole bunch of html code of the page.
What can be the cause?

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by chrisvee

Same issue here. Only close common factor noticed is another article i stumbled across possibly being AOL related ? I took the *risk* and uninstalled someones AOL software at their request.

Since then, this symptom of HTML printouts has appeared.

I've yet to follow-up onsite to resolve this.

by delvinkendrick

I have a friend experiencing the same problem but his is in Outlook Express. He also recently removed AOL. Have you come up with a solution?

by psandak

I removed AOL from a client's home PC and I am getting the same problem. The Microsoft solution did not work as I found nothing like they said I should find. Besides that solution was designed for IE4.0.

Any other ideas?

by daniel

The cominality in this thread is AOL had been uninstalled. This problem also crept up on a clients computer after uninstalling AOL. After reading this thread I remebered that the default browser had been AOL. Sure enough after the uninstall, no default browser had been set. After setting it back to IE, web pages printed just fine.

by palermoj

I recently updated AOL software and had the same problem of HTML code printing instead of graphics and text. I fixed it by making IE 7 the default browser. Enter internet optins and go to the programs tab. You will see the "Make Default" button there. Hope this works for you.

by denise.hiscock

Many thanks. I have AOL installed and, up until a few days ago, my internet pages printed ok. Then, disaster, HMTL graphics every time I wanted to print a page. I have spent hours scouring the internet to find a solution until I came across TechRepublic and your solution. I have now made IE my default and everything is now working perfectly!! Thank you, thank you!!!
Denise

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