What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
in the background when you installed IE8?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


dave wrote:
> I have a similar problem, except IE8 doesn't open any email attachement
> (jpg, xls, doc, etc). The application usually loads, but a message
> indicating that it can't find the file then appears. However, as with the
> other writers, the file can be opened by saving it first. Thanks Rainald
> for your comments, at least i am not alone.Looks like we will have to wait
> till Bill gets this problem sorted.
<SNIP>