A couple of points: while checking at work to see whether the thread options thing was OK (IE6 on an old NT box and it's all working fine) I noticed that the path from My Controls is a bit wonky if you're not logged in. I went there without logging in and was prompted to register or log in now. I chose the log in now option, but was presented with the new registration stuff.

Next, when I went to post this query and hit the 'post' button (having logged in) I was sent straight back to the start reading screen i.e. the threads, as though I had hit cancel. This had happened before a while back, but I didn't bother following it up because I assumed I had hit cancel by mistake.

As far as I know there's nothing odd about the connection at work. It's a shared BT connection freestanding and separate from any work firewalls, odd routers/switches etc. (deliberately set up like this to keep an air gap between open internet and work stuff).

Try emptying your browser cache.

 

If that doesn't work, have you reseated your RAM?

He might need to increase the voltage of his graphics card too.

I also thought putting a few more people on ignore might help - worth a try I suppose.

Well the My Controls thing is fixed already :-)

And quick reply is working!

Everything is working on IE8/Win 7 on my netbook.