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I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program
started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? -- thank you for your help |
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"Gail C" wrote in message ... I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? Hi G. Go have a look in your Event Viewer. Rt/click My Computer. Click Manage. Open the EViewer. And Dbl/click on the current errors. That way you might find some clues. bw.. |
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Gail C wrote:
I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? Start by making sure the computer is virus/malware-free: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware Only *after* you are sure the machine is 100% clean, manage your Startup to see what is starting with Windows and trying to get online. Start OrbSearch boxtype: msconfig and when it appears in the Results box above, right-click and choose "Run as Administrator". If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. Then see what is on the Startup tab. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do you'll get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Usually in Vista this will be blocked by Windows Defender and you'll need to allow it so you can then tick the box that says in effect, "don't bother me about this again". Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop processes. Instead, use Services. Start OrbSearch boxtype: services and when it appears in the Results box above, right-click and choose "Run As Administrator". Confirm elevation as needed. The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/default.mspx - Autoruns Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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"meerkat" wrote: "Gail C" wrote in message ... I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? Hi G. Go have a look in your Event Viewer. Rt/click My Computer. Click Manage. Open the EViewer. And Dbl/click on the current errors. That way you might find some clues. bw.. I have no idea what i would be looking for by doing this. too technical for me. but thanks anyway. Gail |
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"Malke" wrote: Gail C wrote: I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? Start by making sure the computer is virus/malware-free: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware Only *after* you are sure the machine is 100% clean, manage your Startup to see what is starting with Windows and trying to get online. Start OrbSearch boxtype: msconfig and when it appears in the Results box above, right-click and choose "Run as Administrator". If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. Then see what is on the Startup tab. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do you'll get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Usually in Vista this will be blocked by Windows Defender and you'll need to allow it so you can then tick the box that says in effect, "don't bother me about this again". Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop processes. Instead, use Services. Start OrbSearch boxtype: services and when it appears in the Results box above, right-click and choose "Run As Administrator". Confirm elevation as needed. The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/default.mspx - Autoruns Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ I have looked at MSConfig Startup and don't see anything out of the norm. I don't know what you mean by "confirm elevation". this is too technical for my level of knowledge to muck around with so have just left everything as is. thnaks anyway Gail |
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Gail C;910257 Wrote: I get a window on the display with no indication of where or what program started it. the page simply says "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" on a banner. Further down it says "What you can try; -refresh the page". Cliking this only produces a similar page (also with no close options) telling me to check my internet OR the website is encountering problems OR to check my typed address. This window has a date and a time in the menu bar but no X to close or ability to minimize it or dialog box to close. The only way i can get rid of it is to use Task Manager. this is getting very tiresome as it happens quite often. Always the internet connection is working and i don't believe it is my typing that many errors. Because the window does not identify itself i don't know what website is causing this. Has anyone any suggestions on how to eliminate this issue? -- thank you for your help One thing you might try is installing 'Winpatrol' (http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html) The free version is fine. It has a tab called Startup Programs. You might see something in there. Or it may even pop up a warning about something trying to hijack your start page. In any case it's one of the simpler monitoring programs and a good way to get into watching what's going on in your system. -- MilesAhead "How come we don't know the I.Q. of the guy who invented the test?" |
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Gail C wrote:
I have looked at MSConfig Startup and don't see anything out of the norm. I don't know what you mean by "confirm elevation". this is too technical for my level of knowledge to muck around with so have just left everything as is. "Confirm elevation" means to OK/provide password to the UAC prompt. If you don't know what you're looking at, you can Google it. I don't see where you said you went through the malware scanning and any reported results. If you can't do the work yourself (and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea), take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). If possible, have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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