Please Help Cannot Download Anything!

[DanLoch]

I'm having a problem downloading files from the web. When selecting a download, I do not get a download window, it just connects me to a website with a broken Quicktime Icon. I've checked preferences and everything in there is selected correctly.

Has anyone had this problem?

What can I do?


Thanks.

Dan

 

[Jakespeare]

That is pretty wild.
Your an MIS, so I don't know how a hardware geek, such as myself, is really going to help, but,,,,,, 2 cabbage heads are better than one. (no offense

First clue: QUICKTIME ?
You have to look at that. I can only speculate that it is installed on your computer, or was.
Something (some esoteric setting), was changed.

I guess, if you have tried to figure this out, it's time for some hacking and whacking.

I don't have enough info about your OS & IE version installed, so I will add more info myself.

>> Before anything, I would uninstall Quicktime.
> RUN REGLEAN <
> Reboot

Then:
1st) I would just try to upgrade to IE 5.5 SP2. That would totally upgrade IE. ** However, you probably can't do that, right ?

2nd) If you have upgraded in the past, you can go to Control panel and choose to uninstall that upgrade. Then reboot,,,,,,,,
** RUN RECLEAN ***
and go about getting the upgrade done again.

> Can you post more info about your computer ?
What OS ?
What version IE ?

ALSO - Is Quicktime on your computer now ?
Did you get a clean uninstall ?
Did you do some IE upgrade lately ?

I'll wait for an update.

 

[DanLoch]

I have Windows ME, IE Version 6, and Quicktime was installed by Sony when I bought my Vaio.

Thanks.

 

[DanLoch]

A small Bump.

 

[Jakespeare]

Well, thanks for the update.

I would start by uninstalling Quicktime.

> Do the procedure I mentioned above........
after uninstalling Quicktime, and running REGCLEAN,
and rebooting,

> I would uninstall the IE 6 update.
I installed it on my Win98 SE OS, and didn't like one feature, and then uninstalled it, so I know it is possible in some cases.

> Regclean again.

See if it works.

> If not, I would run the IE 6 update again, and see it your functionality is restored.

I'll check back..... to see about your progress.

 

[DanLoch]

Thanks, I'll try this tonight.


Dan

 

[FlashTag]

If your question is You can't download anything.
I have found that in IE 6 that I have to Right click
on the file name then select &quot;Save Target As&quot;.
In Netscape all I do is click on the file name.