Wayne
Tue Aug 19 14:30:28 CDT 2003
Andy,
Thanks for the reply. I tried both suggestions -
neither worked for me. But, I found I was able to
download an .exe file (Ad-Aware 6.0) from one of the
sites listed on www.lavasoft.de.
Checking further, the problem seems to be
localized to Microsoft download sites (primarily MSDN) -
how fitting!
Thanks again for your help.
Wayne
>-----Original Message-----
>I've worked for an isp for a good few years now and have
>seen this a few times, most of the time it's down to
some
>piece of spyware thats stopping it, download adaware
>(www.lavasoft.de) to make sure it's not that.
>
>I also found a pearl over on experts-exchange
>(
http://www.experts-exchange.com) not so long ago, this
>has worked a few times for me:
>
>----------------------------------
>You may have an invalid plugin. Remove the plugin with
>Regedit.exe
>
>Start-Run-Regedit.exe
>Navigate down to this key and remove it, after exporting
>it as a
>normal safety precaution.
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
>Explorer\Plugins\Extension\.exe
>
>If that key exists, then you will see what plugin has
been
>installed.
>
>--------------------------------------
>
>Andy
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>When I click on a link to an .exe file nothing
happens.
>>Other computers on the network can do this.
>>I cannot find any settings in I.E. or Windows XP that
>>contol this feature.
>>
>>Can anyone help?
>>.
>>
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>