Links in email quit working [Resolved]

[Fueler]

Hi all,
The wife's computer has poco and IE8. Embedded links in emails no longer work as in it doesn't bring up the IE browser and connect.
What am I looking for in order to fix it and be a hero again?
Nothing obvious popped up so far.
Thanks
Dave

[Eric]

Seems something got broken.
Have you tried to make IE8 your default browser?
BTW IE9 is the current one.

[blakelyg]

BTW IE9 is the current one.

Only in Windows 7 and Vista. XP does not the "benefit" of making the switch.

[Fueler]

Broken yes, but where to start? Reinstall?
Her puter is XP and only has IE so it's the default by default. Used to work anyway.

[Eric]

Broken yes, but where to start? Reinstall?
Her puter is XP and only has IE so it's the default by default. Used to work anyway.

No reinstall necessary.
I would open IE and reset it to the default settings.
Make it your default afterwards when asked or maybe you could check the box inside Options.
Not sure how you do that again, since I don't remember in XP.
Have a look at How to Make IE8 the Default Browser in Windows.

I hope that fixes it.

[Fueler]

To Eric and the other poster
It was indeed IE. Somehow it got changed to "not the default". Seems weird since it's the only browser on the puter.
Oh well, hero again.

[Eric]

Nice to hear it's working again.
Like I said in the past, those problems can happen when installing other browsers, email clients, ...
Nothing weird about Windows , it just happens once in a while.