Re: IE locking up at www.microsoft.com

From: JimWaeħ (JJW_at_jjw.jjw)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:43:43 -0700

Change this registry entry to 0 & you can keep 120 dpi

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"UseHR"=dword:00000000

"User" <googlegroups99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:be158184.0409221737.71e4b7dc@posting.google.com...
> As a follow-up to these messages and my own, I've found a way to avoid
> this issue. I found in another post someone that pointed to a
> particular video setting. On my Dell D600 laptop the default
> resolution is 1400x1050 at 120 dpi. 120 dpi is the "large" setting.
> When I set this to the standard setting of 96 dpi (and after the
> required restart), www.microsoft.com renders flawlessly in my browser.
> Everything's much smaller now, so I'm not sure I'll keep these
> settings (as this is the only web site I have problems with - how
> ironic it's microsoft.com). Thought I'd share my experience.
>
>
> "David Proud" <DavidProud@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:<80071B76-3413-4FCE-BF08-3C24305F9EB2@microsoft.com>...
>> Yes, the jogging (stepping) over to the right of the body seems to have
>> something to do with the hanging/lock up. My problem only accurred after
>> installation of winxp SP2. I am running a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.
>>
>> David P
>>
>> "Tony" wrote:
>>
>> > IE locks up when browsing to http://www.microsoft.com
>> >
>> > The body secion of the webpage jogs over to the right of
>> > the screen and then IE locks up. No links can be
>> > selected and the only way to close it is by crashing it.
>> > However if windows explorer is used to route to
>> > microsoft.com it will work fine.
>> >
>> > The system is running Windows XP Prof with IE 6. All of
>> > the updates have been downloaded from microsoft. Problem
>> > even occured before and after the istallation of service
>> > pack 2. Identical machines with the same stats have not
>> > experienced this problem.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Tony
>> >