topic Re: Problems with Internet Explorer in PCs & Accessories

Problems with Internet Explorer

CleanBurn — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 07:46:31 GMT

My 1 week old VIAO VGN-A195EP has been working fine. However I have noticed that over the past few days Internet Explorer has crashed with increasing regularity. I can only surf for a very short time now without it stopping - what can I do to find the fault? (XP Pro - SP1)

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

William — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:45:30 GMT

I recently wanted to reinstall IE6 which is an integrated into XP and the old method of editing the registry did not work anymore.

After delving around on the Microsoft site I found that the reason for this was that I had installed XP SP2.

Apparently SP2 reinstalls IE6 so you could do worse than install XP Service Pack 2.

If you do not wish to install SP2 a search for "Reinstall IE6" at Microsoft.com should reveal an article from the knowledge base which tells you how to remove two lines from the registry, but you will need IE6 in its entirety to reinstall.

Finally, you could resort to the recovery disks and start again.

I personally would install XP SP2 and see if it cures your problem.

Back up any important data first, whichever route you decide to follow. There should be no problems whichever you choose, but it is best to be cautious.

William

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

CleanBurn — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:46:31 GMT

Thanks for that - after reading this forum I am nervous about SP2 - should I be?

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

TygerTyger — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 11:55:29 GMT

SP2 seems to have very few problems on the whole. I would suggest you scan for adware/spyware and do a good virus scan as well, that often is the cause of IE problems.

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

Thecis — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:28:58 GMT

IE is always a victim of virusses and all that crap, like many other MS products are.
If you dont have a virus-scanner it is a fair assumption that your computer has caught a virus.
The average 'survival' time is about 20-22 minutes at the moment. After that, if you dont have any virusses, you are a statiscal miracle...
So bottomline: try a virusscanner (norton, mcaffee) or some spyware/adaware remover (spy hunter, AdAware).

btw, SP 2 is working fine at the moment. Some irregularities are caused because SP2 makes chances that some programs arent yet equipped to stick by.
that is the reason some things dont yet work fine. "Temporary" according to MS. So how long temporary exactly is, no one knows.
1 windows minute can take up to 10 or even 20 minutes.....

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

kee-lo_ — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:35:44 GMT

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q318/3/78.asp&NoWebContent=1

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

CleanBurn — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:25:14 GMT

Thanks guys - I updated my Symantec & the virus was found & dealt with straight away - IE now seems to work fine. Still not upgraded to SP2, is it safe to now?

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

robpaxton — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:29:37 GMT

I would recommend that you take a look at Firebox and use it as your main browser.

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

Rick1974 — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:38:55 GMT

I would do the upgrade !!!

RICK:smileyhappy:

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:18:53 GMT

Hehe another Firefox user (muhahahahaha)

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

jammold — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:37:46 GMT

Its an evil conspiracy by Mozilla to take over the world....

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:14:36 GMT

Hehe

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

faithx — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:23:19 GMT

I've started using Mozilla a bit more now, I do prefer it, but I have to still keep IE for certain things

Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:03:44 GMT

Hehe, I am such a bad influence....