Blank Page Load - Only Refresh works...

Juliet.. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it. I just happened to discover Event Viewer in the wee hours of the morning - and I have to confess, even though I see LOTS of "errors" (red) and "warnings" (yellow) posted, I wouldn't know what to do with the information I'm looking at. Kicking myself for only taking 1 comp. class in college! Same goes with system file checker.. I think my fear is that my knowledge is limited, and I would hate to change something and make things worse. I REALLY want to reinstall IE.. I tried once - started the process (using the Operating Syst. disk)… all seemed well, but on start up, I had no IE at all. Not sure what I did to screw that up.. LOL… but will try again. I DID download the new IE 7 beta Preview.. and it DID get rid of the problems I was having… HOWEVER…. the quality was AWFUL!! The text on ALL web pages (and basic comp. functions: word, outlook express.. EVERYTHING) was a strange fuzzy reddish rainbowish look! Like what you'd see if you were wearing those cheapy 3-D glasses made of cardboard. I had to uninstall it and return to my IE. But it was a glimmer of hope that a new browser makes a difference. Any suggestions you could offer would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to get down to the root of what's causing all this… and am dangling dangerously close to paying the obnoxious tech help fee at gateway. ~Kim

THANKS JULIET!!! WILL DO!!!! I'll post here if I have any success to report. ~kim

Ok.. not sure what I've done, because I'm still reading through the scripting error info you linked me up with (I searched for this info many times, but would get tangled in the microsoft web, and end up reading about OTHER issues…. LOL)… Meanwhile, I needed to close a window. Decided to open a new browser window.. AND OUT OF THE BLUE.. it works. HMMMMMMMMM. A month of not working, then it suddenly works. I'm afraid to move… or breathe.. or sneeze. I've got LD Tate also giving me advice… and I'm going through some steps with him (backing up registry and just loaded regseeker (but haven't unzipped it yet)…. when I noticed yahoo loading normally. ALSO… I've discovered that I cannot just type in www.domain.com – it won't work.. LDTate guided me to some info about one of MS's April Patches causing problems.. and this MAY apply to me (as not being able to go straight from www. to a sight w/out typing http:// first is one of the symptoms people are complaining about). Apparently, I have to call the toll free number for MS (I smell $$) to get the fix for this…….. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…….. Will get back to you.. am going to slow down a minute and think.. LOL! Am reading through the link you just posted. ~Kim ********OK…….. HOOOOOOOOOOOOLD ON A MIN………………************** Just checked the www. thing (w/out typing http:)… and it suddenly WORKS????????????????????????????????????? All I've done thus far is create a backup of the registry - in prep for following Tate's advice to load regseeker…. which I have loaded, but have not installed from its zipped file yet. I'm scared to do this - but I'll reboot and see if anything happens. Perhaps I'm dreaming. *********** WAIT AGAIN (LOL) ********** Now clicking on the "home" icon is not working again….. blank page loads. It's like it's IN AND OUT…… weird. ~Kim

Hi again, Juliet…

I'm reading very carefully now through the links you've sent, and doubling checking each suggestion. I plan to methodically check off every option until I know I've tried everything.

I just posted a response to "Tate" at THIS thread – I tried some of his suggestions, and posted the results here.

I will reply again as soon as I come across anything that improves/changes the situation. Thank you SO much for your help, Juliet!!!!



~Kim