pasting url in address bar in IE

[lisashomeoffice]

I recently went from IE 6 to IE8 and I am having problems with using the address to paste urls from other websites. My computer crashes when I try.  Is there anyway to remedy this?  I hear that this is a real problem with IE 8. 

internet explorer 8
Windows xp
250 g
intel pentium 4
2.66 g
Cyber Power custom configured
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lisashomeoffice

[soybean]

Does this happen every time you try that? 

Try this method.  Right click on a link you want to open and select Open in New Tab, or Open in New Window.  Does that work?

[Allan]

Please explain exactly what it is you are trying to do, how you are doing it, and exactly what happens when you do it.

[lisashomeoffice]

Clicking on the link doesn't always work. With IE 6 I was able to copy/paste the URL into the address bar.  With IE 8 you can't do that.  When I hit the refresh button ( guess that is supposed to be the button to use ) I get an Earthlink ( I use dial up) error page. All I want to do is copy/paste into the address bar like I did with IE 6.  Thanks for your responses.

[Allan]

What happens when you copy and paste the link and then press ENTER on the keyboard?

[Doug]

I thought this was interesting so I checked my IE version and it's 8.  I point put my mouse pointer over a link and clicked copy shortcut and then I clicked in the non-blank address bar three times which blocks it.  Then I deleted and pasted and was able to hit enter or once you paste the link a green arrow appears that you can click on.  I had no problems.