Cannot access Cakewalk forum - Vista/IE7

SteveStrummerUK


 
Hi guys, I'm obviously doing something daft here
 
Now I have my new PC up and running, I restored my old computer (the one I've been running in Safe Mode) back to factory settings and everything is running fine, well almost...
 
Whenever I try to access any of the Cake web/forum pages, I get this annoying little pop-up:
 

 
When I click on 'OK', I get the standard 'Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage' screen.
 
I've tried adding both Cakewalk.com and the forum addresses to my 'Trusted Sites' but they still won't open.
 
I'm using: Windows Vista/Internet Explorer 7
 
Many thanks in advance of any help.
 
 
Edit: I forgot to mention - I'm having no problems at all in Firefox 4 (he he, that's how I posted this!)

It appears by some sort of intelligence it doesn't like the X1 forum in particular.

I have the same problem with my work laptop with XP sp2 and IE7. The solution is, apparantly, to upgrade to sp3 and in turn IE8.

However, if you hit the refresh button (anything from a few to multiple times) it will eventually show the forum pages. You're using Vistsa, so the culprit is therefore IE7.

There are a few tweaks available if you Google the message "IE cannot ..... etc" but they didn't work for me. And I don't have this problem on other forums. Its to do with the way the forum coding is written and how IE interprets it. MS recommends the upgrades, of course.

So I'm stuck on sp2 for the moment, sometimes I get the impression our IT people are living in the past. Mind you, they rent the laptops and PC's, and change them every 3 years, so I should be getting W7/IE9 in September ....

Cheers,
Jerry

joakes


I have the same problem with my work laptop with XP sp2 and IE7. The solution is, apparantly, to upgrade to sp3 and in turn IE8.

However, if you hit the refresh button (anything from a few to multiple times) it will eventually show the forum pages. You're using Vistsa, so the culprit is therefore IE7.

There are a few tweaks available if you Google the message "IE cannot ..... etc" but they didn't work for me. And I don't have this problem on other forums. Its to do with the way the forum coding is written and how IE interprets it. MS recommends the upgrades, of course.

So I'm stuck on sp2 for the moment, sometimes I get the impression our IT people are living in the past. Mind you, they rent the laptops and PC's, and change them every 3 years, so I should be getting W7/IE9 in September ....

Cheers,
Jerry

 
 
Thanks for your reply Jerry.
 
I did a little research before asking my question and one solution seemed to be something to do with 'rewriting' (?) Java script, but not being that technical it left me cold.
 
I've installed IE8 and it's working fine now - what I don't understand is that up until I restored this PC back to factory settings, I'd been using IE7 to get on the forum without a hitch for over 3½ years!
 
BTW, I tried IE9 on my new W7 PC and it's horrible
 
 
 

 
Thanks Michael.
 
I'm just off to pick the kids up, so I'll try out what you suggest later - the 3rd Party Browser thang you mention does sound familiar though.

bapu


15 hours to pick up the kids?

Were they in Blackpool?

Well, you know he has to dodge all those holes.

Not to mention the elementary penguins.

Hi, Doc. How ya been?

Busy. Working 12-15 hours a day slinging cable. But we're making it.
Donna and I are getting ready to go back to Denver next week to see the kids. I'm pretty stoked for that. it will be the first time I've seen them since we came down here.

yeah, we had some fun in the ol' GT forum, didn't we?
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