title: selenium-webdriver error for just opening IE
body: <p>So, I am using - </p>
  
  <pre><code>gem 'watir-webdriver', '0.5.4'
  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '2.21.1'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and JRuby - 1.6.5</p>
  
  <p>All I am trying to do is open IE. I have IE version 8.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt; require "rubygems"
  =&gt; true
  
  ?&gt; require "watir-webdriver"
  =&gt; true
  
  ?&gt; @b = Watir::Browser.new :ie
  Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnhandledAlertError: Modal dialog present
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:52:in `assert_ok'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:15:in `initialize'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:59:in `create_response'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:64:in `request'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:62:in `request'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:40:in `call'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:598:in `raw_execute'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:92:in `create_session'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:68:in `initialize'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/ie/bridge.rb:40:in `initialize'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:35:in `for'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.21.2/lib/selenium/webdriver.rb:63:in `for'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.5.8/lib/watir-webdriver/browser.rb:35:in `initialize'
  from (irb):5:in `evaluate'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:158:in `eval_input'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:271:in `signal_status'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:155:in `eval_input'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:154:in `eval_input'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:71:in `start'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:70:in `catch'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:70:in `start'
  from C:/jruby-1.6.5/bin/jirb:13:in `(root)'
  from -e:1:in `load'
  from -e:1:in `(root)'&gt;&gt;  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>IE webdriver gets opened, but above error comes.</p>
  
  <p>When I use any other browser - firefox or chrome - they just open as they were supposed to open. It started happen just from this week. I mean I am using selenium-webdriver for years now and never had a problem opening IE or any browser. Error says there is a modal dialog box, but how can there be a modal dialog box when I just open IE, and I don't see any dialog when IE webdriver opens up. And if so, why other browsers don't complain? </p>
  
  <p>I am assuming it might need to do with some windows or security updates that gets pushed on company laptop, but I just want to see if someone else have encountered this before and what was the solution?</p>