Re: IE 6.0 on Windows 2000 Closes Unexpectedly when opened

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From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:28:46 -0500

Jeff,
You're right that another program is probably causing this. Try disabling
(for diagnostic purposes)
legitimate programs running in the background which might be interacting
with IE- security, antivirus, ad-blockers, toolbars & other add-ons, etc.
You may have to uninstall then reinstall, or not reinstall, a program.

Then, you might have malware that Ad-aware and Spybot(?) don't find. Go to
http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm Work through steps 1-3, then post a
HijackThis log for analysis (step 4.) Be patient. They're busy.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Or, the "clean boot" troubleshooting method may help you find the
troublesome program.
276393 - Understanding and Troubleshooting Unrecoverable Errors (Faults) in
Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=276393

Hope this helps,
Don 

-- 
MVP IE/OE
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"Jeff" <anonymous[ta]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91ea01c496b9$50465800$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is one of the oddest things I've seen. I have a
> computer that starts up fine. Ran AdAware, and Spyware.
> Everything looks great.
>
> When I try to get on the internet, the web page opens for
> about 3 seconds, then closes. No warning message, no error
> message, nothing... I even tried opening my computer, and
> typing a URL in the box. It too will start to open the web
> page then it just closes unexpectedly.
>
> Get this, I started in safe mode, and it works just fine...
>
> I've tried to uninstall IE, and reinstall, SFC.exe the
> hard drive, and nothing works. I can't get this browser to
> work...
>
> It seems like some external program is trying to run when
> IE is launched. Is there anyway to find out what is
> connected to IE?
>
> Thanks for any help. =)
>
> Jeff
>

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