Greetings-- 

  

I, too, have had some problems with IE9, though I don't have or use (or want to have or use) as many toolbars as you describe*.  All I can think of to try is to go to the MS web site and download IE9 using whatever Administrator options allow for downloading the 'redistributable' installation package, save it in a folder all its own, then reinstall it (looking along the way for whatever options might allow IE9 to be more "flexible" regarding toolbars).  I have a suspicion that the Google toolbar and the Norton toolbar may be *subtly* in conflict, given Google's use of personal data.  [Color me paranoid, but nowadays we should all color ourselves paranoid.]  You said your desktop will allow both of these, but are they (your desktop and laptop) both fully MS updated, are they both full 64-bit, and are all privacy settings matching?  There is quite a large number of custom setting boxes that can be checked or un-checked on the privacy tab for IE, and it would be wise to see if these all matched between the working desktop and the non-working laptop. 

  

*The Norton Toolbar may "refuse to work" because of your stored passwords, given that Google has a nasty habit of "harvesting" almost everything it can find.  Norton may even see it as malware, so, if it (the Google Toolbar) is 'permitted', Norton may not "want to run" as a toolbar. ... just a thought from my paranoid mindset. 

  

Other than that (these?), I have no other intuitive suggestions. 

  

Good luck. 

  

Paul A. Shippert 

School Librarian 

Margaret Brent Middle School 



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From: "Gordon Totty" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:56:04 AM 
Subject: [PCBUILD] IE9 woes 

Sorry if this is long, but to save your time you need to know what I've done so far. 

Running latest Internet Explorer and Windows 7 on a 64-bit laptop, but running IE in the 32-bit mode.  If necessary I can go back to 64-bit.  Initially, I had changed from 64 to 32 because 64 wouldn't display my toolbars but 32 did.  Now, I've tried both and neither version will display my toolbars. 

I use Norton utilities and want the Norton tool bar.  It holds my passwords.  I also like the Google toolbar and it is gone, too. 

I've reset IE twice, removed and added back the add ins two or three times.  Locked and unlocked toolbars.  Nothing works.  The toolbar add ins are shown as enabled and they appear in the list of toolbars, but they do not display.  Google shows up under the address line and works, but I really need my Norton toolbar, passwords, and its autocomplete feature.  Adding to my frustration is that my desktop does not have this problem and the problem didn't always exist on the laptop.  It just happened one day. 

I have found three kinds of help via Internet searches: reset IE, manage add ins, and a registry hack that was designed for the beta version of IE9.  The registry hack involved a new Value Name, AlwaysShowWindows, with a value of 1.  If that existed on my desktop, I'd not hesitate to add it to my laptop, but my desktop is running fine without it so I am reluctant to edit my laptop's registry. 

All suggestions will be appreciated.  Would you try the new registry key and value?  I do know how to edit the registry. 

Gordon 

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