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Downloaded and installed Internet Explorer 8 on my Vista laptop the other day and I discovered an annoying little problem.

It first appeared when I was using Google reader and tried to click through a link in an rss article I was reading. Nothing happened I tried using the context menu to open the link in a new tab and a new window with no success. Links on other pages tended to work ok. I tried looking at the IE8 settings, thinking there was some wierd setting that was set but I was unable to click on the link successfully.  This was becoming an annoying little problem as use Google Reader a lot.

After a bit of digging around I found the solution to my problem. I needed to register a couple of DLL files.

In a command prompt I typed the following commands:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll
regsvr32 actxproxy.dll

After rebooting the laptop everything started working ok.

With the imminent release of Windows 7 this year, you need to check if your PC is compatible or the not. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will help you determine if you can upgrade your PC or not.

My own preference, and one I always recommeng to clients, is to always do a clean install of a new version of Windows. An OS upgrade will quite often cause more problems. If like me, you install different applications, there can always be some piece of code that will cause an issue.

In the past, I have tried Windows upgrades but I always end up having problems, whereas I never have the same number of issues with a clean install.