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Is your OS up to date? Has it got service pack 2 installed?
To go back to IE6 you could a quick restore, if you don't trust that then search Google or Microsoft for it.
It may even have something to do with spyware or a virus.
A good pointer for viruses is check your processes. Google any exe.s you're unsure about. I know you extensive cleaning but there is a small chance that it could be undetected.
The final thing I can think of is your computer maybe just plain awful.
Ya, but just because you can't fint it/isn't infected anymore, doesn't mean shit got f-d up. If it's only affecting IE and not all browsers, then it just sounds like an issue with IE and might be a result of being infected. Could just be an IE7 thing, but you can find out by rolling back to v6.Quote:
Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
I do know this, When I replaced windows explorer with aston and downloaded the task terminator app I could find crashed exes that task manager didnt catch. Since I started using it, I've pretty much eliminated browser crashes (cept when I a virus gets by).
Side note: For all I know it could be gremlins hitting your shit with little hammers, so don't take anyting I say too serriously. Hope you get your net machine working right soon.
Your best bet is a OS reinstall... IE 7 is so far imbedded now that even a rollback will be screwy... I don't even have an uninstall of 7 in my control panel... even if you had the beta IE7 there is probs on the uninstall,,,mS made this to remain and 6 id history... IE7 is working on 3 machins for me... I think you may have a Hijacker...
http://cannabis-zone.com/stuff/hijackthis.exe
Download that program and run it,,,look if there is unfamiliar stuff you got running that will freeze your IE check them and fix them... freezes are usually a memory over load and that is usually a virus...
From experience a fresh install is the best though...
LOL, I got a windows update today and haven't had a single problem since. I thank Jesus, and blame the Irish.
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Originally Posted by mrdevious
Dude.
Firefox.
Now.
Every so often I come across something on the web that's not compatible with Firefox. So nuts to it, I took the easy road. I still enjoy stumble frequently.
I never update,,,I keep the auto off... I feel if it works good out of the box why mess with it...
did you update IE7 or Winblows???
www.firefox.com
Download it, love it, never look back.
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I mean FREEZES. I can't close it in any way. I try CTRL-ALT-DEL and that just freezes too. Sometimes if I wait a long time after force-ending it through CTRL-ALT-DEL, about 5 minutes later it finally closes and ends up at a blank desktop, and all functionality is 100% gone from my computer.
I don't think it's a virus because I've done quite a bit in that field. I've run trendmicro virus and spyware scans, plus Ewido, Antivir, Norton antivirus, Norton anti-spyware, Adaware, Spybot, crapcleaner, and A-Squared. Plus I've emptied all my temporary files, all my cookies, and cleared the history just for the hell of it. I've checked all the running processes throgh Hijackthis, and done a registry edit and found nothing.
Oh yeah, and the "blank desktop" happened because explorer.exe terminated just type "explorer" in new task box And I dont think having 20 anti-virus and spyware programs installed is helping the problem of a slow computer.
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