Help with IE 6 SP2 "Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way" err

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Maybe the following will help someone.

I have a new Dell machine prepackaged with the McAfee security suite. I set
it up so my partner and I are separate users each with admin. rights.

We found that if one of us was running IE and we switched to the other user,
the second user couldn't invoke IE. The above referenced subject error
message came up. You could close this error message and work in other
applications, but once this error occured, the machine wouldn't shut down;
you had to turn off the power and start over.

I searched the net and found a posted solution almost a year old stating
that turning off the McAfee phishing add-on would fix the IE problem. I did
this and tested it, and the problem appears to be gone.

Go to IE Tools, then Options, then Programs, then Manage Add-Ons. I found
two McAfee phishing add-ons (one Browser Extension and one BHO). I disabled
both of them to be safe.

The original solution said this needed to be done for both users (i.e. in IE
invoked under each user account). The solution took for me after only doing
it for my account (the first created on the machine). I went ahead and did
the other user account anyway.

I will probably remove the McAfee suite soon and move to having separate
virus, firewall, and spyware sofware - fwiw
 
Hi R,

I am sure other respondents will appreciate your contribution.
Also, on new Dell Xp machine you should find your Windows Firewall settings
under Start>Settings>Control Panel>Security Center. Here you will be able to
manage all of your MS security components.

Regards.
 
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