I was pleased to read this<\/a> Microsoft posting that highlights a menu option that most users may not have discovered:<\/p>\n [scroll down and look for Toolbars that are incompatible with Internet Explorer 7<\/strong>]<\/p>\n This menu option will at least prove that your IE7 installation is working as it should. Sadly IE7’s Tools->Manage Add-ons menu item is greyed out, so you can’t simply go in and turn all the Add-ons off from here. However, you can choose Tools->Internet Options and then click on the Programs tab thus revealing the Manage Add-ons button, as the screenshots here<\/a> confirm.<\/p>\n Armed with the knowledge that IE7 was working fine, I could now set about looking for the offending Add-on. Without beating about the bush, it turns out that it was the Norton Internet Security Add-on that was causing all the problems: disabling it forced NIS to go in search of a fix for itself, which, to my amazement, it found. It would appear that I am not alone, others are having similar problems as this post<\/a> suggests. <\/p>\n Anyway, my wife’s friend now has a working laptop, with IE7 and NIS running happily, so all is well. YMMV<\/p>\n Technorati Tags: IE7<\/a>, Add-ons<\/a>, IE7 Connecting<\/a>, No Add-ons<\/a>, Norton<\/a>, NIS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my wife’s friends popped in yesterday. Seems her laptop just “went and installed IE7”. After the installation was complete, when trying to visit a web-site, IE7 would just sit there attempting to connect, displaying “Connecting…” in the solitary tab. It also consumed huge amounts of CPU time giving the impression that the machine … Continue reading IE7 Connecting…<\/span> ![ie7addons.gif](\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/ie7addons.gif\")
<\/p>\n