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IE6 shuts down

J

joe

Flightless Bird
XP Pro SP3 IE6


I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion, after
a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the updates.
Any ideas what?

tia
Joe
 
L

Leonard Grey

Flightless Bird
Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from
the 'no add-ons' icon?

Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
(No Add-Ons)

Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
settings?

"How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737

You should know: IE 6 is dangerously out-of-date and represents a real
security risk. You owe it to yourself to upgrade Windows to IE 7 or IE 8.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

joe wrote:
> XP Pro SP3 IE6
>
>
> I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion, after
> a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
> No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the updates.
> Any ideas what?
>
> tia
> Joe
>
>
 
J

Jeff Strickland

Flightless Bird
"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:ehN7JSKkKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from the
> 'no add-ons' icon?
>
> Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer (No
> Add-Ons)
>
> Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
> settings?
>
> "How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>
> You should know: IE 6 is dangerously out-of-date and represents a real
> security risk. You owe it to yourself to upgrade Windows to IE 7 or IE 8.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>


And there's not much point in getting IE7, may as well jump all of the way
to IE8.
 
R

rob^_^

Flightless Bird
and keep going to Win7.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hi873j$an0$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ehN7JSKkKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from the
>> 'no add-ons' icon?
>>
>> Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer (No
>> Add-Ons)
>>
>> Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
>> settings?
>>
>> "How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>>
>> You should know: IE 6 is dangerously out-of-date and represents a real
>> security risk. You owe it to yourself to upgrade Windows to IE 7 or IE 8.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>

>
> And there's not much point in getting IE7, may as well jump all of the way
> to IE8.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
 
L

Leonard Grey

Flightless Bird
To infinity...and beyond!
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

rob^_^ wrote:
> and keep going to Win7.
>
> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:hi873j$an0$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ehN7JSKkKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from
>>> the 'no add-ons' icon?
>>>
>>> Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
>>> (No Add-Ons)
>>>
>>> Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet
>>> Explorer settings?
>>>
>>> "How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>>>
>>> You should know: IE 6 is dangerously out-of-date and represents a
>>> real security risk. You owe it to yourself to upgrade Windows to IE 7
>>> or IE 8.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Leonard Grey
>>> Errare humanum est
>>>

>>
>> And there's not much point in getting IE7, may as well jump all of the
>> way to IE8.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
[Ain't no No Add-ons mode in IE6, Len...]

Leonard Grey wrote:
> Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from
> the 'no add-ons' icon?
>
> Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
> (No Add-Ons)
>
> Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
> settings?
>
> "How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>
> You should know: IE 6 is dangerously out-of-date and represents a real
> security risk. You owe it to yourself to upgrade Windows to IE 7 or IE 8.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> joe wrote:
>> XP Pro SP3 IE6
>>
>>
>> I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion,
>> after
>> a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
>> No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the
>> updates.
>> Any ideas what?
>>
>> tia
>> Joe
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Did you recently have occasion to do a Repair Install of WinXP?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
in the background when you installed SP3?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?

Does the behavior persist after doing a reset?...

HOW TO Reset Internet Explorer (IE6)
====================
Note: The following will delete all cookies. To save them beforehand: IE
File | Import and Export | Export Cookies | save the file in an appropriate
location. To import the backup afterwards: IE File | Import and Export |
Import Cookies | point the wizard to the saved file.

----------------------------------------
1. After closing all IE windows, click Start, Run, type: “inetcpl.cpl”
(without quotation marks) and press Enter.
2. Select the General tab, and in the Temporary Internet files window, click
"Delete Cookies", and click OK.
3. In the same tab click Delete Files, check the "Delete all offline
contents" box and click OK.
4. Click the Programs tab, and click "Reset Web Settings".
5. Click the Advanced tab, and click "Restore Defaults".
6. Under the Advanced tab, uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions
(requires restart)".
7. Click OK.
8. Reboot.

Also see http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-reset-internet-explorer-6-to.html
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


joe wrote:
> XP Pro SP3 IE6
>
> I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion,
> after
> a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
> No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the updates.
> Any ideas what?
 
J

Jeff Strickland

Flightless Bird
"rob^_^" <iecustomizer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uy%23pkpKkKHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> and keep going to Win7.
>


I see no need to abandon XP Pro. But that's just me, I suppose.
 
J

joe

Flightless Bird
No to the Repair Install.
AVG updated.
No 3rd party firewall.
No to the others too.

Just done a reset and will monitor.

One of the updates was to install IE7 which I did but preferred 6 so
reverted to 6.
Whilst testing 7 I had the same problem which made me think the fault was in
one of the updates.
I will see if it still happens but maybe I should take the advice and go to
IE8 - just happy with 6 that's all.
Also happy with XP.

Thanks PA


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:-OOb8O2KkKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Did you recently have occasion to do a Repair Install of WinXP?
>
> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>
> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> bought it)?
>
> Does the behavior persist after doing a reset?...
>
> HOW TO Reset Internet Explorer (IE6)
> ====================
> Note: The following will delete all cookies. To save them beforehand: IE
> File | Import and Export | Export Cookies | save the file in an
> appropriate location. To import the backup afterwards: IE File | Import
> and Export | Import Cookies | point the wizard to the saved file.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 1. After closing all IE windows, click Start, Run, type: “inetcpl.cpl”
> (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
> 2. Select the General tab, and in the Temporary Internet files window,
> click "Delete Cookies", and click OK.
> 3. In the same tab click Delete Files, check the "Delete all offline
> contents" box and click OK.
> 4. Click the Programs tab, and click "Reset Web Settings".
> 5. Click the Advanced tab, and click "Restore Defaults".
> 6. Under the Advanced tab, uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions
> (requires restart)".
> 7. Click OK.
> 8. Reboot.
>
> Also see
> http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-reset-internet-explorer-6-to.html
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> joe wrote:
>> XP Pro SP3 IE6
>>
>> I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion,
>> after
>> a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
>> No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the
>> updates.
>> Any ideas what?

>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Uninstall AVG & reboot, then do a fresh install of AVG: This time select the
CUSTOM install option and do NOT install (i.e., uncheck) Linkscanner,
Search-Shield, Active Surf-Shield, Security toolbar, or any of the email
scanning components.

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

Test.


joe wrote:
> No to the Repair Install.
> AVG updated.
> No 3rd party firewall.
> No to the others too.
>
> Just done a reset and will monitor.
>
> One of the updates was to install IE7 which I did but preferred 6 so
> reverted to 6.
> Whilst testing 7 I had the same problem which made me think the fault was
> in
> one of the updates.
> I will see if it still happens but maybe I should take the advice and go
> to
> IE8 - just happy with 6 that's all.
> Also happy with XP.
>
> Thanks PA
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:-OOb8O2KkKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Did you recently have occasion to do a Repair Install of WinXP?
>>
>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>>
>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
>> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>> bought it)?
>>
>> Does the behavior persist after doing a reset?...
>>
>> HOW TO Reset Internet Explorer (IE6)
>> ====================
>> Note: The following will delete all cookies. To save them beforehand: IE
>> File | Import and Export | Export Cookies | save the file in an
>> appropriate location. To import the backup afterwards: IE File | Import
>> and Export | Import Cookies | point the wizard to the saved file.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> 1. After closing all IE windows, click Start, Run, type: “inetcpl.cpl”
>> (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
>> 2. Select the General tab, and in the Temporary Internet files window,
>> click "Delete Cookies", and click OK.
>> 3. In the same tab click Delete Files, check the "Delete all offline
>> contents" box and click OK.
>> 4. Click the Programs tab, and click "Reset Web Settings".
>> 5. Click the Advanced tab, and click "Restore Defaults".
>> 6. Under the Advanced tab, uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions
>> (requires restart)".
>> 7. Click OK.
>> 8. Reboot.
>>
>> Also see
>> http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-reset-internet-explorer-6-to.html
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> joe wrote:
>>> XP Pro SP3 IE6
>>>
>>> I have just installed all the new critical updates. Now, on ocassion,
>>> after
>>> a web page has almost loaded the browser simply shuts down.
>>> No particular website , no sense at all. Must be something in the
>>> updates.
>>> Any ideas what?
 
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