HELP! The mysterious problem.....any ideas?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

My computer is having issues and we can't figure out what is the problem.

• IE will not run any Java apps and I cannot use WYSIWYG mode for message boards (everything gets converted to code with no formatting).
• In addition, Yahoo runs but I cannot see what is messaged to me, nor can I see what I message in the text box.
• I can't install my Norton AV renewal because it only works with IE.

Firefox runs fine with all apps.
AIM works well.

I've uninstalled/re-installed Java, upgraded to IE 7 (beta), uninstalled and reinstalled Yahoo, Installed and run another antivirus free program (AVGfree) with nothing found.

I think Chris has done some other things after I threw up my hands and turned on the laptop.

Any ideas?

I'm looking at buying a Mac. That's my bright idea.

Hummm, I've not had the cahones to try IE7 Yet, but what you are describing sounds like a security issue. In IE6 I would say go to tools->options and the Security tab and then click custom level. From there look for "Microsoft VM -> Java permissions and make sure it is not checked as disabled. You can also try (temporarily) setting the security setting to it's lowest level to see if that helps. Another idea would be to reinstall Java AFTER you have ie7 installed. From your post it sounds like you installed Java before the upgrade to ie7.