um, internet explorer crashes

zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

i know i know, use firefox......i do on my pc, and can tell you just about what anything does when you type in about:config in the addy bar....however...

IE crashes to desktop everytime it's opened. I'm scratching my head on this one myself.
Spybot, adaware, cwshredder, avast bootscan, no virii, no spyware or malware it seems like.....still when i open it crashes.
reset websettings, disabled third party browser extensions, nulled security settings (like that would help) delete temp files, history, cookies....still no avail
i went to a/r programs removed it from there, deleted all the items in the program files folder....reinstalled it from a disc i have the setup files on, still crashes.
and so i'm at a loss, i would tell them to use firefox, but they are a specialized business and their apps need IE to run...i know there has to be a way around this crashing other than reinstalling winders.....there always is.
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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:00 am Post subject:

try download CWShredder here http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads

Its a neat little app for killing bad 'browser helper objects' or BHOs. Dload it and see if it helps

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zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

g'mornin xal
i ran the cwshredder to no avail
there's a few updates for ie that have not been installed, i wil download the .exe's and try those as well...
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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:43 am Post subject:

mm, good luck dude. You could also try Dlding the latest IE and reinstalling it Think

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

You said your biz needs IE for some of its programs........it's possible one of those programs is crashing IE, not IE crashing itself. I've had that happen in the past, but it's rare.

What exactly are you doing when it crashes, with the rest of your system? There's quite a few reasons it could be closing down, there's been odd problems with IE closing when the buttons are set to XP style, if you're using a script debugger, that can crash it, among other things. In these cases, reinstalling might not help, the bug is still there.

Try this (if you already haven't). Go to your Display Settings, and switch your theme to Windows Classic Style, turn off all the fancy animations, etc, and try IE again. Reboot into Safe Mode with networking, and try IE from there, failing that, you might have to do an XP repair, if you don't want to reinstall everything.

What programs does your work use that require IE? That would really be the first place I'd start looking, maybe reinstall those apps.
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zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

it's a warranty claim service, they process all the warantties for jags, fords, toyota/lexus, and quite a few of the smaller auto shops in the upstae ny area.
good call on that xp style...i'm leaving for richmond in a few minutes so i'll try this on my monday appointment with them...i'll let you know how it turns out...
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Xal · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:56 am Post subject:

Dude, your Avtar an Sig are way to big. The Avtar should be no bigger than 6kb and the sig should be under 20kb and no larger than 100 x 500
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zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

it works....i ran this vb script then reinstalled ie....
http://www.frontiernet.net/~tech621/IEXPINSTALL.VBS
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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:22 am Post subject:

Sweet

Thanks for fixing the sig and avy :-)

Sorry if I came across harsh

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zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

yeah you did...you, you, you stupid dummy head....

anywhooo ya gotta admit, it was funny...
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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:

yeah, I took it home to show the GF

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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:20 am Post subject:

Hmm I have the same prob... although it happens after maybe 3 site changes... Also Ebay was a total loss... It would switch to Google as soon as the page loaded... and reset my homepage to google.com, Which originally is my Website. so What gives.... I just gave up and use firefox now.
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