Win Internet Explorer died

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This Packard Bell PC with winxp home edition was bought 2ndhand
($600). Its about a 2006 model.Took delivery in January this year. From the
beginning it was a bit twitchy if you asked it to do more than one job at
once,..it would go real slow, but would catch up.

Now when booting IExplorer the screen shows the window borders,..but no info
comes up,..such as home-addy and what its connecting to. If you try and
close it or enlarge to fullscreen it doesnt respond. Eventually a "program
not responding" box comes, and you shut it down with "end now" "Internet
options" has the right info. Outlook Express works normally.

Before it died, it would freeze at the first screen ie> "Packard Bell"
with the ESC and 2 "F" choices at the bottom (esc>switch screen F3> enter
BIOS F8> boot menu)
This fault cleared by itself, but the IE was dead.
Thanx for any hints. Will get it repaired if its not an arm and a leg :-)

Jason
 
Jason James said:
This Packard Bell PC with winxp home edition was bought 2ndhand
($600). Its about a 2006 model.Took delivery in January this year. From
the beginning it was a bit twitchy if you asked it to do more than one job
at once,..it would go real slow, but would catch up.

Now when booting IExplorer the screen shows the window borders,..but no
info comes up,..such as home-addy and what its connecting to. If you try
and close it or enlarge to fullscreen it doesnt respond. Eventually a
"program not responding" box comes, and you shut it down with "end now"
"Internet options" has the right info. Outlook Express works normally.

Before it died, it would freeze at the first screen ie> "Packard Bell"
with the ESC and 2 "F" choices at the bottom (esc>switch screen F3> enter
BIOS F8> boot menu)
This fault cleared by itself, but the IE was dead.
Thanx for any hints. Will get it repaired if its not an arm and a leg :-)

Jason
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Using the accessories program "Internet Explorer without add-ons", IE loaded
OK!!! Using editing, I typed www.google.com into the destination box and it
worked OK. Tried the normal IE icon,..still nogo. No text in any of the
boxes on the IE window.Checked "Internet options" and google is in the
"home" field. I dont know :-)

Jason
 
Using the accessories program "Internet Explorer without add-ons", IE loaded
OK!!!  Using editing, I typedwww.google.cominto the destination box andit
worked OK. Tried the normal IE icon,..still nogo. No text in any of the
boxes on the IE window.Checked "Internet options" and google is in the
"home" field.  I dont know :-)

Jason
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Search for a suitable chipset upgrade. In the last six years there
should have been one.
 
Jason James said:
Using the accessories program "Internet Explorer without add-ons", IE
loaded OK!!! Using editing, I typed www.google.com into the destination
box and it worked OK. Tried the normal IE icon,..still nogo. No text in
any of the boxes on the IE window.Checked "Internet options" and google is
in the "home" field. I dont know :-)
Click to expand...

Reset IE to default settings
Open in 'Start without addons'
choose 'tools' > Internet options > advanced > Reset > apply > ok
Close IE
Now you can use IE normally
 
Using the accessories program "Internet Explorer without add-ons", IE
loaded
OK!!! Using editing, I typedwww.google.cominto the destination box and it
worked OK. Tried the normal IE icon,..still nogo. No text in any of the
boxes on the IE window.Checked "Internet options" and google is in the
"home" field. I dont know :-)

Jason
Click to expand...

Search for a suitable chipset upgrade. In the last six years there
should have been one.
 
Using the accessories program "Internet Explorer without add-ons", IE
loaded
OK!!! Using editing, I typedwww.google.cominto the destination box and it
worked OK. Tried the normal IE icon,..still nogo. No text in any of the
boxes on the IE window.Checked "Internet options" and google is in the
"home" field. I dont know :-)

Jason
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Search for a suitable chipset upgrade. In the last six years there
should have been one.

Thanx for the advice. If I get back to it, I'll ask around for any newer
chipset replacements are available. I live in the boonies tho,..and such a
search may well be limited :-)
I have a newer 2006 IBM PC to use from my daughter. It looked OK at first,
but threw up a "report to Microsoft error report" on trying to start IE.
I'd like to make it the subject of a new post. ATM it's a matter of trying
to get the better PC going :-)

thanx,.. Jason
 
123Jim said:
Reset IE to default settings
Open in 'Start without addons'
choose 'tools' > Internet options > advanced > Reset > apply > ok
Close IE
Now you can use IE normally
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Thank you! This has worked fine for IE. I will give it a run and see how it
goes!

Many thanx,..Jason
 
Billns said:
Gotta agree with Shenan. $600 for a four-year-old (or more) Packard Bell
is pretty expensive unless it's a screaming machine. Packard Bell was
never a major player in the computer market.
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Yep,..I dont know what possessed me to think it was a good buy. He threw in
a Philips "Brilliance" monitor which shit itself about 2 months later,..went
very green,..probably felt sick like I did :-)

Jason
 
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