It was a combination of guesswork and leg work. IE was helpful enough to
display a message (I forget the particulars) indicating that Data Execution
Prevention (DEP) was somehow related to the issue, and Google led me to this
blog entry:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...rotection.aspx
My best guess as to the cause of the problem - and I could be way off base -
is that it's a conflict between the way the Windows OS handles DEP and the
way IE 7/8 handles DEP on top of that. But only MS knows the truth of the
matter. Or at least I hope they do.
BTW - This problem doesn't just affect the Microsoft Update ActiveX control
- it seems to affect pretty much *every* ActiveX control, including Flash.
So while I didn't have any problems loading the home page on this system
(google.com), any attempts to go to a Flash-laden site like yahoo.com would
crash the browser. That took a while to figure out, too. Blech.
- NL
"BobT" wrote:
> Brilliant,
>
> I was getting ready to pull the rest of my hair our over this!
> Worked lika a charm on XP pro
>
> What made you think of that!?
>
> Thanx,
>
> BT
>
> "Nathan Lewis" wrote:
>
> > OS: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3 (32-bit, of course)
> >
> > Browser: Internet Explorer 8 (8.0.6001.18702)
> >
> > PC: Dell Dimension 8400, Pentium 4 @ 3GHz, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD with 120GB
> > Free. Memory passes Memtest86+, HDD passes all Western Digital DLGDIAG tests.
> >
> > Problem: Went to Windows Update site which, as expected, asked me to upgrade
> > to Microsoft Update. Attempted to do so, IEXPLORE.EXE crashed as soon as it
> > attempted to install the ActiveX control. Restarted IE, tried again - same
> > result every single time. Wash, rinse, repeat - ugh.
> >
> > Solution: Tools / Internet Options / Advanced / Security - UNCHECK "Enable
> > memory protection to help mitigate online attacks" option.
> >
> > Why: Who knows?
> >
> > Hope: This helps someone and/or someone at MS notices this problem and does
> > something about it. Soon. :P
> >
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