IE doesn't crash anymore!

[LastActionHero]

I installed IE service pack 2 yesterday and now whenever IE is about to crash a nifty little dialog box comes up which asks me whether I want to send a report to MS and whether I want to restart the browser or not? Saves me a lot of clicking around.

I think NS has this feature also (report back or something?). I always send the report back to MS . Let them know that IE crashes a lot :D

[LastActionHero]

Nope. No personal info is sent. Only the memory dump, what the modules are loaded in memory and the error causing module and the OS installed.

[LeX]

I send reports sometimes since I have absolutely no true personal info stored on my computer anyways.

And yes, I have seen the boxes where they told me IE was going to shut down, and it only closes the window in which the error occured and not all IE windows, a new feature I must admit I love. :love:

[Bruce]

That still doesn't even work right for me. I get those boxes sometmes too, but it still closes every window.

[LeX]

Now that you mentioned it, it does occasionally close all my windows instead of just one. But that only happened twice.

[Coolin]

Or just use IE 5.01 SP1 on Windows 2000 with no patch.

It never crashes, so I don't have to deal with those windows anyway :p

[LastActionHero]

I suggest you upgrade to sp2 because sp1 has serious security issues.

[Coolin]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
I suggest you upgrade to sp2 because sp1 has serious security issues. Such as? :confused:

Umm... I think I can just go to Windows Update and all that stuff will be fixed without SP2? No? :confused:

[LastActionHero]

My bad I thought you had IE 5.5 sp1.

But do check out the critical updates ->
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/default.asp

[Coolin]

IE 5.01 SP1 is more secure than IE 5.5 SP1?

Wow, typical MS.

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by Coolin
IE 5.01 SP1 is more secure than IE 5.5 SP1?

Wow, typical MS.

No! but IE 5.5 normal had less security issues than IE 5.5 sp1 :p

It's always useful to upgrade to service packs..all the know security issues are resolved. Run catchup on your system at catchup.com

[Coolin]

For some reason, all MS service packs slow down my system and make it unstable.

Performance over security! ;)

[Archbob]

Ever since I formatted my HD, IE has never crashed.

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Archbob
Ever since I formatted my HD, IE has never crashed. Yep! When it comes to performance

Formatting > everything else (not including hardware upgrades)

[sp0radic]

I'm using IE6 on Win2K + SP1

... IE's never crashed. :D

[trenzterra]

I'm using WinME and using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5. I get a dialog box when it is gonna crash.

That is:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down:D

OR

Explorer.exe has caused a problem in DUNNOWHAT.dll

Yeah, it closes all my windows.:D

[Bruce]

That's not a dialog box when it's going to crash, that's a dialog box after it already has crashed.

[Coolin]

Anyone tried those crashprotect things?

Personally I think they're crap. Repairing the fixed program takes a longer time than just restarting the thing and usually results in a slower computer. I guess you may need it when working on projects and stuff though. It might help when it works at all.

[LastActionHero]

crash protect? in IE?:confused:

[Bruce]

I realize this is a semi-old thread, but I felt that I needed to justify my reasoning as to why personal information could be sent to microsoft. http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-005.shtml

Originally posted by LastActionHero
Nope. No personal info is sent.

[nerocities]

Im on Win2k and SP2 with IE 6 Ive not crashed since March 2001.

[Epgs]

yeah mine hasn't crashed in like 2 hours. wow i guess i should upgrage to sp2

[Gayowulf]

if all that info was sent to MS everytime my browser crashed, they would need to hire more staff.

it seems i cant go for 15 minutes without an IE crash or, 60 mins without a BSOD.

[nerocities]

What OS are you on wulf?

[Gayowulf]

win 98.

[nerocities]

Yea, I crashed a lot when I used that too.. you should upgrade.

[Dusty]

Personally I think all that "Microsoft is watching you" crap is just paranoia. It reminds me of an article I once read about ordinary people being terrified of audio and video bugs being planted in their homes. I'll tell you why that will never happen on a large scale: The ordinary person's life is boring and pointless, there'd be no use in prying into it. If you want to snoop, at least snoop on someone that matters.

Fifteen minutes between crashes and hour between BSODs, Gayowulf? What ever do you do to it? I use WinNT 4.0 and Mozilla 0.9.5, it's crashed a total of once and has never brought up a BSOD. Before that, I used Mozilla 0.9.3. In the time I used it, it crashed maybe four times, no BSOD's. Earlier still I used Netscape 4.5 on Win95. It crashed around one a week, never a BSOD. I don't know if IE is just a terrible piece of software or if you're subconsciously making it crash yourself, but I think something needs a-changin' in the Land'o'Gayo.

[Gayowulf]

Originally posted by Dusty


Fifteen minutes between crashes and hour between BSODs, Gayowulf? What ever do you do to it? . I don't know if IE is just a terrible piece of software or if you're subconsciously making it crash yourself, but I think something needs a-changin' in the Land'o'Gayo.

I was exaggerating a little bit. ie probably crashes only every 30 mins. and i probably only get 2 BSODs a day depending on what i am doing.

some days are worse than others. I agree that something needs a changin

[Canuckkev]

Maybe try backing up files, and formatting drive, then re-installing win98. My comp works a helluva lot faster since doing that. And IE6 never crashes. NEVER. Not since reformatting.

[Dusty]

I was exaggerating a little bit. ie probably crashes only every 30 mins. and i probably only get 2 BSODs a day:eek: That's not much better.

[Bruce]

No it's not much better. Can I recommend an upgrade to Windows 2000 or even NT 4.0? I've enver seen a BSOD while on 2000.