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Title: IE crashes with Vista
Post by: mike0137 on September 23, 2008, 10:23:55 AM

Hi,
I'm running Vista on an Acer computer with 3 GB of RAM. I've had this machine about nine months. Last few weeks I've had the IE stop working at times. A message pops up telling me "Internet Explorer has stopped working. Microsoft is searching for a solution" (which is never found), and then IE reboots itself back to my home page. It seems to happen alot with Yahoo sports sites, but then, I'm on there site a lot, too. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike

Title: Re: IE crashes with Vista
Post by: drmsucks on September 23, 2008, 10:48:55 AM

1) Clear the Browser cache. From within IE: Tool>Delete Browsing History, Delete All; also, select "Delete files and settings stored by add-ons." Close and re-start IE.

2) If 1) doesn't help, try IE in No Add-ons Mode: Start>type Internet Explorer in the search box>select IE (No Add-ons).

3) If 1 & 2 don't help, reset IE: Start IE>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced Tab>under Reset IE, select Reset.

Post back and let us know how you made out.

Title: Re: IE crashes with Vista
Post by: Dilbert on September 23, 2008, 10:55:19 AM

This may also be of interest to you:
http://www.ditii.com/2008/01/29/windows-vista-fixing-internet-explorer-7-crashes/

Title: Re: IE crashes with Vista
Post by: mike0137 on October 01, 2008, 05:03:36 PM

This may have helped. I've only had one crash since then, thanks.