I'm having a problem on both my home computer and office computer, trying to keep IE lit up. They just want to shut it down, and send an error report to Microsoft. I have version 5.5 at the office, so I downloaded 6.0 to fix it hopefully. It then tried to open up 3 or 4 IE windows on top of each other... The problems got worse with shutdowns. I then reverted back to 5.5 and the problems still there. Even the Letterhead BB is giving me messages that I don't have the correct software to operate it properly. I am working with to different operating system, ME and 2000XL at the two locations.
Posted by dave parr (Member # 3868) on :
Sounds virus-ish Jack. Gotten any odd financial emails lately? There have been a few Worms & Trojans circulating lately. How ya fixed for anti-virus software? Do you run pop-up stopping software? Do you run any internet security software? Have you gotten the latest OS updates from Microsoft? Many of these things can contribute to symptoms such as these. Figuring out what is the cause is the trick.
Posted by Richard Bustamante (Member # 370) on :
Sounds like a TSR problem. Programs love to do this. During a program installation it tells windows to load itself during windows start-up. In the lower right hand corner of the task bar, you'll see the little icons. The date, sound, mIRC, real audio, Yahoo messenger, task manager, Norton anti virus, scheduling agent, and so, are all TSR`s. These are programs that windows is running. The more programs you have running, the more systems resources your using. When you open a program, your just adding to the problem.
How do you fix this? Remove the TSR`s. Removing the TSR`s *is not* removing the program. Your just telling windows not to load them during start`up.
To remove the TSR`s; go to "start", the "Run", and type: msconfig This will bring up the "Systems configuration utility", the last "Tab" is "start`up". Un`check the non`vital programs. Do not un`check; Scan registry, system tray, load power profile. Restart your computer. That should solve the problem.
-Rich
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Richard...Are you sure you want to give Jack that info??? "msconfig" doesn't work in Win2000.
Maybe you know another way??? Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
It's doing it to me, too, the past few days - and I'm on Mac. Comes on just for a flash and it's gone.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
To find access to the same controlls in W2000 I would try to run a "find files" search for "system configuration utility" since that is the name of the dialog box that comes up when you "run" msconfig
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
I'm occassionally crashing but only when Im on this BB. I get disconnected.
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