Bottom Pane disappeared

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Keith

Does anyone know how to get the bottom pane to appear? I
am unable to see if sites have encryption(the little
lock).If I log on another user,the pane is there.I'm not
sure what would be different.
 
do you mean the status bar?
try selecting 'status bar' under the view menu, but i'm
not sure if this is what you want
 
I think you are referring to the status bar at the bottom of browser. It
disappears. This is a known bug in IE that has been around for ages. No
idea whether MSFT ever plans to do anything about it. What you can do in
the meantime is go to the View menu, then deselect and reselect Status Bar.
That should bring it back...for a while, anyway. If all you care about is
the little lock, you can also just look at the URL in the Address box.
Secure connections have https: instead of http: prefixes, the "s" standing
for secure.
 
Keith said:
Does anyone know how to get the bottom pane to appear? I
am unable to see if sites have encryption(the little
lock).If I log on another user,the pane is there.I'm not
sure what would be different.
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If View Statusbar doesn't stick:

Some have had luck with this procedure:

Close all other windows.
Open Windows Explorer.
Make sure that the status bar is showing.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | View and click the option to make all folders
like this one.
Reboot.

If that doesn't do it, here's a more thorough method from Mike Burgess:

If your status bar disappears when opening a new IE 6 browser window:

1) With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2) Right-click on IE's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4) Open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
5) Right-click on Explorer's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
6) Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7) Click the "Apply to all folders" button.
8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9) Open IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: "Open in New
Window"
10)Verify that these Registry entries exist:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"


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