"Requested lookup key" IE7 Problem

Please help!

I just set up my new PC with Windows XP and after installing IE7, when i try to go on any website it launches a pop-up, stating "The requested look up key was not found in any activation context" and doesnt launch any webpages. Yet Mozilla Firefox works fine.

Please reply back with a solution anyone :o)

-Callum

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"Requested lookup key" IE7 Problem

SouLDragooN
This happened to me after Windows updating its media player.
IE does not work any more with the message "requested lookup key ..."
Of course, I rebooted.

Any help Thanks.
ninglima
Hi

I have the same problem with IE7 and it's not resolved even after I uninstalled & reinstalled & rebooted the computer, I noticed there're a few people out there having the same problem... Can anyone help please

Joyce
fa6ma

I have upgraded from xp home to xp pro (using the upgrade package). But I previously used IE7 before i upgrade to xp pro. The same problem.

The context lookup key not found.. is really irritating!!!

I bought ALL licensed copies of Win XP OS and now they claim they are not geunine etc... please!

Can Microsoft come out with a patch to fix this problem
stellag
Following up on my post. After an incredible number of tech support calls and many many hours of troubleshooting, yes indeed, Microsoft tech support could not help and I was advised to reformat the harddrive and reinstall. Part of the issue arose from the corrupted browser making it impossible to activate the new xp pro install which proved impossible to overcome. Not at all happy about how this has been handled!
Paulson Abraham
I've also had a problem (twice actually) trying to install IE7 on my Dell Notebook with Win XP Pro. Both times I couldn't browse after the install and there were no options to uninstall. If I recall correctly I had to reformat just to get back to factory settings.

It could be that I didn't reboot after installation but I'm not prepared to try it again after such dramas before.

Regards,

Alan
Xiaobo Gu

Ok.. I found the solution... its the tabbing page of IE7 that is causing the upgraded IE6 to give the 'lookup key error'

Basically after installing xp pro, It runs like IE6, but with IE7 engine behind.

So the only solution is to uninstall IE7 manually to revert to IE6 interface:

see link below (method 2) :

http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2006/12/21/how-to-uninstall-internet-explorer-version-7-method-2/

To uninstall IE7 - :

Click Start, click Run, type %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe,

Hope it helps! cos I solved my problem already.
weiqj

Thanks Tommylowtm!!

I've been reading and trying dozens of tips but this was the one that helped us out.

We upgraded 3 Win XP Home with IE7 to XP Pro SP2 which installed IE6 on top of IE7. Except for the "lookup key error", we also got problems with MS Outlook.

The uninstall of IE7 fixed everything.

Thanks again!

/M

aktiveringskontext

PS. Adding the above to help other desperate Swedish users searching Google... ;-) DS.
IamHuM
Uninstall it via Add/Remove Programs, click Show Updates and select Windows Internet Explorer 7.0. When you reinstall it, make sure you reboot immediately after you install.

After all the years of excellent Microsoft products, I'm disappointed with Microsoft for releasing IE7 with basic install bugs. It must have caused non-technical users a great deal of headaches and I hope Microsoft gets their act together.

I hope that helps,

Brian

PhilipHaugaard

Wesley Brandi - MSFT wrote:

Hi,

We are aware of this issue only in the event of not rebooting the machine after installing IE7. Hopefully, a reboot should fix the problem, have you tried this yet

Regards,

Wesley

I uninstalled IE7 and installed again, this time making sure i rebooted the computer, and my problem is now solved. Must have just been me being a little lazy when installing new programmes to my new computer.

Thanks for your help - Callum

nrf
I upgraded from xp home with IE7 installed, to winxp pro which installed IE6 over the existing IE7 from winxp home. I get the same active activation context message. There are no entries associated with IE anything in add/remove programs. This is quite a problem it seems.
Jakein2006
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Brian!
Dave9999
help me too cuz i cant even reinstall it cuz it wont let me, it gives me the stupid error 'the requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context' like 4-5 times
DMan1
Hi,

We are aware of this issue only in the event of not rebooting the machine after installing IE7. Hopefully, a reboot should fix the problem, have you tried this yet

Regards,

Wesley
SPWilkinson
I need help too.

I have the same error as Callum, but I don't know how to reinstall Internet Explorer if I uninstall it first. I would prefer not to install Firefox on my computer. Does anyone have any suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
"Requested lookup key" IE7 Problem

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