frequent IE6 crashes

From: Paul Pedersen (no-reply_at_swen.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:25:16 -0800

My problem is that IE (running on XPSP2) will frequently freeze up, usually
but not always after closing an IE window. The progression of symptoms is
always identical. First, the hourglass cursor appears, and the page becomes
unresponsive. If I wait a couple seconds, then move the cursor to the title
bar, the Maximize box becomes disabled. The Minimize and Close boxes do not
change. After a few more seconds, "Not responding" appears in the title bar.

If I have any other IE windows open at the time, they continue to operate
normally for ten or fifteen seconds, then they frequently but not always
begin to exhibit the same symptoms as the first window.

This happens several times per day, sometimes two or three times per hour. I
uninstalled Flash, thinking that might be causing the problem, but no help.
(Then I left it off because I enjoy not getting tons of that awful Flash
advertising!)

In addition, I frequently have problems logging off, usually because some
application (usually but not always IE) will not quit.

I had this problem before I installed SP2. I was hoping SP2 would fix it.
Nope.

Ad-Aware finds nothing but cookies. NAV finds nothing.

BHO Demon finds nothing but Adobe Acrobat, MS Money, and Norton Antivirus.
(All are up to date.) There's also a QuickTime plugin, also up to date.

I have already reinstalled IE6, trying to fix the problem. It didn't help.

Anyone have ideas?

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