Explorer keeps crashing

Cheekykid · 5 Jun 2008 at 14:27

Am coming from a new built machine which is fresh and clean. After finishing installing service pack 3 explorer is near unusable. It crashes on many stuffed pages and I get a kernel32dll error. Any idea what causes this? I dont have the same problem with firefox

Admiral Huddy · 5 Jun 2008 at 14:32

Sounds like some corrupt regitry entries. Usually get this after virus infection.

Try uninstalling IE, grab a decent registry cleaner and have a good scrub up! Then re-install IE.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html

Cheekykid · 5 Jun 2008 at 14:33

Admiral Huddy said:
Sounds like some corrupt regitry entries. Usually get this after virus infection.

Try uninstalling IE, grab a decent registry cleaner and have a good scrub up! Then re-install IE.

Danke

bayo000 · 5 Jun 2008 at 14:40

iirc kernel errors are related to faulty memory. I'd mem test ram.

Cheekykid · 5 Jun 2008 at 15:53

bayo000 said:
iirc kernel errors are related to faulty memory. I'd mem test ram.

My problems still occur. IE is busted and since it came with service pack 3 i cant really unistall it seperately can I? I only have the problem with IE.

Admiral Huddy · 5 Jun 2008 at 15:56

Cheekykid said:
My problems still occur. IE is busted and since it came with service pack 3 i cant really unistall it seperately can I? I only have the problem with IE.

You should be able to remove IE from the Add/Remove programs list under control panel.

Cheekykid · 5 Jun 2008 at 17:17

Admiral Huddy said:
You should be able to remove IE from the Add/Remove programs list under control panel.

I did. That removed,it seeems, only the older version of explorer that comes with windows. IE 7 is still in the system. Can't find how to remove it

C64 · 6 Jun 2008 at 04:45

I haven't used IE in a long long time ever tried firefox ?

bayo000 · 6 Jun 2008 at 08:48

Im not sure if u can remove IE at all. Try total uninstaller. Think i read/heard once that that is only program that managed to remove it successfully.

Admiral Huddy · 6 Jun 2008 at 09:02

If you are still having problems uninstalling IE, then click folder Options, View tab, and enable "Show hidden files and folders".

Then pop into Add or Remove Programs from control panel and click on Show Updates.

Look through the list for Internet Explorer 7 entries and click to change/remove them.

Then, run the following command from a command prompt:

C:\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe

This should do the trick.

This should revert IE back to IE6 and it's orginal state.

pastymuncher · 6 Jun 2008 at 19:19

I had a similar bug after installing SP3 as well. It would seem that there is a problem of some sort with one of the latest updates to IE. I have had lock-ups and general slowness with IE since i installed the damn thing. Going to do a reformat next week as i have a new mobo to fit but will not be installing SP3.

Before anyone says it. Yes i have tried Firefox and hated it!! I actually like IE.