Re: IE7 not responding

On 19-Nov-2008, "Sven Pran" <no.direct@mail.please> wrote:

> All of a sudden my IE7 began a couple of weeks ago occationally acting
> weird.
> The common symptom is that it is "not responding", but I am unable to find
>
> out if it has actually frozen permanently or just entered a long lasting
> delay. The immediate cure is to force IE7 and restart it.
>
> The only changes to my system (Vista, Home premium) in this period has
> been
> the regular automatic updates from Mocrosoft.
>
> I have noticed some postings here to suspect special add-ins, I am not
> aware
> that I have any such, and in particular I am not aware that I have any new
>
> add-ins.
>
> My suspicion is that somehow one of the automatic updates from MS has been
>
> the cause of this behaviour and I should like to know if anybody knows
> more
> on this?
>
> regards Sven

Same here and my friend has the same problem. It started for me with the out
of date security patch KB958644.

Gary wrote:
<snip>
> Same here and my friend has the same problem. It started for me with the
> out
> of date security patch KB958644.

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in
the United States and in Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft
subsidiary. There is no-charge for support calls that are associated with
security updates. When you call, clearly state that your problem is related
to a Security Update and cite the update's KB number (e.g., KB958644).

For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary
for security update support issues, visit the International Support Web
site: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through
your usual support contacts.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.net

What I have done now is to "manage Add-ons" in IE7 tools where I disabled
"Add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer" except those that are also
"Add-ons that run without requiring permission".

The seven thus disabled add-ons include:
"Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper" from "Adobe Systems, Incorporated"
"CBrowserHelperObject Object" from "(Not verified) Dell Inc." (My computer
manufacturer)
"Google" from "Google Inc"
"Google Toolbar Helper" from "Google inc"
"Research" - looks suspicious - the publisher field is blank
"Sun Java Console" from "Sun Microsystems, Inc"
"Telenor Telenorhjelpen Plugin" from "Telenor ASA" (my ISP)

If IE7 now will appear stable again for some time I shall one by one enable
plug-ins as they appear required for the web pages I visit.

Comments are welcome!

regards Sven

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eUF%23abmSJHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Gary wrote:
> <snip>
>> Same here and my friend has the same problem. It started for me with the
>> out
>> of date security patch KB958644.
>
> Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
> https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527
>
> Support for Windows Update:
> http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport
>
> For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY
> in the United States and in Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft
> subsidiary. There is no-charge for support calls that are associated with
> security updates. When you call, clearly state that your problem is
> related to a Security Update and cite the update's KB number (e.g.,
> KB958644).
>
> For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary
> for security update support issues, visit the International Support Web
> site: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
>
> For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available
> through your usual support contacts.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.net

Can a loaded but disabled add-on to IE7 cause problems?

Sometime during the last hour while my IE7 was running minimized on my
computer it became frozen (not responding) and had to be forced down.

Ever since I posted my last previous post on this thread (see below) all
add-ons that did not have the criterion: "Add-ons that run without requiring
permission" have been disabled (although they still appear in the list of
loaded add-ons).

Is it possible that any of those add-ons can cause problems even when
disabled?

If not then we have to turn our attention to certified add-ons and even IE7
itself for possible failures.

If disabling an add-on is not sufficient then what is the best way of
(temporarily) prevent IE7 from even loading add-ons?

regards Sven

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sven Pran" <no.direct@mail.please>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: IE7 not responding
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disabled add-ons:
> "Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper" from "Adobe Systems, Incorporated"
> "CBrowserHelperObject Object" from "(Not verified) Dell Inc." (My computer
> manufacturer)
> "Google" from "Google Inc"
> "Google Toolbar Helper" from "Google inc"
> "Research" - looks suspicious - the publisher field is blank and no
> filename is shown
> "Sun Java Console" from "Sun Microsystems, Inc"
> "Telenor Telenorhjelpen Plugin" from "Telenor ASA" (my ISP)