Internet Explorer major issues

I have Internet Explorer 8, I am continually getting "Not Responding"
notification, screen fading to white, and having to use task manager to shut
it down. The other problem I am having is when ever I do a search for
something (it does not matter what search engine I use) the page with the
results will come up, but I can not do anything with that page after that, I
can not close that tab, or click on any of the results and continue on to the
next page. I am using Windows Vista Ultimate, and I have never had this
problem before, and I have been using this setup for 3 yrs on this computer.
All of this started about 2-3 weeks ago. It is very frustraing having to use
task manager to close the program all the time after I have done a search for
something. Can any one please help me??????

Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from
the 'no add-ons' icon?

Start > type Internet Explorer in the Start Search box > click Internet
Explorer (No Add-Ons)

Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
settings?

"How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737

Problems with Internet Explorer can also be caused by by malicious
software ('malware') that you have unwittingly installed on your computer.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

lwm94 wrote:
> I have Internet Explorer 8, I am continually getting "Not Responding"
> notification, screen fading to white, and having to use task manager to shut
> it down. The other problem I am having is when ever I do a search for
> something (it does not matter what search engine I use) the page with the
> results will come up, but I can not do anything with that page after that, I
> can not close that tab, or click on any of the results and continue on to the
> next page. I am using Windows Vista Ultimate, and I have never had this
> problem before, and I have been using this setup for 3 yrs on this computer.
> All of this started about 2-3 weeks ago. It is very frustraing having to use
> task manager to close the program all the time after I have done a search for
> something. Can any one please help me??????

No, I do not have the same problem when I run Internet Explorer with 'no
add-ons'. Does this mean I need to reset my Internet Explorer?
--
lwm94


"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Do you have the same experience when you start Internet Explorer from
> the 'no add-ons' icon?
>
> Start > type Internet Explorer in the Start Search box > click Internet
> Explorer (No Add-Ons)
>
> Do you have the same experience after you have reset Internet Explorer
> settings?
>
> "How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>
> Problems with Internet Explorer can also be caused by by malicious
> software ('malware') that you have unwittingly installed on your computer.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> lwm94 wrote:
> > I have Internet Explorer 8, I am continually getting "Not Responding"
> > notification, screen fading to white, and having to use task manager to shut
> > it down. The other problem I am having is when ever I do a search for
> > something (it does not matter what search engine I use) the page with the
> > results will come up, but I can not do anything with that page after that, I
> > can not close that tab, or click on any of the results and continue on to the
> > next page. I am using Windows Vista Ultimate, and I have never had this
> > problem before, and I have been using this setup for 3 yrs on this computer.
> > All of this started about 2-3 weeks ago. It is very frustraing having to use
> > task manager to close the program all the time after I have done a search for
> > something. Can any one please help me??????
> .
>

"lwm94" <lwm94@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E700497-FD23-45C1-BE77-1DA17F51E1FF@microsoft.com...
> No, I do not have the same problem when I run Internet Explorer with 'no
> add-ons'. Does this mean I need to reset my Internet Explorer?

No, it means that one or more add-ins are causing your problem. Start IE
normally, then do Tools-Manage Add-ons (for IE8 - it might be slightly
different in 7) and disable them all.
Then add them back in one by one until you find the problem one.