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Sat 28 Feb, 2004 12:49 am
Hi. So every time I click the IE icon in the tray or on desktop, as soon as it finishes loading the page, it freezes. Messed around with security settings, tried different web pages for IE to run from, same thing. I only got here by opening IE from a folder on my C drive. (For some reason it works when I open it from a folder on my computer) If I open any new windows, it freezes. I've got no spyware on the computer accoriding to AdAware and SpyBot, so I can't imagine that's it. I had this problem once before shortly after I tried the Google toolbar. Uninstalled the toolbar, and after a reboot or two the problem subsided. I downloaded the toolbar again a few months later. Everything seemed to be doing great until this happened. Uninstalled it, rebooted numerous times, nothing. Even re-installed IE, same thing. Google toolbar was the only third-party software running wth IE. Anyone happen to have an idea at what might be causing it? I'm running out of them. =\
You can startup an IE window from the IE icon in "Program Files?" If so, right click on the icon and click on "make shortcut" in the dropdown menu. Drag it and drop at the Desktop. Delete other shortcut icons than the original icon and newly made shortcut icon.
That results in the same problem.
Sounds like a problem with the toolbar install. Sounds like when you start up IE it's trying to finish the install.
But I'm not sure what you should do and not even sure that is it (based on what you told me).
I know what he should do, forget IE and go to Firefox lol
I try to minimize the "I can't solve it so I think you should drop it" answers safecracker.
Wel even if I could solve it I'd still say drop it as IE IMO is horrible compared to firefox and the like.
I know, and it's a common thing for techies to do instead of actually being helpful.
I always tell myself to watch for this. There are times when alternative solutions are a good idea. There are other times when suggesting alternative solutions is unhelpful.
"How do I make peace with my wife?"
"Kill her and get a new one"
With amateur techies there's a common trend to substitute the advice asked for with unsolicited advice about what they should be asking for.
Sometimes it's helpful, other times it's not.
Using FireFox is not "Kill[ing] her and get[ting] a new one", but like dissolving the marriage (I am not a catholic) and having a good time with new one.
When on Windows I exclusively use FireFox these days. It works well, and has its own tool for Google search by default.
Nevermind, the point was to avoid lazy workarounds when things can be fixed. The point is not to try to get the user to adopt your favorite software when they want to get help fixing what they chose to use.
Sometimes recommending an alternatve helps, but most of the time it's just touting your favorite instead of giving the requested help.
But nemind.
Problem solved. I ran Hijack This and removed all Browser Helper Objects. Thanks to those who helped.
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