IE7 "Not responding"??

[Paul T]

I seem to be getting more and more lock ups with IE7 recently where it just
freezes and it tells me it's "Not Responding". My only option is to go to
Task Manager and end the program. Unfortunately this is forcing me to use
Firefox which never has this problem. I'm running IE7 Ver.7.0.6001 on Vista
Home Premium on Verizon DSL.

 

[simreaper]

You're not alone Paul T I'm getting sick of it as well as it says it's not
responding and is searching for a solution and surprise surprise it never
finds a solution, serioulsy considering taking a friends advice and going
over to something called firefox but as am not technically trained and all my
computers are self taught or step by step email instructions from my
technical friends would do this as its happening more and more often and also
an "update" broke the feature where you right clicked and chose open in new
tab now it opens in a new window no matter what you do unless you choose a
new tab and enter the address manually you don't get this lovely feature of
IE7 anymore. Seriously I think lately their updates have broken more features
in IE7 than fixed them. I use Vista Home Premium 32 bit on a laptop and
desktop and both have 3GB RAM and regularly updated and have security
programs on them which scan weekly and are clean of anything nasty so a word
in Microsoft's ear "fix IE7 please before am forced to ask a tech friend how
to move to firefox as am getting sick of trying to do something and it goes
Internet Explorer has stopped responding and never finds a solution" you
broke it please have decency to fix it.

Paul how do I add firefox and what do I need to do as getting sick of IE
right now?

 

[simreaper]

You're not alone Paul T I get it to and am annoyed have lost my open in new
tab via right click feature just opens tiny new window now. I think it's an
"update" that's broken it and am tempted to use firefox like a tech friend
suggested when they got sick of IE freezing and never finding a solution but
not sure how to install firefox and add/stop things and still have IE can you
help me do this as sick of freezing IE7. Use it on desktop and laptop both
have Home Premium and 3GB RAM and updated reguarly, ha maybe if didn't update
wouldn't keep freezing.

 

[Tyro]

Just download and install Firefox. You don't really need instructions.

Tyro

 

[Paul T]

Funny not 5 minutes after I wrote this I got another ""Not Responding"
episodes using IE7... This is really sad, I hate to do it but if a fix isn't
soon I'm abandoning IE7 completely, to many other options(Firefox, Google
Chrome or even Safari).

simreaper you can download Firefox at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

 

[Charles Tomaras]

I seem to be getting more and more lock ups with IE7 recently where it just
freezes and it tells me it's "Not Responding". My only option is to go to
Task Manager and end the program. Unfortunately this is forcing me to use
Firefox which never has this problem. I'm running IE7 Ver.7.0.6001 on
Vista Home Premium on Verizon DSL.

Go into the advanced tab on your internet properties in IE7 and reset (one
button) to the defaults and see if things don't clear up. You can also dump
the phishing filter and see if the hand is occurring there.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Third-party add-ons for IE7 may be the root cause of your issue. Try the troubleshooting
advice offered in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932543


I seem to be getting more and more lock ups with IE7 recently where it just
freezes and it tells me it's "Not Responding". My only option is to go to
Task Manager and end the program. Unfortunately this is forcing me to use
Firefox which never has this problem. I'm running IE7 Ver.7.0.6001 on Vista
Home Premium on Verizon DSL.

 

[Saucy]

Just download and install xxxxxx. You don't really need instructions.

Tyro

No, the OP's not asking about that, the OP's asking about Internet Explorer.

Saucy

 

[Paul T]

Reset as Charles advised, phishing filter has been off since day one.
No third party add ons have been ever loaded onto my IE7(nor toolbars from
yahoo or Google), I did read the troubleshooting advice at MS Knowledge Base
as Carey advised but nothing there pertained to me... hoping the reset
works.. I'll report back.
Thanks all for your help.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Reset as Charles advised, phishing filter has been off since day one.
No third party add ons have been ever loaded onto my IE7(nor toolbars
from yahoo or Google), I did read the troubleshooting advice at MS
Knowledge Base as Carey advised but nothing there pertained to me...
hoping the reset works.. I'll report back.
Thanks all for your help.

I cannot help with your original problem, but why not give Firefox a
try, as others have suggested.

I have both Firefox and IE7 installed. I happily use Firefox most of the
time, but once in a while I come across a site that doesn't work well
with Firefox but will work with IE. You are not limited to just one
browser on your PC.

Bill

 

[Tyro]

I was not replying to the OP. I was replying to simreaper.

Tyro

 

[John Doe]

Just download and install Firefox. You don't really need
instructions.

Yes, just do it. Using new software is difficult, but browsing is
about the same in Firefox as it was in Internet Explorer. So glad I
switched. I use speech recognition for navigation, entering text,
and switching the browser appearance. Firefox clearly plays better
with my SR, no more screwing around. I think there is less
unnecessary stuff going on under the hood in Firefox.

You can get quick answers to your Firefox questions in this group.
alt.fan.mozilla

There are many add-ons, one of the best is Adblock. Get rid of
advertising while browsing? What will they think of next.

 

[Mike Torello]

Yes, just do it. Using new software is difficult, but browsing is
about the same in Firefox as it was in Internet Explorer. So glad I
switched. I use speech recognition for navigation, entering text,
and switching the browser appearance. Firefox clearly plays better
with my SR, no more screwing around. I think there is less
unnecessary stuff going on under the hood in Firefox.

You can get quick answers to your Firefox questions in this group.
alt.fan.mozilla

There are many add-ons, one of the best is Adblock. Get rid of
advertising while browsing? What will they think of next.

I don't even notice advertising. I tried Adblock anyway... found that
it blocked more than advertising. It's gone.

 

[John Doe]

....


I don't even notice advertising.

Hmm. Do you notice advertising when watching TV? Just curious.

I tried Adblock anyway... found that it blocked more than
advertising.

Like what?
You can intentionally/manually block any picture you want.

 

[I.C. Greenfields]

Paul how do I add firefox and what do I need to do as getting sick of IE
right now?

Just download and install it. Also make sure you get the AdBlock add-on for
Firefox. There's nothing like it for IE7. It actually works and blocks adds.
All IE7 has is a popup blocker. All those idiotic annoying adds are still
there in IE7.

 

[I.C. Greenfields]

There are many add-ons, one of the best is Adblock. Get rid of
advertising while browsing? What will they think of next.

Odd MS never thought of it. <G> I love Adblock.

 

[John Doe]

Hmm, I wonder why.

Yeah, moron.
Ever heard of a HOST file.

Someone wrote a program for Internet Explorer that uses a host file to
automatically block about 90% of the advertising spam on the Internet?

Where can we download it, doofus?

When you learn how to do more than type, dump FiredFox.

Yes... I have learned how to talk, my computer types. When my computer
learns how to do more than type, it can dump Firefox.

The god darn stupidest people are drawn to firedfox.

That's right, stupid.
The only people dumber like Opera.

Only dumb people call people dumb, doofus. It is the oldest and lamest
putdown known to man.