[benthanger@online.nospam]

Hi there,
When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page. There
isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar. This has never
happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate internet explorer
sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.

[PA Bear]

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

benthanger@online.nospam wrote:
> Hi there,
> When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
> machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page. There
> isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar. This has
> never happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate internet
> explorer sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse windows
for launching shortcuts."

And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
pop-up windows- something like Yahoo Companion, Google toolbar, MSN toolbar,
etc.
Yahoo Companion is a very common cause.

You'll have to turn off the feature that's blocking new windows or, perhaps,
uninstall the program.

If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links should
help.
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"benthanger[at]online.nospam"
<benthangeronlinenospam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63FC2E11-F13F-4475-B7B9-33511F49FC21@microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
> When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
> machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page. There
> isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar. This has
never
> happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate internet explorer
> sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.

[Heather Jones]

I posted a couple days ago. We are having the same problem. Internet
Explorer will not allow two windows open at the same time. I have done the
unchecking of the reuse for shortcut and that is not the problem. My husband
is about to repair Windows to see if that fixes it. It is a problem that
happens in normal mode, but not safe mode. We have done Hijack This (totally
clean), Spybot, AdAware and a virus scan. There is no malware problem
causing this.

I'd like to figure out the problem.
--
Heather Jones


"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse windows
> for launching shortcuts."
>
> And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
> pop-up windows- something like Yahoo Companion, Google toolbar, MSN toolbar,
> etc.
> Yahoo Companion is a very common cause.
>
> You'll have to turn off the feature that's blocking new windows or, perhaps,
> uninstall the program.
>
> If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links should
> help.
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE/OE]
>
> "benthanger[at]online.nospam"
> <benthangeronlinenospam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:63FC2E11-F13F-4475-B7B9-33511F49FC21@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there,
> > When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
> > machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page. There
> > isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar. This has
> never
> > happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate internet explorer
> > sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.
>
>

[PA Bear]

Please post the URL pointing to the forum thread where you've posted your
HijackThis log.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Heather Jones wrote:
> I posted a couple days ago. We are having the same problem. Internet
> Explorer will not allow two windows open at the same time. I have done
> the unchecking of the reuse for shortcut and that is not the problem. My
> husband is about to repair Windows to see if that fixes it. It is a
> problem that happens in normal mode, but not safe mode. We have done
> Hijack This (totally clean), Spybot, AdAware and a virus scan. There is
> no malware problem causing this.
>
> I'd like to figure out the problem.
>
> > Hi,
> > From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse
> > windows for launching shortcuts."
> >
> > And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
> > pop-up windows- something like Yahoo Companion, Google toolbar, MSN
> > toolbar, etc.
> > Yahoo Companion is a very common cause.
> >
> > You'll have to turn off the feature that's blocking new windows or,
> > perhaps, uninstall the program.
> >
> > If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links
> > should help.
> > http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> > http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
> > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
> > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html
> >
> > Don
> > [MS MVP- IE/OE]
> >
> > "benthanger[at]online.nospam"
> > <benthangeronlinenospam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:63FC2E11-F13F-4475-B7B9-33511F49FC21@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi there,
> > > When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
> > > machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page.
> > > There isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar.
> > > This has never happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate
> > > internet explorer sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Is Yahoo Toolbar listed in add/remove programs or IE> View> Toolbars?

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"Heather Jones" wrote in message
news:DAE7F9C7-9A74-485B-89CD-AE4B21C81E0F@microsoft.com...
> I posted a couple days ago. We are having the same problem. Internet
> Explorer will not allow two windows open at the same time. I have done
the
> unchecking of the reuse for shortcut and that is not the problem. My
husband
> is about to repair Windows to see if that fixes it. It is a problem that
> happens in normal mode, but not safe mode. We have done Hijack This
(totally
> clean), Spybot, AdAware and a virus scan. There is no malware problem
> causing this.
>
> I'd like to figure out the problem.

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
> > From IE> Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Browsing> uncheck "Reuse
windows
> > for launching shortcuts."
> >
> > And... you may have a toolbar or program running which is blocking
> > pop-up windows- something like Yahoo Companion, Google toolbar, MSN
toolbar,
> > etc.
> > Yahoo Companion is a very common cause.
> >
> > You'll have to turn off the feature that's blocking new windows or,
perhaps,
> > uninstall the program.
> >
> > If you're sure that another program isn't causing this, these links
should
> > help.
> > http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> > http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
> > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
> > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html

> > "benthanger[at]online.nospam"
> > <benthangeronlinenospam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:63FC2E11-F13F-4475-B7B9-33511F49FC21@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi there,
> > > When I go to start a second browser session on my windows xp pro
> > > machine my first session gets the focus and goes to my home page.
There
> > > isn't a second instance of internet explorer in my task bar. This has
> > never
> > > happened to me before. Why can't I have two separate internet
explorer
> > > sessions opened at once? Thanks in advance.