IE7 crashing continuously.......

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What on earth is wrong with IE7, it crashes everytime I use it...and I mean
EVERYTIME!!!!!!
 
Eskimosound said:
What on earth is wrong with IE7, it crashes everytime I use it...and I
mean
EVERYTIME!!!!!!
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I know of three causes for the vast majority of such problems:
1. You might have incompatible add-ons:
Go to Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools
and click Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).

2. Tools | Internet Options | Advanced
Scroll to the bottom and click Reset Internet Explorer Settings. Read this
article first:
How to use Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
Note that the Reset IE Settings button will delete AutoComplete data (such
as passwords.) Do you have those backed up?

3. Malware already installed on the computer: Help with malware
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for
malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince you that you
owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

You might also try the steps here:
"Internet Explorer stops responding, stops working, or restarts"
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
 
Great suff Fank, thank you very much :)

Frank Saunders said:
I know of three causes for the vast majority of such problems:
1. You might have incompatible add-ons:
Go to Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools
and click Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).

2. Tools | Internet Options | Advanced
Scroll to the bottom and click Reset Internet Explorer Settings. Read this
article first:
How to use Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
Note that the Reset IE Settings button will delete AutoComplete data (such
as passwords.) Do you have those backed up?

3. Malware already installed on the computer: Help with malware
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for
malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince you that you
owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

You might also try the steps here:
"Internet Explorer stops responding, stops working, or restarts"
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
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Remember: empty RAM is wasted RAM.

Vista makes much more use of the memory by pre-loading stuff it anticipates
you will need, or keeping stuff in memory which you've used recently.

This is a good thing - it speeds up the responsiveness of your computer.

The instant that memory is required by a program, it is released by the
operating system.

Obviously take the advice about malware, but the view that an OS should
always have a small memory footprint isn't really valid, for the reasons
I've given.

SteveT
 
Steve Thackery said:
Remember: empty RAM is wasted RAM.
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Remember: An empty vodka bottle is a wasted vodka bottle. Make sure to
fill yours and place in a brown paper bag. Take to nearest alley.
 
This is a good thing provided Microsoft guessed right.
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Which to no surprise to anyone with intelligence does NOT work as
often as it does. The concept was good, however like most things
Microsoft does the implementation is poor.

PreFetch was born in XP. Vista builds on that to bring us SuperFetch.
The idea, while good...preload what you'll likely use based on what
you did in the past suffers from a fatal flaw, actually two.

First if you ever wonder why Vista seems to take forever to settle
down and is sluggish after it has successfully booted and is showing
the Desktop, blame Superfetch. The reason your hard drive is likely
grinding away for the first 30 seconds or more with the CPU and Memory
gage Gadgets on the Sidebar trying to pin the needle to the right,
that's Superfetch.

Second if you decide to break your workflow and do something different
and new then Vista will first have to unload all the crap it just put
in memory to make room for what you actually plan on doing.

The result is at best a mixed bag. Here's why:

1. Boot your computer.
2. Vista will prefetch based on history of your work habits.
3. But wait... today you're going do something new and
different.
4. SuperFetch now must note the applications that caused the
prefetched data to be moved out to the page file.
5. Now it has to undo it's guess of what it thought you would be
doing and move it out to Virtual Memory.
6. Once you're done, Superfetch will again bring the prefetched data
it thought you would need back into memory.

All of the shuffling of course takes time.

If anyone thinks executing more steps speeds things up, there's a
bridge in Brooklyn I have on sale this week I can let you have real
cheap. Let me know.
 
Great stuff, and Brink thankyou I have joined the forum, Im triple booting,
XP, Vista 32 bit and Vista 64bit although I cannot get them all to boot via
the manager yet, still having to do it through BIOS!!
 
What's the fault data for this crash according to the Problem Reports and
Solutions Center control panel's View Problem History option?
 
Google has a toolbar which sometimes can cause this behavior in Ie. Even
when you uninstall this , you may still have some files left behind that are
causing trouble in ie. I suggest you search through your computer for
everything related to google and remove it. this may also involve searching
from your start menu for "google" and deleting everything found. do a restart
and see if that doesn't solve the issue.
 
The Technophliac wrote:

|Google has a toolbar which sometimes can cause this behavior in Ie.
|Even when you uninstall this , you may still have some files left
|behind that are causing trouble in ie. I suggest you search through
|your computer for everything related to google and remove it. this
|may also involve searching from your start menu for "google" and
|deleting everything found. do a restart and see if that doesn't solve
|the issue.

Yahoo! Toolbar is even worse. Locks up IE 7 constantly when I open new
tabs. Using Firefox now since I need Yahoo! Toolbar and Yahoo! Support
is non existent after a couple of auto-responders.
 
I Have AVG 8 Free and the safe search kept crashing my IE until i disabled
it now everything seems ok ( it kept closing down every time i loaded IE )

Shane
 
Carey,
Many thanks for the link.

Now a side question, I think it was you who in one of your posts gve referernce to the video cast of Mark Russinovich's talk at a 2006 IT meeting. I thoroughly enjoyed, and watched twice, the video which brought up the question of how to I "record" such a video when watching it so that I play back later. I do not always have hi-speed access to the 'Net.

Once again, found the article very informative.

Thanks,
Karl
The Case of the Random IE and WMP Crashes
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/06/02/3065065.aspx
 
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