IE6 keeps crashing!!

[Dave]

My IE6 keeps crashing, seems to happen only on certain sites - it always
crashes when searching Google for images, images appear ok (thumbnails) but
as soon as I click on one i get "IE6 has encountered a problem & needs to
close etc etc)

This problem has been going on for a while & Ive tried various remedies but
still have problem is it possible to remove IE6 & reinstall it? (dont want
IE7 tried it as one of my remedies didnt like it at all) Im running XP Pro,
IE6sp2 any help/advice will be much appreciated.

Dave

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Try running it with add-ons disabled. Start Internet Explorer as normal,
Tools, Manage Add-ons, Enable or Disable Add-ons.


Disable all the add-ons and enable them one by one till the problem appears
and you get the culprit.


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[PA Bear]

Error message...: "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and
needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience":
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921470

 

[Dale Franks]

Just a shot in the dark, but if you have upgraded XP Pro with "Service Pack
2", it will use gobs of memory (RAM). If you don't have at least 1 gig of
memory, that may be the cause of the crashing.

To see how much RAM you have and to see if you indeed have Service Pack 2
installed, click on:

Start Button | Choose "Settings" | Control Panel | the "System" Icon | View
the "General" tab.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Service Pack 2 CANNOT be un-installed - you would have to
format your hard disk, the re-install XP Pro and all your software from
scratch.

Other Ideas: Try turning off any Anti-Virus and/or Spyware, then see if it
still happens. That may give a clue.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Service Pack 2 should be installed even if the user has low amount of
memory, unless the PC is not connected to the Net as the PC will be
vulnerable to other attacks even if the PC is not used (but switch on and
connected to the net)

List of Fixes in SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811113

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[Dale Franks]

Ok, let him be protected ... then crash. That makes sense.

 

[PA Bear]

Horse hockey! If installing SP2 causes a crash, the condition of the
machine (i.e., older, incompatible drivers/BIOS; hijackware) prior to
installing SP2 is the culprit, not SP2.

 

[mae]

| Just a shot in the dark, but if you have upgraded XP Pro with "Service
Pack
| 2", it will use gobs of memory (RAM). If you don't have at least 1 gig of
| memory, that may be the cause of the crashing.

Ridiculous.
I used 256MB with XPSP2 without problem.

| To see how much RAM you have and to see if you indeed have Service Pack 2
| installed, click on:
|
| Start Button | Choose "Settings" | Control Panel | the "System" Icon |
View
| the "General" tab.
|
| IMPORTANT NOTE: Service Pack 2 CANNOT be un-installed - you would have to
| format your hard disk, the re-install XP Pro and all your software from
| scratch.

Service Pack 2 can be uninstalled.
I have Service Pack 2 listed in add/remove programs.

| Other Ideas: Try turning off any Anti-Virus and/or Spyware, then see if it
| still happens. That may give a clue.
|
| | > My IE6 keeps crashing, seems to happen only on certain sites - it always

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

You're really totally uninformed, aren't you?

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Just a small correction there: Service Pack 2 can be uninstalled - only if
it was installed as an update through Windows Update/MS Update/Downloaded
file.

If it was already installed as part of XP installation from a slip-streamed
CD or a newer XP CD with SP2 slip-streamed in, the user will not be able to
uninstall SP2.

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