RC said:
For a few months now, IE has been crashing but it does not
bring up the "Internet Explorer has encountered..."
instead my computer freezes and when I attempt to "end
task" IE, my computer freezes and brings up a blue screen
of death. Help please...
OS: WinME
It would help to know the error message on the blue screen.
A. See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
B. You may need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.
If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.
If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini
[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero
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