Re: IE6 Crashes OT

From: LuckyStrike (LS_at_smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:22:15 -0600

Oh, one thing I had failed to ask you Peter. I suppose you've tried
"repairing" and/or re-installing IE6?

But before that, see this:
Microsoft Internet Explorer may stop responding for up to six minutes
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833301&Product=ie600
Internet Explorer Appears to Stop Responding When You Start It
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];220902
How Internet Explorer Cache Settings Affect Web Browsing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;263070

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293907&Product=ie600
Unable to Install Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304872
Tricking Windows into letting you reinstall IE6
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=71

HTH - 

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"peter gant" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:938901c496e6$70c54f00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> sorry to barge in. would lucky strike and jan like to help
> me with the following problem of IE6 'not responding'.
> i've licked every problem i had with dos 5 & 6, win 3.1,
> 3.11 for workgroups, 95 and 98. but this one with xp is
> just like having to play andy rod*** on his service game!
>
> this is what i had posted under the subject heading 'A
> Clue to IE Not Responding':
>
> I just noticed something that might give you a clue as to
> what is causing the hourglass syndrome in IE6.
> The 'freezing' is NOT one that is absolutely fatal. After
> about three minutes, IE resurrects itself and starts
> responding normally. I had previously been too quick to
> end the process by way of task manager, thinking it was an
> irrecoverable error.) Now, I always keep task manager in
> the foreground. Whenever the hourglass syndrome appears
> and IE freezes momentarily, task manager shows TWO
> identical application tasks that are 'not responding'. For
> example, if one instance of IE is frozen whilst attempting
> to connect to www.google.com, task manager will show TWO
> identical application tasks attempting to connect to
> www.google.com and both are 'not responding'.
> Subsequently, when IE comes to itself and
> does successfully connect to google, task manager will
> automatically show only ONE application task connecting to
> www.google.com that is 'running'. Is this a clue to the
> problem? thanks.
>
> [running IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633IC with
> Q818506, Q823353 and Q871260. urlmon, wininet,
> mshtml=1459. browseui=1577. most of the other dlls=1106]
> (latest versions of cwshredder,
> adaware and spybot, in that order, gave a clean bill of
> health.]
>
> Another thing: i set up a separate pc on 98SE and used
> windows update to install all available fixes just like i
> did with the XP pc. everything, all programs, similar to
> the dot. IE 6 NEVER EVER froze even once. ceteris paribus,
> the problem is IE6 on XP. would xp_sp2 solve the problem?
>
>
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