Now, go and try to run OE a few times and log onto a newsgroup. Every now
and then it FREEZES since I installed ie7.
I think IE7 must make major changes to almost everything, including the
funtioning of OE.
-Pete

The most common cause of hanging at 'connecting' is incompatible add-ons.
Try running without add-ons. (Tools - Manage Add-Ons - Enable disable
add-ons)
Disable all the addons currently loaded in internet explorer.

If this helps then start adding them back in one at a time till problem
comes back.
You should close and re-open IE7 after each change but you do not need to
reboot, so changes are quick to check.
(In my case it was Microsoft Desktop Search) When you locate the problem
consider going to the origional web site and installing the latest version
of the problem item.

You can also try resetting the IE7. (Tools - Internet Options - Advanced -
Reset Internet Explorer settings) This has cleared up some problems for a
few people.

Michael

IE7 is trash.  Microsoft needs to do a Ctrl+Z on the entire project.

Undo Undo Undo!

IE6 was also rubbish so it isn't the solution either.  The only solution is
for IE8 to be released STANDARD COMPLIANT and then force the auto-update on
everyone so as to remove from the internet the permanent blemishes that are
<= IE7.

(not that I have high hopes of IE8 being standards compliant at all)

Please remove the zooming feature if you cannot get it to work correctly
like it does in Opera.  Scale all elements, not just text and images.  If you
are going to scale down a <div> that has a FIXED WIDTH specified then you
need to equally scale down all elements INSIDE that div so they don't end up
spraying all over the page.  IE7 fails to do this.  Go install Opera and see
it done correctly.

Please I GOT THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THIS!

So how to solve this problems? Anyone? Something wrong somewhere lah! I hate
also when it becomes like this. Arrrrggghhhh...