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all of a sudden, I.E 6 crashes when ever its opened!?!?!

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user3657

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im running xp with ie and since today when ever i start ie it crashes. dunno why. i would like to know if anyone knows a fix or how do i fully delete ie so i can reinstall it? im on firefox now and too much getting use to......
 
Do you use a firewall, antivirus, adaware and spybot.

If not, then get a friend to dl them for you, and scan your system.

What os are you using?
Have you been patching your system?
 
Do you use a firewall, antivirus, adaware and spybot.

If not, then get a friend to dl them for you, and scan your system.

What os are you using?
Have you been patching your system?
firefox is a bit more secure than ie imho.

what were you doing immediately before the crash?

if you are using 2k/xp, what does it say in event log?
 
hrm, this is what i did. turned on my montior. url address in toorbar find weather.com, it loads, says ie must close bah bah bah. since then i canit get it to run. tried everything.

i just use virus scan. i was thinking of all that other stuff too..........
 
Originally posted by: user3657
hrm, this is what i did. turned on my montior. url address in toorbar find weather.com, it loads, says ie must close bah bah bah. since then i canit get it to run. tried everything.

i just use virus scan. i was thinking of all that other stuff too..........
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Do those others, Spybot and Adaware, making sure they're all updated, and also run the standalone version of CWShredder.
 
Windows XP will allow you to uninstall IE. Just go to add/remove windows components and uncheck Internet Explorer.
 
Originally posted by: jzimo
im on firefox now and too much getting use to......
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trust me after getting use to firefox it is worth all the pain and suffering.🙂
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What pain and suffering? Aside from tabs its layout is almost the same as IEs. And you aren't required to use tabs, even though they rock the casbah.
 
You cannot "delete IE", if you "uncheck it" as suggested above, it will simply revert to the older archived copy....which you definately don't want. I'm 99% sure you PC has malware. Check add/rem progs for anything that's easily removed, then run ad-aware and spybot in SAFE MODE to remove the offenders.
 
There is no older copy of IE on this computer. It is non funtional when I uncheck it, even though it is technically still installed.
 
No need to try and delete. Just fix the files, easily. Have your XP CD ready, and in the drawer (cancel out of the graphic that comes up when you insert the XP CD).

Now, once you have the XP CD in your CD Drive, click the Start Button. Click Run. Type in (without the quotes):

"sfc /scannow"

Note that there's a space between "sfc" and "/scannow".

Click OK after typing sfc /scannow in the run box. A small rectangular box will come up on the screen, telling you it's checking the XP system files. It will repair any that have been corrupted or modified. And don't worry, it will automatically take into account any updates, like hotfixes and service packs.

Try it. It will fix IE in XP.

Note: The System File Checker (SFC) will not tell you exactly what it's fixing. And it won't do anything after it's finished but disappear from your screen. When it's finished, reboot the pc and see if IE is OK.
 
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