Bizarre IE prob , can't go to URL via address bar

[Rotty]

In IE if I type an address in the address bar and hit return or go then nothing happens

If i try and go to a webpage via a hyperlink then all is fine and the really odd thing is that if I type part of the address in the address bar and then select the full address form the history drop down it works , any ideas ?

 

[Rotty]

tried a system restore , unfortuantley the earliest one is only 2 days ago so no good

 

[Rotty]

getting a disk should be easy enough ( I have genuine windows )

what do i need to do ?

 

[Rotty]

thats what I thought but it isn't in the list

tried IE7 upgrade but problem is the same

 

[Rotty]

Try uninstalling the last 4 or 5 windows updates.

Had a customer call me up with the same problem today, got him to uninstall the last batch of critical updates & the problem was resolved.

Was too busy to look into it any further as I'm sure it's only one particular update that will need to be removed to solve this issue.

you are a star uninstalled a bunch of hotfixes dated 16/4/06 rebooted and problem is fixed

just one concern , will windows try and reinstall these hotfixes in the future ?



thanks again

 

[Rotty]

cheers , selected not to install these updates and changed the settings to"notify" , flippin microsoft monkeys