IE6 auto shutdown at New York Times web site

[Anton]

I have found two sites:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/index.html
www.accuweather.com/
When I click on some of the links at either site, Explorer
just closes without and error message or any warning.
Other than those two places, all web surfing is fine.
Any ideas? Thank you

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Anton

Would you please post back with the wording of the error messages you are
getting and the version of Windows and IE you are running. With so many
versions in use now, it is important to let us know which you have so we can
provide you with the propre information.

Thank you

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[Anton]

My OS is Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1
IE version:
Version: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
Update Versions:; SP1; Q330994; Q824145; Q832894;
Q837009; Q831167; Q867801; Q823353;

I do not get an "error message". IExplorer simply shuts
down. No problem on the main page of either site, but
right after signing in on the NYTimes page, as soon as I
click on a link to a news item, the entire program (not
just the window or web site) shuts down (disappears). My
computer doesn't crash and when I re-open IE right
afterwards and go elsewhere, there's nothing wrong.
Could there be some kind of "push" technology or something
to do with CSS pages (just guessing)?
I have the Google toolbar installed. It seems to do a
good job of blocking pop-ups and I have never had a
shutdown because of that. Minor mystery.
Thank you.
Anton

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Anton

Thank you for the additional information. Have you ever been able to access
these sites without problems? Try the following and see if it will helps.

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

Problems accessing secure sites/ cannot install 128 bit encryption
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#secure_sites

You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select using the
dropdown)

Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java plug-in
here: http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html

Do you have the JavaScript plug-in installed?
http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=9567

or...........

You might also try installing the Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
if you have not already done so. The install includes a new jscript.dl
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en

If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

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[Guest]

Thank you for the advice, Jan.
I have Java installed but have disabled "automatic
updates" (likewise with Windows Update, but that I
remember to check weekly). When I ran the "update"
control, sure enough...installed 1.4.2_05 and all is good
again. The key clue was that these sites did work earlier.
Thanks again.
Anton

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Anton

Thank you for the advice, Jan.
I have Java installed but have disabled "automatic
updates" (likewise with Windows Update, but that I
remember to check weekly). When I ran the "update"
control, sure enough...installed 1.4.2_05 and all is good
again. The key clue was that these sites did work earlier.
Thanks again.

You're very welcome! Glad to hear you were able to resolve your problem.
Good job!

Thank you for posting back and letting us know what worked for you, and for
the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
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