The same message pop-up is newly occurring here today in an
otherwise previously very stable and clean Windows 2000 Pro
system using IE6. See http://fsnowinc.com/Unable.gif for
the browser details. This was not happening yesterday.



<jeanne.ebiri@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 14, 12:35 pm, aninfinityofmonk...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 13, 9:38 pm, Jack <j...@beanstalk.com> wrote:
>
> > After visiting the MegaMillions website (coincidence?), I kept getting a
> > small popup window with a title bar that said "Windows Internet
Explorer"
> > and the exact message:
>
> > We were unable to save your preferecens. Please try again
>
> > The misspelled word and lack of period in the 2nd sentence don't look
like
> > a professional app. It came up randomly but seemed to be related to
closing
> > IE7 tabs. I don't recall setting any website preferences and it came up
at
> > least once after I closed/restarted IE7. I am running Windows Vista.
>
> > What might this be?
>
> Seeing the same thing here on IE7, WinXP, but only when visiting
> Yahoo! News. I've never visited MegaMillions.

I am getting this text in a box opening on my computer too (an old
thing, a desktop of my husband's I have to use b/c my laptop is in the
shop) but only when I open mail in Yahoo. I did look in Yahoo news
yesterday and today.