Solve : Major Problem With IE?

1.	Solve : Major Problem With IE?
Answer» have been having big problems with IE lately. I'm not sure if it's spyware related but i'm pulling my hair out over it. What happens is that much of the time clicking the shortcut does nothing except for start the program in the task manager only. It sits there taking up 8k or so of memory but no browser window pops up. The only way to get rid of it is to kill iexplore it in the task manager. When IE does start up it's prone to frequent freezing and sometimes it will open additional windows when I click on a bookmark or hit "search" on google. What I mean by this is my bookmarked site will open up in a new window and google search results will also open up in a new window. I've uninstalled and reinstalled IE7 and it made no difference at all. I really need help getting IE working again. Not only does it effect browsing (which i've switched over to Firefox) but I have some applications which depend on IE. Thanks for reading and any help would be appreciated! I'm running Windows XP, service pack 3 standard installation. No UI enhancements. System is AMD64 3ghz with 2 gig of ram, nforce 590 motherboard, nvidia 8800 graphics card w/320 meg of ram.Close IE. Go Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools, and click on Internet Explorer (no add-ons) Same thing?I use Firefox and they have a add on that Is for IE it keeps all your FAVORITES and IE passwords and you can use it right in Firefox it is like 2 browsers in one Hope it is ok to post the link. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 Quote from: Broni on September 11, 2008, 09:22:22 PM Close IE. Go Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools, and click on Internet Explorer (no add-ons) Same thing? Yea, the same thing happens. For a while that was working but over the past 2 weeks or so it hasn't. Same thing as when I click the explorer shortcut, nothing happens except that an iexplore process starts in task manager using around 8k or so of mem. Thanks for the suggestion webeye but I need IE to be working.Did you make any computer changes around the time IE started acting up - new software, new hardware, new drivers? 1) Check your shortcut properties (right-click on the IE shortcut>Properties). Does it point to the correct location (mine is shown below for reference.) 2) CLEAR browser history, COOKIES and CACHE - through IE or with CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) 3) Have you tried to reset IE? Start>Control Panel>Internet Options>Advanced Tab>Reset. Best of luck. [recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]IE has many problems..particularly 7 version Quote from: stallin12 on September 15, 2008, 02:14:45 AM IE has many problems..particularly 7 version Hmmmm.....Although I don't like IE7 personally, where is your source? Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 15, 2008, 02:22:25 AM Hmmmm.....Although I don't like IE7 personally, where is your source? Yes, I'd like to know that too. I've never had any problems with IE.Are you using Zone Alarm firewall? Awhile ago there was a conflict between a IE-7 update & the ZA firewall. I think the fix was to lower the level of security in the firewall.If you have Zone Alarm firewall installed open ZA, Click on Program Control Move the "slider" to Medium Click on Firewall Set Internet Zone Security to High Set Trusted Zone security to Medium save all the settings & close ZA. There is a update to Internet Explorer that causes your problem if you have ZA installed & the Program Control is set to High.

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have been having big problems with IE lately. I'm not sure if it's spyware related but i'm pulling my hair out over it. What happens is that much of the time clicking the shortcut does nothing except for start the program in the task manager only. It sits there taking up 8k or so of memory but no browser window pops up. The only way to get rid of it is to kill iexplore it in the task manager. When IE does start up it's prone to frequent freezing and sometimes it will open additional windows when I click on a bookmark or hit "search" on google. What I mean by this is my bookmarked site will open up in a new window and google search results will also open up in a new window. I've uninstalled and reinstalled IE7 and it made no difference at all.

I really need help getting IE working again. Not only does it effect browsing (which i've switched over to Firefox) but I have some applications which depend on IE. Thanks for reading and any help would be appreciated!

I'm running Windows XP, service pack 3 standard installation. No UI enhancements. System is AMD64 3ghz with 2 gig of ram, nforce 590 motherboard, nvidia 8800 graphics card w/320 meg of ram.Close IE.
Go Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools, and click on Internet Explorer (no add-ons)
Same thing?I use Firefox and they have a add on that Is for IE it keeps all your FAVORITES and IE passwords and you can use it right in Firefox it is like 2 browsers in one

Hope it is ok to post the link.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 Quote from: Broni on September 11, 2008, 09:22:22 PM

Close IE.
Go Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools, and click on Internet Explorer (no add-ons)
Same thing?

Yea, the same thing happens. For a while that was working but over the past 2 weeks or so it hasn't. Same thing as when I click the explorer shortcut, nothing happens except that an iexplore process starts in task manager using around 8k or so of mem.

Thanks for the suggestion webeye but I need IE to be working.Did you make any computer changes around the time IE started acting up - new software, new hardware, new drivers?

1) Check your shortcut properties (right-click on the IE shortcut>Properties). Does it point to the correct location (mine is shown below for reference.)

2) CLEAR browser history, COOKIES and CACHE - through IE or with CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

3) Have you tried to reset IE? Start>Control Panel>Internet Options>Advanced Tab>Reset.

Best of luck.

[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]IE has many problems..particularly 7 version Quote from: stallin12 on September 15, 2008, 02:14:45 AM

IE has many problems..particularly 7 version

Hmmmm.....Although I don't like IE7 personally, where is your source? Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 15, 2008, 02:22:25 AM

Hmmmm.....Although I don't like IE7 personally, where is your source?

Yes, I'd like to know that too. I've never had any problems with IE.Are you using Zone Alarm firewall? Awhile ago there was a conflict between a IE-7 update & the ZA firewall. I think the fix was to lower the level of security in the firewall.If you have Zone Alarm firewall installed open ZA,
Click on Program Control
Move the "slider" to Medium
Click on Firewall
Set Internet Zone Security to High
Set Trusted Zone security to Medium
save all the settings & close ZA.

There is a update to Internet Explorer that causes your problem if you have ZA installed & the Program Control is set to High.

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