> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM
> PowerPC 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine
> is quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows
> XP originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I
> went on to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows
> Update homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet
> Explorer 6 worked.
>
> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
> version) makes trouble:
> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
> menus, buttons, ... work.
> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window)
> is drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the
> original boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see
> over which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by
> pressing the left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing
> where the link should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed
> in the status bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
> IMHO it could be a bug in
> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
> * Internet Explorer 8
> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
> * Windows XP Home
> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>
> All other programs work as far as I can see.
> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS
> X 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
> option for me.
> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.

> Hello everybody!
>
> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM PowerPC
> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine is
> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went on
> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6 worked.
>
> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
> version) makes trouble:
> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
> menus, buttons, ... work.
> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window) is
> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the original
> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see over
> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the link
> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>
>
> So -- help appreciated,
>
>
> IMHO it could be a bug in
> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
> * Internet Explorer 8
> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
> * Windows XP Home
> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>
> All other programs work as far as I can see.
> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>
>
> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS X
> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
> option for me.
>
>
> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas

> Your English is exquisite, far better than many native speakers. Uninstall
> IE8 and install IE7. If you want to discuss IE8 further, post here:
>
> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
>
> Malke

> > * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
> > * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
> > menus, buttons, ... work.
>
> Let's first try getting a working Home page.
> Try changing your Home page to About:Blank.
> (E.g. via the Internet Options, General tab)
> Hint: Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:) control inetcpl.cpl
> Also, assuming you have tabs enabled and your New tab tab is
> About:Tabs, let's verify that that works too. E.g. press Ctrl-t
> (assuming the same keystroke is used in the German version
> as the English version.)
> > * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
> > it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window) is
> > drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the original
> > boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
>
> Probably because the real problem is connectivity and the window
> is in a hung state because of it. ; )
>
> In that case the symptom you are seeing is often attributed to
> a misconfigured firewall--e.g. a third-party program which blocks
> outbound connection requests based on certain criteria such as
> whether it has been told anything about the programs which may
> be issuing those requests; otherwise it interprets those requests
> as coming from a "Trojan" (some other program disguised for some
> legitimate purpose and not intended for making network connections.)
>
> If you have any such program installed and operating you should either:
> 1. make it accept requests from the IE8 version of iexplore.exe
> 2. disable or uninstall that program but make sure that you have
> at least the Windows firewall enabled before connecting to the Internet
> Good luck
>
> Robert Aldwinckle

> I can confirm that IE8 Does NOT play well with VPC 7.03 and XP Pro SP3. My
> machine is a late model G5 dual 2.0 OSX 10.5.6 with VPC 7.03. XP SP3 and
> Office 2007 SP2 with all patches applied before installing IE8.
> IE8 does load pages but not display them to you. It acts like the
> Application is hung. I don't know the technical Windows but for those
> Windows users when an application hangs and you attempt to bring it to the
> foreground you get just a white screen. This is what IE8 is doing as is
> Windows Explorer is hung up.
> I have not really attempted to see what Service or setting is holding it up.
> What I did as a test is to uninstall IE8 and go back to IE7 which appears to
> work properly. I will attempt to install IE8 again and play around and see
> what I can find.
>
> My suggestion for those who want to attempt to go to IE8 is to make a copy
> of your VPC XP hard drive image under OSX before starting. This way
> recovering is much less painful...

> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> Your English is exquisite, far better than many native speakers.
>> Uninstall IE8 and install IE7. If you want to discuss IE8 further, post
>> here:
>>
>> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
> Thanks, that's what I did. Internet Explorer 7 works well.
>
> I'm new to the way Microsoft handles such bugs, so I just ask straight
> out: Is there a way to report this particular bug to Microsoft? Preferably
> from outside Windows (Mac OS or Linux).
>
> Thanks for you help,
> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas

> Hello everybody!
>
> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM PowerPC
> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine is
> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went on
> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6 worked.
>
> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
> version) makes trouble:
> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
> menus, buttons, ... work.
> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window) is
> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the original
> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see over
> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the link
> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>
>
> So -- help appreciated,
>
>
> IMHO it could be a bug in
> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
> * Internet Explorer 8
> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
> * Windows XP Home
> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>
> All other programs work as far as I can see.
> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>
>
> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS X
> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
> option for me.
>
>
> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas

> Windows User #330250 wrote:
>
>> "Malke" wrote:
>>
>>> Your English is exquisite, far better than many native speakers.
>>> Uninstall IE8 and install IE7. If you want to discuss IE8 further, post
>>> here:
>>>
>>> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
>
>> Thanks, that's what I did. Internet Explorer 7 works well.
>>
>> I'm new to the way Microsoft handles such bugs, so I just ask straight
>> out: Is there a way to report this particular bug to Microsoft? Preferably
>> from outside Windows (Mac OS or Linux).
>>
>> Thanks for you help,
>> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas
>
> I don't know if this would be a bug in IE8 or in Virtual PC. I use VMware
> Fusion to run virtual machines on my Macs so I can't help you there.
>
> If you want to pursue it, I'd post in the IE8 newsgroup and also if there is
> a newsgroup or a forum for Virtual PC. Here's the VPC newsgroup but I don't
> know if it covers the Mac version or not:
>
> microsoft.public.virtualpc
>
> Malke

> I can confirm that IE8 Does NOT play well with VPC 7.03 and XP Pro SP3. My
> machine is a late model G5 dual 2.0 OSX 10.5.6 with VPC 7.03. XP SP3 and
> Office 2007 SP2 with all patches applied before installing IE8.
>
> IE8 does load pages but not display them to you. It acts like the
> Application is hung. I don't know the technical Windows but for those
> Windows users when an application hangs and you attempt to bring it to the
> foreground you get just a white screen. This is what IE8 is doing as is
> Windows Explorer is hung up.
>
> I have not really attempted to see what Service or setting is holding it up.
> What I did as a test is to uninstall IE8 and go back to IE7 which appears to
> work properly. I will attempt to install IE8 again and play around and see
> what I can find.
>
> My suggestion for those who want to attempt to go to IE8 is to make a copy
> of your VPC XP hard drive image under OSX before starting. This way
> recovering is much less painful...
>
>
> On 5/1/09 2:44 PM, in article
> (email address - cut out), "Windows User #330250"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
>> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM PowerPC
>> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
>> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine is
>> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
>> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went on
>> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
>> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6 worked.
>>
>> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
>> version) makes trouble:
>> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
>> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
>> menus, buttons, ... work.
>> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
>> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window) is
>> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the original
>> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
>> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
>> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see over
>> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
>> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the link
>> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
>> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>>
>>
>> So -- help appreciated,
>>
>>
>> IMHO it could be a bug in
>> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
>> * Internet Explorer 8
>> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
>> * Windows XP Home
>> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>>
>> All other programs work as far as I can see.
>> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
>> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>>
>>
>> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
>> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS X
>> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
>> option for me.
>>
>>
>> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas
>

> One random thought: have you tried disabling hardware acceleration for the
> virtual graphics adapter? Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced,
> Troubleshoot.
>
> Harry.
>
> Fred Horvat wrote:
>> I can confirm that IE8 Does NOT play well with VPC 7.03 and XP Pro SP3. My
>> machine is a late model G5 dual 2.0 OSX 10.5.6 with VPC 7.03. XP SP3 and
>> Office 2007 SP2 with all patches applied before installing IE8.
>>
>> IE8 does load pages but not display them to you. It acts like the
>> Application is hung. I don't know the technical Windows but for those
>> Windows users when an application hangs and you attempt to bring it to the
>> foreground you get just a white screen. This is what IE8 is doing as is
>> Windows Explorer is hung up.
>>
>> I have not really attempted to see what Service or setting is holding it up.
>> What I did as a test is to uninstall IE8 and go back to IE7 which appears to
>> work properly. I will attempt to install IE8 again and play around and see
>> what I can find.
>>
>> My suggestion for those who want to attempt to go to IE8 is to make a copy
>> of your VPC XP hard drive image under OSX before starting. This way
>> recovering is much less painful...
>>
>>
>> On 5/1/09 2:44 PM, in article
>> (email address - cut out), "Windows User #330250"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody!
>>>
>>> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
>>> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM PowerPC
>>> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>>> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
>>> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine is
>>> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
>>> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went on
>>> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
>>> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6
>>> worked.
>>>
>>> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
>>> version) makes trouble:
>>> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
>>> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
>>> menus, buttons, ... work.
>>> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
>>> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window) is
>>> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the original
>>> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
>>> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
>>> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see over
>>> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
>>> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the link
>>> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
>>> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>>>
>>>
>>> So -- help appreciated,
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO it could be a bug in
>>> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
>>> * Internet Explorer 8
>>> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
>>> * Windows XP Home
>>> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>>>
>>> All other programs work as far as I can see.
>>> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
>>> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
>>> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS X
>>> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
>>> option for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas
>>

> I don't think this is a Virtual PC-specific issue... seems that a number of
> Internet Explorer 8 users are having a whole range of problems!
>
> For one, see:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/thread/91210
> 47e-48ba-40fc-8396-829bdea39b32/
>
> [Why does IE 8 hang so much?]
>
> May I suggest that next time, before installing new software, etc., either
> you back up your virtual machine (on the Mac side) or have "undo disks"
> enabled in your virtual machine so that you can revert your installation
> back to before the trouble started.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --tonza
>
>
>
> "Windows User #330250" <(email address - cut out)> wrote
> in message news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
>> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM
>> PowerPC
>> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
>> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine
>> is
>> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
>> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went
>> on
>> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
>> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6
>> worked.
>>
>> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
>> version) makes trouble:
>> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
>> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
>> menus, buttons, ... work.
>> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
>> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window)
>> is
>> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the
>> original
>> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
>> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
>> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see
>> over
>> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
>> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the
>> link
>> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
>> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>>
>>
>> So -- help appreciated,
>>
>>
>> IMHO it could be a bug in
>> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
>> * Internet Explorer 8
>> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
>> * Windows XP Home
>> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>>
>> All other programs work as far as I can see.
>> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
>> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>>
>>
>> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
>> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS
>> X
>> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
>> option for me.
>>
>>
>> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas
>

> I don't think this is a Virtual PC-specific issue... seems that a number of
> Internet Explorer 8 users are having a whole range of problems!
>
> For one, see:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/thread/91210
> 47e-48ba-40fc-8396-829bdea39b32/
>
> [Why does IE 8 hang so much?]
>
> May I suggest that next time, before installing new software, etc., either
> you back up your virtual machine (on the Mac side) or have "undo disks"
> enabled in your virtual machine so that you can revert your installation
> back to before the trouble started.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --tonza
>
>
>
> "Windows User #330250" <(email address - cut out)> wrote
> in message news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
>> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM
>> PowerPC
>> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
>> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine
>> is
>> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
>> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went
>> on
>> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
>> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6
>> worked.
>>
>> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
>> version) makes trouble:
>> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
>> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
>> menus, buttons, ... work.
>> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
>> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window)
>> is
>> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the
>> original
>> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
>> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
>> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see
>> over
>> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
>> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the
>> link
>> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
>> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>>
>>
>> So -- help appreciated,
>>
>>
>> IMHO it could be a bug in
>> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
>> * Internet Explorer 8
>> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
>> * Windows XP Home
>> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>>
>> All other programs work as far as I can see.
>> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
>> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>>
>>
>> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
>> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS
>> X
>> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
>> option for me.
>>
>>
>> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas
>

> Hello everybody!
>
> I just purchased a copy of Virtual PC for Mac, version 7. It included
> Windows XP Home. My Mac hardware is a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" (IBM
> PowerPC
> 970MP @ 2.0 GHz) running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
> Virtual PC is updated to the latest version 7.03.
> Everything went okay and the speed of Windows inside the virtual machine
> is
> quite good. (It feels like a moderate PC from back in 2002 when Windows XP
> originally came out.) After activating the copy of Windows XP Home I went
> on
> to do all the updating using the "manual method" via the Windows Update
> homepage. SP3 worked, all security udpates worked, Internet Explorer 6
> worked.
>
> Only Internet Explorer 8 (which obviously replaced the previous installed
> version) makes trouble:
> * The window remains empty, regardless which homepage I visit.
> * Only that part where the homepage should be shown is affected, all tabs,
> menus, buttons, ... work.
> * The window is filled with white colour at the start (and when restoring
> it), but doesn't get redrawn when a window (such as the download window)
> is
> drawn above it or when the frame of the main window is resized (the
> original
> boarder remains if the window is enlarged).
> * Underneath everything seems to be working, I can see the cursor change
> it's shape and the links are shown in the status bar - only I don't see
> over
> which link I'm hovering. I had to download Mozilla Firefox by pressing the
> left mouse button in the middle of a big white void, knowing where the
> link
> should be by heart and checking the link which is displayed in the status
> bar. (Works only if a link is not obscured.)
>
>
> So -- help appreciated,
>
>
> IMHO it could be a bug in
> * Virtual PC 7 for Mac
> * Internet Explorer 8
> * Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Home
> * Windows XP Home
> * My specific system specs (I doubt that possibility)
>
> All other programs work as far as I can see.
> Most notably Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 works. Still, this situation leaves me
> with no Windows Update as it needs Internet Explorer's ActiveX support.
>
>
> Ah, just to make it clear: I obtained Mac OS X 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with
> Windows XP Home legally, so the licenses are in force. I would have Mac OS
> X
> 10.5 at hand (also legally), but I want Classic support so this isn't an
> option for me.
>
>
> Excuse my English - my mother tongue is German.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Windows User #330250 aka Andreas