RE: Why is Windows XP crashing, freezing, incompatible with IE?
- From: ADD_from_PC <ADDfromPC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:02:01 -0700
Hi Anteaus,
Thank you so much for all these solutions. Before I install a new browser,
do you advise that I first uninstall the new version of IE or first look for
malware?
I use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware I downloaded from the site to which you
referred me quite a while back. Let me guess: There's an update/new version?
Thanks in advance for your help. You're awesome.
Too many results, too much paper, too much of everything
"Anteaus" wrote:
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http://mozilla.com
http://operasoftware.com
http://google.com/chrome
3 paragraphs. Each one an answer in its own right. ;-)
"ADD_from_PC" wrote:
I have been using Windows XP Home Edition for years and until several months
ago, was using Internet Explorer from Microsoft as my browser until I read
that there was a security issue in IE that there was no solution for. So I
uninstalled IE from Microsoft and installed Mozilla Firefox. However, not
long afterward, I was unable to access or read my Yahoo email, and no one at
Mozilla was able to tell me what the problem was, so I uninstalled Firefox.
At that point, I somehow learned about an update to IE from Microsoft and
downloaded and installed that. However, this version of IE, which says at the
top of my screen that it's provided by Yahoo!, seems to, for lack of a better
word, "hate" Windows XP. Since I have had this version of IE, when I am
online, even if I am viewing one website (like MSN) and not running any other
programs, suddenly all systems freeze up so that I have to reboot constantly
(do an Alt-Ctrl-Delete). When I see the percentage of usage by my CPU, it
will be over 50 percent, which it shouldn't be for one website/page. Other
than switching back to IE, I have no new programs installed. I have
anti-virus and anti-spyware programs that run continuously, I clean out my
cache, temp files/folders and cookies (except those I have to have) after
every use, etc. Could it be that the new version of IE I installed is not
compatible with my Windows XP Home Edition? Should I uninstall it and find
the older version of IE and re-install that? Or could this be something else?
I have no viruses or spyware that I know of. I do have a lot of useless Word
documents, but it will be a while before I can trash them or copy them to CD.
Can anyone advise me of what I can do to solve my problem? Having to reboot
so much and/or waiting for a site to open, etc., is taking up so much time
it's making me crazy. Whereas before I could, for example, go to 10 websites
and make purchases or send a message within an hour or so, now I'm lucky if I
can get to 3 websites and reply to one message in an 8-hour period because of
the slowness, crashing, freezing, rebooting and waiting. I would really
appreciate any help anyone can give me. I'm desperate! Thank you in advance.
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