MSIE freeze up and (Not Responding)

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Wombat

AS of yesterday, suddenly MSIE can download a few kB of a page, and then it
freezes, (Not Responding) and I have to kill it with Task Manager before
anything else works. Also, disables McAfee, and I can't seem to download
anything, especially after MSIE has hung. I can't even download Firefox and
install it. I can't even search the web for answers. But there's still
Usenet.
 
This is caused by a recent critical update

Security Update MS06-015 - Fix
Line 383 (right hand side):
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from
Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for
support calls that are associated with security updates
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
Wombat said:
Which, of course, I can't read. Can you post it to the ng,
please?
Click to expand...

Sorry, I guess we all assumed that since you were posting to this ng you
had access to a working PC. From a working PC, download the fix at the
link above. Put it on a floppy or usb thumbdrive, or even a cd-r and
transfer to your machine.

Malke
 
Malke said:
Sorry, I guess we all assumed that since you were posting to this ng you
had access to a working PC.
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Forced teaming?

I said that my PC isn't working correctly, and what the
symptoms are (including downloading problems). Why would
you assume such a thing, and why would you assume that
others would assume likewise?
 
If update MS06-015's new binary VERCLSID.EXE causes problems, and you have HP
peripherals that take input, or Sunbelt Kerio personal Firewall:

[Quote from MSKB article, this link-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165]:

RESOLUTION
• Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web software. The MS06-015 (908531)
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-015.mspx) security
update includes a "white list"; VERCLSID.EXE will not scan any extension that
appears on this list. Adding the HP shell extension corrects the problem.
Manually edit the registry:1. Log on to the computer with an account with
administrator privileges.
2. Click the Start button and then click Run.
3. Type Regedit and then click OK.
4. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached
5. Right-click "Cached", point to New, click "DWORD Value", and then enter:
{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9} {000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
0x401

6. Set the Data of this value to 1
7. Close the Registry Editor.
8. Use Task Manager to end the Verclsid.exe process or restart the computer.

Note: If other third-party COM controls or shell extensions are determined
to cause this issue, the same method must be used to add the appropriate
shell extension.

• VERCLSID.EXE process flagged by Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall. Kerio
Personal Firewall Users can configure Kerio to allow VERCLSID.EXE to execute
without prompting.
 
OK--the script is copyrighted by Kelly Theriot.
Open notepad and copy/paste the following:

'© Kelly Theriot
'Kelly's Korner http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, itemtype, Title

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
p = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached\"
p = p & "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}
{000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0x401"
itemtype = "REG_DWORD"
n = 1

WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype

With WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
.RegDelete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Approved\{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}"
End With

Set WshShell = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

For Each Process in GetObject("winmgmts:"). _
ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Process where name='Verclsid.exe'")
Process.terminate(0)

Next

MsgBox "Finished." & vbcr & vbcr & "© Kelly Theriot", 4096, "Done"


Save the file as hp.vbs
Click on the saved file to run the script.


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Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from
Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for
support calls that are associated with security updates
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
PS--you evidently have access to a working pc to be posting here using
Outlook Express <G>

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Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from
Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for
support calls that are associated with security updates
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
Larry Samuels said:
PS--you evidently have access to a working pc to be posting here using
Outlook Express <G>
Click to expand...

Yes, I can get newsgroups, but I can't get to the WWW.
I'm beginning to think it isn't the same update bug.
I restored from a week ago. I killed everything from HP.
I edited the registry key. Still, IE downloads something
between 10 and 80 kB of a webpage, and hangs, showing the
hourglass cursor and (Not Responding). It happens whether
I click a link or enter a URL in the address bar. Not much
else runs when IE is not responding, but when I kill the IE
process, everything else works. I can POP email fine. I can
get to a newsserver. But I can't get to the web, and I can't
download with ftp.

Maybe I reinstall Windows and start over.
 
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