Re: IE hanging after clearing cookies
- From: Wink <Wink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:13:08 -0700
That is the tricky part. Add/Remove programs showed 3 patches for Windows XP
installed on 3/16/2007. First I tried uninstalling those 3 and the issue
still reproduced. I then looked for other updates for IE but IE was not
listed in Add/remove so no "updates" were listed for it.
Once I was fully restored back to the 3/15 point the system started up the
automatic updates. While it was downloading them I verified that everything
worked without hanging IE. After it was done it asked to reboot to finish
updating. I just let it reboot (sending this on my Vista laptop that does
not repro the problem) and now it is running fine without repro. It just
informed me of another 4 updates to install so I am trying those also.
I have reproduced this on at least 10 computers both inside a corporate
firewall and outside the firewall (work DSL line outside the firewall and
home computer). I have done system restore on 2 of them and both stop
hanging after restoring to 3/15.
This does not repro at all on some websites (costco.com, nordstrom.com) but
it always repros on these machines on other sites (msn.com, msnbc.com,
drugstore.com - some pages there while not on others). This leads me to
believe that it must have to do with some type of content on the affected
sites in regards to the latest patches. We have not seen this happen until
earlier this week (first noticed on Tuesday but ignored at first). Today is
when we all started seeing this more often.
We found that it does not take clearing the cookies. All it takes is doing
something in Internet Options (including clicking the Set to default for the
home page) and then leaving the Options.
I am looking through the WindowsUpdate.log file trying to find out what all
was installed between 3/15 and today. Is there an easier, more user
friendly, way to get this?
Thanks,
Wink
"PA Bear" wrote:
What "patches" are now /not/ installed, Wink?.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
Wink wrote:
Replying since I cannot edit.
I restored back to the 3/15/2007 restore point (last patch was installed
on
3/16 on my box) and now IE 6 does NOT hang following the below method.
Something in the latest patch caused an issue. I am suprised I have not
found any more reports of this online yet.
"Wink" wrote:
Just noticed this today but if you go to just about any site (including
www.msn.com), click a link or two, then clear cookies and try to click
another link, IE 6 hangs. This does not occur with Firefox or IE 7 and
does not happen on my computer that did not get the latest MS updates. I
am trying to restore back far enough to find out when this started but
have not seen anything about this online.
I have tried this on 5 different computers with IE 6. The 4 that have
the
latest and greatest MS patches hang. The 1 that does not works fine.
Go to MSN.com. Click News link near the top (will take you to
MSNBC.com).
Go to Tools, Internet Options, Clear Cookies, and click Yes. Now click
on
"Sports" section. Computers with IE 6 and the latest patches will hang
at
this point. Now try it with other sites.
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