The error appears to be a web page error I copied what was displayed for the error
Line 56
Char:2
Error 'windows.external' is null or notan object
Code O
URL:http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2aspx
This problem took me about 22 hours to finally fix. :) Though the user(administrator) I installed IE7 with worked fine first time and every other time after that it was all the other xp users that suffered with this script problem.
1) Uninstall IE7 and reboot.
2) Start/Run regsvr32 msxm13.dll
3) reboot
4) uninstall'd spybot-sd and turn avg anti-virus resident shield off!
5) Turn windows firewall on and zone alarm (or what ever your firewall software may be) off for the duration of the install (zonealarm seems to block access to certain IE registry keys for different users so this is important) I turned zonealarm on and windows firewall off after step 6)
6) Now reinstall the browser in your main admin account and reboot.
If this still doesnt work try running IE7 with no add ons from system tools menu.
Hope This helps some of you at least.
This page is really "run once". However you don't have a chance to finsih. That's why it keeps apearing. Base on my testing, this problem should only happen to IE7 beta. It is fine on IE7 RTM.
So what do you recommend I do Uninstall IE7 from my computer and download another version as I originally got the beta version. Then turn of my security center and install it.
I am also getting this same error - its just very annoying now
Hello i had the same problem but i do know the answer on how to fix it
you will not need to reinstall anything,
go to start then click run, in the box type gpedit.msc
once this is open you should find a window comes up with a menu down the left hand side,
click the USER CONFIGURATION little + , then WINDOWS COMPONENTS again the little +
then click on INTERNET EXPLORER and look for the setting called "Prevent performance of first run customize settings"
double click this, then click the enabled button, after click the down arrow in the box below and choose the option which says
"go directly to IE page" then click apply then ok
there you go this should now be fixed
Ell