I disabled all add-ons and the problem persisted. Then I went to
"Maintenance" and looked at the problem history. Only three items were
present (none shown as specifically IE7) and the details are as follows:
Description
Windows detected a new device attached to your computer, but could not find
the driver software it needs to make the device usable. Each device
manufacturer typically includes driver software of a CD that comes with the
device, or as a download from its website. The hardware ID of your device is
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_80951043&REV_02.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPDriverNotFound
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_80951043&REV_02
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 3372044
Description
Windows detected a new device attached to your computer, but could not find
the driver software it needs to make the device usable. Each device
manufacturer typically includes driver software of a CD that comes with the
device, or as a download from its website. The hardware ID of your device is
USB\VID_03F0&PID_0801&REV_0001.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPDriverNotFound
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: USB\VID_03F0&PID_0801&REV_0001
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 3211326
Description
Windows installed driver software that supports the basic features of your
ATI Unified AVStream Driver. Its manufacturer may provide software that
enables additional features.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPGenericDriverFound
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4D52&SUBSYS_A3461002&REV_00
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 7896827
Thanks,
Jim Marcum
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> Its possible that an installed add on is causing this. Click Start > type
> "Internet Options" enter > Programs tab > click "Manage Add ons", disable
> any recently install add-ons that might be causing this. Also, Click Start >
> All Programs > Maintenance > Problem Reports & Solutions > under Task >
> click :"View problem history" > select any errors associated with Internet
> Explorer > right click it > View Details > copy the contents reply back to
> this thread with it. Maybe someone can better diagnose it.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Jim Marcum" <JimMarcum@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74F28CAB-66EB-4D59-A739-7CA8A7FFB7C6@microsoft.com...
> >I have Vista Ultimate released version installed and all works flawlessly,
> > except for IE7. Every time I open it, it crashes and opens a dialog box
> > which contains the following: :"Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
> > Runtime
> > Error! Program: D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe abnormal
> > program termination." I found that if I right-click on the IE icon and
> > select, "Run as administrator, it works fine. If not, it crashes 100 % of
> > the time. I perforned two different installs of Vista, one an upgrade
> > over
> > XP and this problem was present. Subsequently I wiped the drive, put my
> > old
> > XP Pro back on and performed a clean install to a different partition.
> > Everything works well, except for IE7 which crashes. However, it did not
> > crash for the first day. From day two on, it crashes. I tried unloading
> > startup items to see whether there was a conflict, but to no avail.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas of what might cause this problem and
> > specifically, why does it work if I select "Run as administrator? I am
> > set
> > up as an administrative user, which makes me question why running it as
> > administrator works when I am already an administrator. Thanks for any
> > help
> > that any of you might be able to offer. I didn't run into this in any of
> > my
> > beta testing.
>
>