Web Shut Down

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I frequently get a message that the web (NOT the whole Internet) must
shut down.

I get this message on Microsoft Internet Explorer 6:
"Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to
close...".

Besides <Alt+Ctrl+Del> doesn't appear much of the time, so I have to
reboot the computer.

I get this in Internet Explorer 6 only. Another browser? I would
change but so many web sites, etc. REQUIRE Microsoft Internet Explorer
for the sites to work properly.

How would I correct this problem?

Thank you,

Barry Karas
 
What kind of things are you doing on the Internet when IE reports this?
And in regards to sites REQUIRING IE, that's just Microsoft trying to
propaganda you - basically the only thing other browser can't do is
Microsoft Updates. Let us know what Internet activities seem to be
causing the problems.
good luck
sh4d03
 
And in regards to sites REQUIRING IE, that's just Microsoft trying to
propaganda you - basically the only thing other browser can't do is
Microsoft Updates.
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Wise words....

I've used for years other than IE and have not found but hadfull sites
that won't work rwith opera/netscape/etc.
 
I frequently get a message that the web (NOT the whole Internet) must
shut down.

I get this message on Microsoft Internet Explorer 6:
"Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to
close...".

Besides <Alt+Ctrl+Del> doesn't appear much of the time, so I have to
reboot the computer.

I get this in Internet Explorer 6 only. Another browser? I would
change but so many web sites, etc. REQUIRE Microsoft Internet Explorer
for the sites to work properly.

How would I correct this problem?

Thank you,

Barry Karas
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Barry:

Why use problem plagued and security flawed Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
when there are much better browsers out there? For starts, check out
Mozilla at www.mozilla.org.

Steve
 
Thank you all.

Would someone tell me how to make Opera 7.11 (I know there are
updates, but one thing at a time...) or any other browser in general
the default browser?

I'm not adverse to doing some research, but if someone knows "off the
top of her/his head" how to switch browsers, doing so would be easier.

Thank you again,

Barry Karas
 
Thank you all.

Would someone tell me how to make Opera 7.11 (I know there are
updates, but one thing at a time...) or any other browser in general
the default browser?
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It's typical nowdays that when you first install and run the new
browser, it offers to be the default browser. Also, in the case of
Mozilla, the setting is under Edit - Preferences - Navigator - Default
Browser. Probably a similar option setting in Opera.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote in
It's typical nowdays that when you first install and run
the new browser, it offers to be the default browser. Also,
in the case of Mozilla, the setting is under Edit -
Preferences - Navigator - Default Browser. Probably a
similar option setting in Opera.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
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Firefox:
Tools | Options | General | Set Default Browser

J
 
Quoth the raven (e-mail address removed):
Would someone tell me how to make Opera 7.11 (I know there are
updates, but one thing at a time...) or any other browser in general
the default browser?
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I have 7.23. Yours should be the same.

File > Preferences > Default application
Check the box at the bottom, save, and restart the browser.

All the major browsers have a 'default' selection in their preferences.
 
I get this in Internet Explorer 6 only. Another browser? I would
change but so many web sites, etc. REQUIRE Microsoft Internet Explorer
for the sites to work properly.

How would I correct this problem?
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I simply refuse to deal with sites that demand MSIE to work properly.
If it won't work with Opera, or Netscape, to hell with it. I'll go somewhere else.
 
It's typical nowdays that when you first install and run the new
browser, it offers to be the default browser. Also, in the case of
Mozilla, the setting is under Edit - Preferences - Navigator - Default
Browser. Probably a similar option setting in Opera.
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File - Preferences - Default Application

Check the appropriate preferences.
 
Mozilla's not a bad browser, and has some good thing going
for it, but ... it's not really what the OP was asking for -
you haven't answered the question; you've only made
unsolicited commentary to no one in general. When one has
nothing to say ...
Pop
 
Hercules Smackbottom said:
I simply refuse to deal with sites that demand MSIE to work properly.
If it won't work with Opera, or Netscape, to hell with it. I'll go somewhere else.


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And? Other than "offering" your unsolicited opinion, do you
have something relevant to the OP? Doesn't look like it.
That has nothing to do with the question other than making
others fearful of the flames they'll receive if they mention
their os. Super Ego should be checked at the door.
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Quoth the raven Pop Rivet:
And? Other than "offering" your unsolicited opinion, do you have
something relevant to the OP? Doesn't look like it. That has
nothing to do with the question other than making others fearful of
the flames they'll receive if they mention their os. Super Ego
should be checked at the door.
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Offering a comment to switch to a better, more secure, unhijackable
browser is a relevant comment.

Or... maybe you work for Microsloth?
 
Mozilla's not a bad browser, and has some good thing going for it, but ...
it's not really what the OP was asking for - you haven't answered the
question; you've only made unsolicited commentary to no one in general.
When one has nothing to say ...
Pop
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Aren't you a little touchy? Geesh. Does it really hurt you that much
that someone may try something other than a Microsoft Product? I guess so.

Maybe this will answer a question: You can change the agent string in
Mozilla to make it appear to be IE to the web site you are connecting to.
In most cases you'll have no trouble using the 'fooled site'.
Search Google as to how this is done (it is a setting in the
mozilla.jprefs file) Similarly, Opera has an option to identify itself
to the site you are visiting as Internet Explorer (available in its menu).

Therefore, your best bet is to still probably use something other than IE,
especially when the sites you visit won't know the difference.
 
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Quoth the raven Pop Rivet:


Offering a comment to switch to a better, more secure, unhijackable
browser is a relevant comment.
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Yep, just as relevant as "Switch to Linux" is for almost any other type
of problem someone wants a solution to. Having trouble connecting
to WindowsUpdate site? - "Switch to Linux". My AV program grabs
too much resources on my older Win98 machine - "Switch to Linux".
What is the best AV program? - "Switch to Linux".

--- The OP indicated in the original post that an alternate browser
was not the way he wanted to go - and stated the reason for that
decision. I don't think that "Switch to Mozilla" or whatever really
qualifies as an answer to his query.

That being said, I agree with the assessment that web pages that don't
work adequately with "normal" browsers should die of loneliness. MS's
penchant for foisting "Internet Standards" on us is shameful - although
I do believe that much good stuff has come from them.
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote in 4ax.com:
I frequently get a message that the web (NOT the whole Internet) must
shut down.

I get this message on Microsoft Internet Explorer 6:
"Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to
close...".

Besides <Alt+Ctrl+Del> doesn't appear much of the time, so I have to
reboot the computer.

I get this in Internet Explorer 6 only. Another browser? I would
change but so many web sites, etc. REQUIRE Microsoft Internet Explorer
for the sites to work properly.

How would I correct this problem?
Click to expand...

It's kind of funny to watch someone have problems with IE. I have never
had a problem with IE ever and I have been using it for several years. :)
I have never been compromised by using IE either. :)

Duane :)
 
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
Quoth the raven Pop Rivet:


Offering a comment to switch to a better, more secure, unhijackable
browser is a relevant comment.

Or... maybe you work for Microsloth?
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Listen closely; one can almost hear the slushy gulp of a
closed mind oozing unsolicited puss. Also hear the gasping
paranoir of the closed mind that thinks anyone who benefits
from the most widely used and accepted os in the world must
also work for them.
It has no idea whatsoever that without ms there would
be no one but techie idiots to man the lonely loins of the
linuxes and unixes and ... oh wait, that's what the closed
minds tink they want. Never mind; they'll be alone no
matter what since they cannot function in real society.
Even Linuxers & Unixers wouldn't want them.
Pop
 
On Tue, 16 Jun 2004 05:25:34 -0400, Pop Rivet revealed:

=== And once again, NOT what the OP wanted to know, and
specifically indicated wasn't a usable answer. Did anyone even bother to
read the OP?
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OK, The OP said:

"Another browser? I would change
but so many web sites, etc. REQUIRE Microsoft Internet Explorer for the
sites to work properly."

I guess you won't allow us to tell him that he can still use another
browser and how to use another browser so that the sites that "REQUIRE
Microsoft Internet Explorer ... to work properly." will work properly with
the alternate browser. Obviously not the answer you want us to give him.

So I guess the only answer you'll allow then is: You're screwed..You're
stuck with IE 6.0, and, maybe but doubtful, they will have the IE fixed in
the next service pack coming out shortly. Is that a better answer?

== Another closed mind showing off that only it is an authority on
everything.
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I agree, and you've showed your closed mind to all involved here by only
allowing one specific answer (coincidence that we can only talk about IE
here?).
== I learn more every day, but never
from the likes of these sorts of posts that do nothing but waste the
ether
and occasionally draw my ire for the value of entertainment that can't be
gotten on TV.
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Obviously you don't learn much except how to waste our time with your
self-policing of answers YOU don't like.
 
Quoth the raven Pop Rivet:
Listen closely; one can almost hear the slushy gulp of a closed
mind oozing unsolicited puss. Also hear the gasping paranoir of
the closed mind that thinks anyone who benefits from the most
widely used and accepted os in the world must also work for them.
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Au contrare. I do not have a closed mind, but I do have a logical one.
Logic indicates:

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Then don't do it."
It has no idea whatsoever that without ms there would be no one
but techie idiots to man the lonely loins of the linuxes and unixes
and ... oh wait, that's what the closed minds tink they want.
Never mind; they'll be alone no matter what since they cannot
function in real society. Even Linuxers & Unixers wouldn't want
them.
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MS has delivered computing to the masses, no question. Unfortunately,
this and similar newsgroups are full of reasons why it is sometimes
necessary to take other steps.

Regarding "sites that only work with IE" do consider that most of the
parts that don't work elsewhere are merely fluff.

Offering a comment to use a better browser is still a valid comment.
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote in news:i3aqc0pnjrvmhbpps7m3vplh8n9n01msl6@
4ax.com:
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You may be experiencing 'dll hell' where an MS update or 3rd party
program has 'upgraded/changed' an important system file. Assuming
this may not be a virus problem, try a new thread on 'IE6 shuts down',
in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion NG and see if the MVP's will
give you their 'professional' opinion.

Firefox 'is' a better browser but it still makes sense to keep IE
updated and in working order.

BoB
 
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