IE8 freezes/hangs with video Web sites?

[Ant]

Hello.

Is there a known issue with Internet Explorer v8.0, in old Windows XP,
freezing/hanging on various video Web sites? My friend and others, on
http://www.videosift.com/talk/This-site-keeps-getting-hung-up, say
people are having problems there and other video Web sites (e.g.,
http://www.roblox.com/).

Thank you in advance.
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[Don Varnau]

Hi,
First clear the Temporary Internet Files.

Then:
Troubleshoot Adobe Flash Player installation for Windows:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19166
and
jd-adobe Troubleshooting Flash Player stability and performance:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jd/2010/02/troubleshooting_player_stabili.html

Or, it might be a bandwidth/traffic issue with no solution on the user's
end.
-
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Ant" <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
newswQ2I4ZxKHA.5936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello.
>
> Is there a known issue with Internet Explorer v8.0, in old Windows XP,
> freezing/hanging on various video Web sites? My friend and others, on
> http://www.videosift.com/talk/This-site-keeps-getting-hung-up, say
> people are having problems there and other video Web sites (e.g.,
> http://www.roblox.com/).
>
> Thank you in advance.

 

[Ant]

They already did all that.

On 3/17/2010 2:46 AM PT, Don Varnau typed:

> Hi,
> First clear the Temporary Internet Files.
>
> Then:
> Troubleshoot Adobe Flash Player installation for Windows:
> http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19166
> and
> jd-adobe Troubleshooting Flash Player stability and performance:
> http://blogs.adobe.com/jd/2010/02/troubleshooting_player_stabili.html
>
> Or, it might be a bandwidth/traffic issue with no solution on the user's
> end.
> -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Ant"<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
> newswQ2I4ZxKHA.5936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hello.
>>
>> Is there a known issue with Internet Explorer v8.0, in old Windows XP,
>> freezing/hanging on various video Web sites? My friend and others, on
>> http://www.videosift.com/talk/This-site-keeps-getting-hung-up, say
>> people are having problems there and other video Web sites (e.g.,
>> http://www.roblox.com/).
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>


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[Robert Aldwinckle]

"Ant" <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
newswQ2I4ZxKHA.5936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello.
>
> Is there a known issue with Internet Explorer v8.0, in old Windows XP,
> freezing/hanging on various video Web sites? My friend and others, on
> http://www.videosift.com/talk/This-site-keeps-getting-hung-up, say people
> are having problems there and other video Web sites (e.g.,
> http://www.roblox.com/).


They say it doesn't happen on Firefox but if the sequence is
1. use IE until it hangs
2. try Firefox

perhaps they should try a new sequence:
1. use Firefox until it hangs
2. try IE

What conclusions would be drawn then? ; )


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---


>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> "It's kind of an insane case ... 6,000 ants dressed up as rice and robbed
> a Chinese restaurant." --Steven Wright
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net
> \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi@earthlink.netANT
> ( ) or ANTant@zimage.com
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

No-charge support for Internet Explorer 8 installation, set-up and usage
(only) is available via telephone (based on your locale) and has been
extended until 02 July 2010. Customers must be running Windows XP or Windows
Vista in a non-domain environment.

=> US & CA Residents: 1-866-234-6020
=> Other locales:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=13043

Ant wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is there a known issue with Internet Explorer v8.0, in old Windows XP,
> freezing/hanging on various video Web sites? My friend and others, on
> http://www.videosift.com/talk/This-site-keeps-getting-hung-up, say
> people are having problems there and other video Web sites (e.g.,
> http://www.roblox.com/).
>
> Thank you in advance.