IE6SP1 crashes on Win98; Ad-Aware used but no change

[Guest]

Hi folks
Clearly in common with many others, I've upgraded from IE5.5 to IE6, only to find it crashing with irritating regularity on sites that were never a problem before. Today, I've had it crash on a site that I used to be able to browse until a few weeks earlier, even with IE6, and I'm getting fed up.
Can anyone please explain:
1. why these crashes occur ? some people apparently do understand this and have been able to rectify the problem.
2. why these crashes never occurred in IE5.x ?
3. I know IE5 is now in extended support (euphemism or what!); still, can I get hold of IE5.5 to install back on my PC?
4. I'm considering upgrading this Win98 PC to WinXP; am I likely to have similar issues with XP?

Thanks in advance for all help.

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Hi Zkat

Can anyone please explain:
1. why these crashes occur ? some people apparently do understand this and
have been able to rectify the problem.

Without details of the error message? Sorry but I can't explain or rectify.

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Can anyone please explain:
1. why these crashes occur ? some people apparently do understand this and
have been able to rectify the problem.

Without details of the error message? Sorry but I can't explain or rectify.

2. why these crashes never occurred in IE5.x ?

Without details of the error message? Sorry but I can't explain.

3. I know IE5 is now in extended support (euphemism or what!); still, can
I get hold of IE5.5 to install back on my PC?

You can get it from third party sites (not from IE) - information is
available at the URL below:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#version

4. I'm considering upgrading this Win98 PC to WinXP; am I likely to have
similar issues with XP?

Without details of the error messages I can't give you an answer.