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by cruffin

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Windows XP sp1, IE6sp1 128bit, I have four accounts configured, two Admin and two User. Both Admin accounts can run IE6. When logged onto either User account, clicking on the IE6 icon or trying to ru from Run Programs, the hour glass comes up for 5 secinds, then goes off and nothing happens. The user accoutns worked after original installation/configuration of XP - then a user downloaded a game, and problem started. Ran Ad-aware, Spy-bot, deleted what was found. Still a problem.

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by sgt_shultz

i wonder if you make bad users admins briefly, would it work. and while i was in there maybe run an internet explorer repair.

by joseph moore

Oh yeah, the program changed something.

First off, start with HijackThis a nice program that reads the settings of IE:

http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

Run that as a logged in user, and then as an Admin. Save the results to log files, and compare what the differences are.

If you don't find the problem in the log files, then it might be a Registry security issue. Sometimes, some programs change the security permissions of portions of the Registry. Crystal Reports does this, for example.

I still think, run HijackThis, compare the logs, and then if still nothing, then we can work on the Registry security settings. Pinpointing this solution, though, will be harder.

Good luck.

by curacao_dejavu

Try a repair, via control panel, add remove programs and 2x on IE.
Also create a new user account and test if that one can run IE, maybe those 2 accounts are corrupted.

Leopold

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