Internet explorer

Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

Right there's a small problem I'm having here with the internet explorer. After I click in the address box to enter a different site, I get an error message as soon as I press any key and the explorer window closes. At the minute the only way I can access different sites is to write the address in the Google toolbar search box, and then copy and paste it into the address part. This though, is pretty annoying.
Anybody know a solution? Confused

Mattastic · Trackday Trickster Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Karma :

Have you run Adaware and your virus checker? This could be one problem. I had one the other week that no matter what address I typed I got re-directed to a porn site!
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Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

Yes I did a spyware scan and it found nothing. Confused

Keith · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

what does the error read?
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Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in
module WININET.DLL at 016f:762838fe.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=016f EIP=762838fe EFLGS=00010246
EBX=843d0600 SS=0177 ESP=03d2ed54 EBP=03d2ed7c
ECX=ffffffff DS=0177 ESI=00000044 FS=5287
EDX=0000001f ES=0177 EDI=845d0600 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
f2 ae f7 d1 49 8d 44 0a 01 89 45 08 e9 33 fe ff
Stack dump:
00492e00 843d0600 00004128 00000000 76292558 00013600 00492e00 00421ab8 00004128 00000000 03d2edb0 762924fc 843d0600 03d2edbc 03d2fe44 00000000

Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

Re-install IE from the XP disk?

Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

Right well the thing is, for a start it's windows 98 and I've checked the disc but cannot see the IE setup/installer anywhere. Sad

I tried looking in the control panel for it so I could re-install it but either I am blind or the dumb blonde theory may really work. Confused

ZZ-Rse · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

Firefox
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Mr Pants! · I Karma Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

Control Panel, Add/Remove programs, then select Windows Components. Click on IE and I think it can run a repair. Should sort it out.

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Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

Right the problem is sorted, downloaded Firefox and it is working fine now. Thanks for the help. Very Happy

tgabber · Crazy Courier Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

A hint for anyone with similar problems next time is to check whether you have any third-party browser extensions causing problems. There is a setting in IE to disable them.

In IE, Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced and then untick the box that says 'Enable third-party browser extensions'

If IE won't even start you can also access this setting via Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panels -> Internet Options

This is an all or nothing setting, the current version of IE does not allow you to selectively switch off and on individual extensions (also called Browser Helper Objects or BHOs). You can however get third-party programs to do this.

Of course, problems like this can be avoided entirely if you use a better browser like Opera for instance... Wink

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