The Haunted Tool bar

[Jomama]

Hey, I just noticed something wierd. When I hover above the IE tool bar icons, they show something different than their purpose. For instance, the forward and back arrows work the way they should but when I hover over them, the tip says "Cut" and "copy" When I hover over the Stop (red ball with X) it show "paste".
Refresh = encoding; Home = Print Preview.

So I go to Toolbars, customize and the labels there are the same incorrect ones. I mean everything works just the tool tips are wrong. I have them set for small icons and no text labels.
(the text labels are correct)
This is IE 6.0 But I just looked at an IE5.5 and it does the same thing.
Should I remove this HD and burn it while holding a chicken over my head? or what.
Correction it is only the two 6.0s doing it.

[Nuclear Krusader]

A virus perhaps? Or a corrupted registy?

[Jomama]

I run vscan every week with updated definitions. Reg? maybe.
Anybody else see this with 6.0?

[Jomama]

I reinstalled IE 6 and the problem is gone.
:D

[DrZaius]

Well, that certainly was a weird problem, glad it's fixed.

[GaryRouth]

Hi Jomama, Dr Z, NucKruc, et al:

Just out of curiousity, did you install DirectX 8.1 after your first installation of IE6? ....and then the wierdness happened?

I wonder if IE6 displays better with a reinstall & the current DirectX already in place. I've seen a few pcs whose IE6 taskbars have trouble displaying correctly when in "Full Screen" mode - but minimizing & then maximizing the window clears up the problem (seems to usually happen if scrolling while a large page is still loading)

Did you re-install from the same ie6setup.exe file you downloaded for the first install, or did you download the latest version? (or did you choose "Repair" from the System Information Tools menu?)

I might try that reinstall trick on one of the oddly displaying IE6 machines later this weekend & post the result.
. . . Gary

[catbert]

I finally solved all my IE wierdness, foibles, and annoying habits by downloading OPERA

http://www.opera.com/

No more pop-up windows, fast browsing, multiple pages in one browser frame . . . what more can I say. ;)

[Jomama]

Did you re-install from the same ie6setup.exe file you downloaded for the first install, or did you download the latest version? (or did you choose "Repair" from the System Information Tools menu?)
On trying the repair, IE said it counldnt, so I reinstalled from the original DL
I dont recall but I dont think I upgraded the directx after theIE.
But something had to corrupt it.

[Jomama]

Sorry Catbert, you are disqualified.Quiting doesnt count. :)

[GaryRouth]

Jomama

Thanks for the replies: I'm going to try reinstalling IE6 on a Amd K6-III 333 later, when I get home from work. You know how games display better sometimes if you reinstall them after a DirectX update, I was just wondering if a browser might be affected somehow too (though I'd imagine it's use of DirectX would be much more limited than a game)

. . .Gary

[your pc was the 1st I've heard of that changed the names of the icons ... on the three older machines which have toolbar display oddities, it's only cosmetic - say, a graphic from the loading page showing through the toolbar - as if the toolbar was partly transparent]

[catbert]

Sorry, Jomama, not very sporting of me, was it? I'm still creeped out over losing my Word program - just evaporated into thin air without a trace. Started to question my sanity, but I have loads of Word docs in my files to prove it REALLY was there . . :cool:

[Jomama]

I am usually very carefull of what I install on the P3-450,(the IE6).
DLs, I usually install on this K6-233 or a P133 and if I like it or it doenst crash,I might put it on the P3-450.
so I dont know what happened, it was the weirdest thing I have seen.