IE stopped working

[Ray Barone]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

 

[Scott]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

Which version?

 

[Paul]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

Find a way to run without extensions or add-ons ?

http://www.killertechtips.com/2008/04/14/run-internet-explorer-and-firefox-without-addons/

Then, retest the browser.

Something added to the browser, could be causing it to stall.

Paul

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

Find a way to run without extensions or add-ons ?

http://www.killertechtips.com/2008/04/14/run-internet-explorer-and-firef
ox-without-addons/

Then, retest the browser.

Something added to the browser, could be causing it to stall.

Paul[/QUOTE]

He didn't say he was actually using the browser: in fact to me "No
matter what program I am using" suggests he _isn't_.

It'd be useful to know if IE actually _has_ stopped working, mind.

(Or does IE run all the time under 7?)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If you like making stuff there's always somebody ready to say that its
ridiculous. But, actually, I don't think it is. In fact, enthusiasms are good.
Hobbies are healthy. They don't harm anybody. - James May in RT, 6-12
November 2010.

 

[Paul]

He didn't say he was actually using the browser: in fact to me "No
matter what program I am using" suggests he _isn't_.

It'd be useful to know if IE actually _has_ stopped working, mind.

(Or does IE run all the time under 7?)

That's a good point.

Maybe we could request that he copy the exact text
from the dialog ? I'm wonder if it is Internet Explorer
or the (file) explorer.

Internet Explorer could be started, if it was set up
as a startup item. But how likely is that ?

Paul

 

[Mike Barnes]

Maybe we could request that he copy the exact text
from the dialog ? I'm wonder if it is Internet Explorer
or the (file) explorer.

My guess is he'd have to do that manually rather than using copy and
paste, with it being a Microsoft product.

Bastards.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Paul <[email protected]>
writes:
[]

Internet Explorer could be started, if it was set up
as a startup item. But how likely is that ?

Paul

Not unusual - on one (XP) system I use, I have IE and Firefox both set
as startup items. (I prefer Firefox, but some sites I access from that
system are so badly coded they only work in IE.)

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

My guess is he'd have to do that manually rather than using copy and
paste, with it being a Microsoft product.

Bastards.

I agree, they do make it difficult. But I remember someone explaining
that you _can_ copy the text from an error message box (the sort that
usually has an OK button), and it was surprisingly simple once he'd
explained how. Needless to say, I've forgotten how ... (-:

 

[Krypto]

I agree, they do make it difficult. But I remember someone explaining
that you _can_ copy the text from an error message box (the sort that
usually has an OK button), and it was surprisingly simple once he'd
explained how. Needless to say, I've forgotten how ... (-:

Probably worth mentioning that "normal" dialog boxes (the ones that
ask you to hit OK, or Yes/No, or Abort/Retry/Ignore) can be copied
easily. Just hit Ctrl+C.

If you try to run (via Start > Run) "nosuchprogram", you'll get a
dialog saying it couldn't be found. Ctrl+C produces:

[Window Title]
nosuchprogram

[Content]
Windows cannot find 'nosuchprogram'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again.

Krypto

 

[Buffalo]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried
a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

Try a cold reboot. Sometimes that fixes many problems simply. Quick, easy
and free.
Buffalo

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Mike Barnes

I agree, they do make it difficult. But I remember someone explaining
that you _can_ copy the text from an error message box (the sort that

[]
Probably worth mentioning that "normal" dialog boxes (the ones that
ask you to hit OK, or Yes/No, or Abort/Retry/Ignore) can be copied
easily. Just hit Ctrl+C.

If you try to run (via Start > Run) "nosuchprogram", you'll get a
dialog saying it couldn't be found. Ctrl+C produces:

[Window Title]
nosuchprogram

[Content]
Windows cannot find 'nosuchprogram'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again.

Krypto

Thanks - maybe I'll remember this time! I guess one of the things that
made me forget is that (in XP anyway) it makes what sounds like the
normal error beep when you Ctrl-C, which sounds like it hasn't worked.
But it did - here's the paste (from a sample as you suggest, in XP):

---------------------------
x
---------------------------
Windows cannot find 'x'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and
then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then
click Search.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The people here are more educated and intelligent. Even stupid people in
Britain are smarter than Americans." Madonna, in RT 30 June-6July 2001 (page
32)

 

[Mike Barnes]

Probably worth mentioning that "normal" dialog boxes (the ones that
ask you to hit OK, or Yes/No, or Abort/Retry/Ignore) can be copied
easily. Just hit Ctrl+C.

I must really be getting old. I used to know that.

But there's no excuse for not being able to select the text with the
mouse. Or that even a bare Ctrl+C doesn't work with many dialogs boxes -
I've just tried it with "Are you sure you want to permanently delete..."
and it didn't work.

If you try to run (via Start > Run) "nosuchprogram", you'll get a
dialog saying it couldn't be found. Ctrl+C produces:

[Window Title]
nosuchprogram

[Content]
Windows cannot find 'nosuchprogram'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again.

That's a big advance over DOS's "Bad command or file name" - without
telling you *what* the bad command or file name was. That simple
omission must have resulted in millions of wasted man-hours round the
world.

 

[Kincade]

No matter what program I am using, every few seconds I get a popup saying
Internet Explorer has stopped working. I have searched MS Fixit and tried a
virus search but don't find anything related. Is there a fix for this?

From my recent experience - NOTHING worked
but RECOVER using SP1 & ISO integrated DVD ;
Windows 7 Ultimate *English 64-bit*:
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
It worked me fine.

 

[RJK]

"I must really be getting old. I used to know that."

....I've stopped using that type of ...comment, because whilst we are getting
older - stuff that we've forgotten is largely Microsofts' fault ! e.g. I
used to know several early MS DOS versions pretty well, and several large
areas of Windows 95/95b,98,98se pretty well, much of that is redundant, and
now MS is going to "shit me out" again, with the demise of XP support in
2014? I have W7 on a spare hd that I pop into my caddyless hd bay, now and
again, to have a good rummage around - ...horrible.
It's not really possible (time-wise), to stay in practice, with all the
older methods... had to dig out my old telnet syntax t'other day to delete
a stuck email !

regards, Richard