cont'd......they say that they adds-on are disabled -( I even do not know what is add on - and why should I?), incompatibility with the version 8. I followed their advice (to improve my PC performance), (and with all respect to MFST or whoever the brute paid is; are those guys at rudder in this case considering the rest idiots, or Phd's?), and got to some page where they told me to go to Window XP page, which I did, and found advice how to install version 3 of the XP (which I have), migrate to window 7 (what is that??), Drive Letter access (What???), and similar strange things. What is it all about? What should I do, nothing or if something - then what? ( to get at least rid of the warning that internet explorer si currently running with add-ons disabled). If this has something to do with emails - I sudddenly cannot send email - it takes ages, or infinity - if this is the result of the MSFT betterment, then I ought to do something in addition to what the smart ones programmed for masses like me. So much about progress caused by the much better new Explorer version 8. thank you. (For the future I think I will be avoiding such betterments)7 people need an answerI do too

I did the same thing. I upgraded and now I can't get into programs I need daily. Please help. I am afraid to download anything that is suppose to solve the problem.Nurse Honey

IE8 is bad news. Even on Windows 7 it gives problems of this kind. The craziest thing is that the problems are nothing to do with Internet browsing.A frequent issue is that IE8 changes the security settings so that programs on a local network share are regarded as being on the Internet. I'm not sure if this is your problem, but the mention of drive letters suggests that it is. One resolution that's been suggested is to add the server's name and IP to the HOSTS file, in which case IE8 then recognizes it as a local resource. Another is to add the share to the Trusted Sites.HOSTS is a text file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etcThough, we decided that a System Restore to pre-IE8, followed by installation of Firefox, Opera or Chrome was the best resolution on the test computer. After which we blocked the rollout of IE8. ;-)http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303650

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 07:11:23 +0000, Anteaus. wrote:> IE8 is bad news. Even on Windows 7 it gives problems of this kind. The craziest thing is that the problems are nothing to do with Internet browsing. Not to start an argument with you, but I wanted to let the originalposter know that that's your opinion and isn't shared by everyone. Icompletely disagree. As far as I'm concerned, IE8 is excellent, and much better than IE7(although I personally use it most of the time with the Maxthon 2Interface running on top of it). Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Ken Blake