Internet Explorer "not responding" sometimes

[rwphilips]

When I click on the IE icon in the Quick Launch toolbar IE opens most
of the time. About 10% of the time, the program starts but I get a
blank IE screen and it says "not responding" at the top. I can
terminate it vis Task Manager or click the X to close it and it will
give me the option to close, report the error (which does nothing) and
close and restart. Does anyone else have this problem and how do I
solve it. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 with SP1 and a fast AMD X2
dual core processor.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Click start and type "Internet Explorer" and one of the options will be to
run with no addons. Try this mode to see if it runs ok. If so, then the
problem lies in a plugin being used and loaded by IE when it initializes.
Under Internet Options/Programs tab in the Control Panel, there is a "manage
addons" button. Click it and begin disabling unnecessary plugins that load
with IE.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[rwphilips]

I appreciate your input but why would a particular addon run sometimes
and not others. Since this problem only occurs about 5-10% of the
time, I would have to start it many times to prove your theory and
then a zillion times more to find an offending plugin. BTW, all the
plugins are ones that I need such as Flash so I'm not sure that is a
viable solution anyway...

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

The sad truth is that the majority of problems in Internet Explorer are
caused by plugins, and there may be more than you realize. Whether or not
you want to troubleshoot it is up to you.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com