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I got some kind of error message earlier saying that IE had to close. Asked
me if I wanted to report it. I said that I did. But it just sort of hung
up and wouldn't report it. So I rebooted. This happened again twice. Now
I am no longer getting the error. But... IE won't open. It looks like it
will open, but then it just goes *poof*.

I did a disk cleanup, defrag, Norton Quick Scan. Now doing Full Scan and
then I will do Malwarebytes.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

"Julie Bove" <> wrote in message
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>I got some kind of error message earlier saying that IE had to close.
>Asked me if I wanted to report it. I said that I did. But it just sort of
>hung up and wouldn't report it. So I rebooted. This happened again twice.
>Now I am no longer getting the error. But... IE won't open. It looks
>like it will open, but then it just goes *poof*.
>
> I did a disk cleanup, defrag, Norton Quick Scan. Now doing Full Scan and
> then I will do Malwarebytes.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks!

I found the problem. I can't begin to explain why this happened, but... If
it happens to you, try starting IE without add-ons. Then close the browser
and try starting it again. Works like a dream now! And to think I wasted
all that time doing all those things when I could have been surfing the web.
Gah!

Anyway, it is fixed now!

"Julie Bove" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Julie Bove" <> wrote in message
> news:ikkhep$6og$...
>>I got some kind of error message earlier saying that IE had to close.
>>Asked me if I wanted to report it. I said that I did. But it just sort
>>of hung up and wouldn't report it. So I rebooted. This happened again
>>twice. Now I am no longer getting the error. But... IE won't open. It
>>looks like it will open, but then it just goes *poof*.
>>
>> I did a disk cleanup, defrag, Norton Quick Scan. Now doing Full Scan and
>> then I will do Malwarebytes.
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I found the problem. I can't begin to explain why this happened, but...
> If it happens to you, try starting IE without add-ons. Then close the
> browser and try starting it again. Works like a dream now! And to think
> I wasted all that time doing all those things when I could have been
> surfing the web. Gah!
>
> Anyway, it is fixed now!

Thanks for the tip on your situation.
I've been dealing with IE8 Add-ons problems for quite some time. In fact,
I'm going to fix one at this very moment.

"James D Andrews" <> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" <> wrote in message
> news:ikkpev$ubk$...
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>> "Julie Bove" <> wrote in message
>> news:ikkhep$6og$...
>>>I got some kind of error message earlier saying that IE had to close.
>>>Asked me if I wanted to report it. I said that I did. But it just sort
>>>of hung up and wouldn't report it. So I rebooted. This happened again
>>>twice. Now I am no longer getting the error. But... IE won't open. It
>>>looks like it will open, but then it just goes *poof*.
>>>
>>> I did a disk cleanup, defrag, Norton Quick Scan. Now doing Full Scan
>>> and then I will do Malwarebytes.
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> I found the problem. I can't begin to explain why this happened, but...
>> If it happens to you, try starting IE without add-ons. Then close the
>> browser and try starting it again. Works like a dream now! And to think
>> I wasted all that time doing all those things when I could have been
>> surfing the web. Gah!
>>
>> Anyway, it is fixed now!
>
> Thanks for the tip on your situation.
> I've been dealing with IE8 Add-ons problems for quite some time. In fact,
> I'm going to fix one at this very moment.
>

Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
problem too!

Julie Bove wrote:

> Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
> problem too!

Q: How do I end IE and OE problems?
A: Use Firefox and Thunderbird instead.

In the standard instance of IE (add-ons enabled), look at your add-ons and
see if there are any you don't need. Maybe you can find and disable the
culprit add-on(s) that caused, and may cause again, your IE to crash.

I like IE, however, my old minimal RAM PC cannot tolerate IE8; I have good
results with IE7

Win XP



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"Julie Bove" <> wrote:
news:ikkhep$6og$...
>I got some kind of error message earlier saying that IE had to close.
>Asked me if I wanted to report it. I said that I did. But it just sort of
>hung up and wouldn't report it. So I rebooted. This happened again twice.
>Now I am no longer getting the error. But... IE won't open. It looks
>like it will open, but then it just goes *poof*.
>
> I did a disk cleanup, defrag, Norton Quick Scan. Now doing Full Scan and
> then I will do Malwarebytes.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks!

I found the problem. I can't begin to explain why this happened, but... If
it happens to you, try starting IE without add-ons. Then close the browser
and try starting it again. Works like a dream now! And to think I wasted
all that time doing all those things when I could have been surfing the web.
Gah!

Anyway, it is fixed now!

"UCLAN" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
>> problem too!
>
> Q: How do I end IE and OE problems?
> A: Use Firefox and Thunderbird instead.

Don't like those.

In article <ikpjds$ppe$>, Julie Bove
<> scribeth thus
>
>"UCLAN" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
>>> problem too!
>>
>> Q: How do I end IE and OE problems?
>> A: Use Firefox and Thunderbird instead.
>
>Don't like those.
>
>
Why ever not?..
--
Tony Sayer

"UCLAN" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
>> problem too!
>
> Q: How do I end IE and OE problems?
> A: Use Firefox and Thunderbird instead.

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I had to load Firefox on my wife's computer for a temporary fix. In order
to fix her problem, I'll have to uninstall SP3, uninstall IE8, then
reinstall SP3, THEN reinstall IE8. It's going to be a time consuming
project.

One of the problems I see is that while you can Disable an Add-on, I haven't
figured out how to permanently delete one. There must be a way, I just
haven't figured it out yet and time is not always on my side.

James D Andrews wrote:

>>>Oh boy! Fun, fun, fun! Last night was my lucky night. I fixed an OE
>>>problem too!
>>
>>Q: How do I end IE and OE problems?
>>A: Use Firefox and Thunderbird instead.
>
>
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>
> I had to load Firefox on my wife's computer for a temporary fix. In order
> to fix her problem, I'll have to uninstall SP3, uninstall IE8, then
> reinstall SP3, THEN reinstall IE8. It's going to be a time consuming
> project.
>
> One of the problems I see is that while you can Disable an Add-on, I haven't
> figured out how to permanently delete one. There must be a way, I just
> haven't figured it out yet and time is not always on my side.

She'll probably learn the advantages of Firefox, and your "repair" of IE
will be a waste of time.