PS - I seem to have taken care of the DCOM issue that was
mentioned. I was right about it being Symantec; re-registering a
bunch of files per their web site corrected that.

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POP wrote:
Hi all,

I've seen similar problems posted, and solved, but I can't
get past this one.

I can open links fine from OE, in an e-mail. IE starts and
goes to the page as it should.

In a newsgroup however, clicking a link results in nothing.
Screen doesn't blink, no error message; as if the click has
simply been ignored.
If I copy/paste the link into IE it works fine, as would be
expected.
Clicking a link in IE works as expected.
As posted though, clicking a link in a newsgroup fails
completely.

I've gone through the advice posted at the end of this post,
faithfully, with no success.

Scenario:
Initially clicking links had quit working, period, in IE
or OE.
I thought I'd gotten them to work with the below info,
but it was shortlived and soon clicking links had quit
working again. I created a new identity finally. When I
realized my mails etc. weren't coming over, I created an
additional identity.
Using the first indentity I brought over all my addresses,
mail, etc. NOW I could click links in OE and have them
work. That still works. But I couldn't get them to work in
newsgroups. Added a newsgroup (this one) to the second
created identity, left everything else alone (no wab, no
imported dbx for mail, etc).
STILL, could not click on a link in activate it in a
newsgroup.
Repeated the below steps this morning, on the first new
identity. No change.

Everything's updated; XP/SP2+, Norton av, zone alarm,
spybot, adaware, winpatrol all find nothing wrong. All
were checked for updates prior to running.
Yes, I've rebooted, including cold boots; nothing.

There ARE some DHCP INFO flags in the System Log; no idea
whether that's relevant. It looks like they eventually
succeed after several tries.



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Below is fixed: now seems irrelevant.
I also have the following error message in the System Log:
DCOM got error "The service database is locked. "
attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in
order to run the server:
{BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}

Which is new to me; I -think- that's Symantec, but I'm not
positive what it means. I have to read the MS referenced
page more closely to figure that one out, but I'm
ass-u-me-ing it's not the problem either. Famoust last
words, I know.
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Thanks for any thoughts anyone might have on this very
annoying problem. I may be missing something very basic,
so ... don't assume I'm an expert of any kind. I know just
enough to be dangerous.

OH: I also run OEQuotefix, but get the same problem with or
without it. Long time user, never had a problem with it
before.
TIA,

--------- TS steps tried ------------
Start | Run | type, or Copy/Paste, these in one at a time
and try again.
(Note the space in each command).

regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 urlmon.dll

In IE, go to: ToolsInternet OptionsPrograms. Click: Reset
Web Settings - (uncheck box for homepage) - Click Yes.
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Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol (NOT
URL:Internet Shortcut)
and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.

"Application used to perform this action" should read:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome
(Check the path to iexplore.exe to make sure that is
correct and use the
double quotes.)

DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should
have:
#1:
"%1",,-1,0,,,,
#2
IExplore
#3 (blank)

#4
WWW_OpenURL

URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy should be the
same.
Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.
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ALL above were OK or successful. No help, on old identity,
or new identity.