OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
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Road Warrior
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From: BOSTON originally / APPLETON WI now
OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
First off, I visit HDForums.com more than any other website. 85% of my time online is here. Guess I just like it allot.
Posting this note just as an advisory to benefit other fellow HDForums.com members so they don't have to pull their hair out like I did for 6 hours tonight.
I do Windows Updates on a regular basis (Win 2000) - automatically like XP does - so my system is running at optimum and won't get hacked. Last week Aug 7th, Microsoft released the latest security update for Win 2000 and XP (918899 patch) so I naturally pushed them thru.
If you did those updates, your internet explorer will crash if the web site uses HTTP 1.1 or compression. Mapquest.com uses that protocol for sure. Constantly crashed for me. Many other websites use it too.
I believe HDForums.com does use HTTP 1.1 also on certain screens - it crashed dozens of times on me tonite and drove me absolutely NUTS.
Tried everything - uninstalled IE and Java, reloaded them, deleted cookies and the like, updated and ran Norton Antivirus, Adaware, Spybot, Pest Patrol, etc...... to no avail.
Then I found this after a few hours of searching the web and googling: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923762 THE WORKAROUND WORKS!!!
I am no computer engineer (actually chemical), but this is a problem that lots of people are going to have once the updates are installed on your computers. Have it at work too.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Sometimes the latest and greatest releases have defects and bugs - just like the MoCo.
Let me know if this helped anyone - pass the word along. Maybe the administrators here would be interested??? Should make the national news this week!!!!!
What a wasted night. Thanks Microsoft - would rather have been out riding the scoot on this nice cool 65F night [:@]
UPDATE from below: effects XP Service Pack 1 (older version) and Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (my systems)
Posting this note just as an advisory to benefit other fellow HDForums.com members so they don't have to pull their hair out like I did for 6 hours tonight.
I do Windows Updates on a regular basis (Win 2000) - automatically like XP does - so my system is running at optimum and won't get hacked. Last week Aug 7th, Microsoft released the latest security update for Win 2000 and XP (918899 patch) so I naturally pushed them thru.
If you did those updates, your internet explorer will crash if the web site uses HTTP 1.1 or compression. Mapquest.com uses that protocol for sure. Constantly crashed for me. Many other websites use it too.
I believe HDForums.com does use HTTP 1.1 also on certain screens - it crashed dozens of times on me tonite and drove me absolutely NUTS.
Tried everything - uninstalled IE and Java, reloaded them, deleted cookies and the like, updated and ran Norton Antivirus, Adaware, Spybot, Pest Patrol, etc...... to no avail.
Then I found this after a few hours of searching the web and googling: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923762 THE WORKAROUND WORKS!!!
I am no computer engineer (actually chemical), but this is a problem that lots of people are going to have once the updates are installed on your computers. Have it at work too.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Sometimes the latest and greatest releases have defects and bugs - just like the MoCo.
Let me know if this helped anyone - pass the word along. Maybe the administrators here would be interested??? Should make the national news this week!!!!!
What a wasted night. Thanks Microsoft - would rather have been out riding the scoot on this nice cool 65F night [:@]
UPDATE from below: effects XP Service Pack 1 (older version) and Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (my systems)
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From: Olive Branch, MS.
RE: OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
says....
Thanks! I have been experiencing the same issues with one of my laptops, and now the problem has gone away. Appreciate the info and heads up
Thanks! I have been experiencing the same issues with one of my laptops, and now the problem has gone away. Appreciate the info and heads up
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RE: OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
Thanks for the heads up, but I did the downloads and haven't experienced any particular problems at all.
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Road Warrior
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From: BOSTON originally / APPLETON WI now
RE: OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
Great, glad my efforts could help at least one of you guys. We had three out of the six systems on our home network afflicted with this.
Computers are like scoots - NO TWO ARE THE EXACTLY THE SAME - even Microsoft says the solution is only for those experiencing the problem.
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RE: OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
IE crashed while reading this post - how ironic.
But... I'm running IE7 Beta, has cool features though ocasional crashes are to be expected. Crashes more on HDF than other sites I frequent.
But... I'm running IE7 Beta, has cool features though ocasional crashes are to be expected. Crashes more on HDF than other sites I frequent.
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Road Warrior
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From: BOSTON originally / APPLETON WI now
RE: OFF TOPIC - is your Internet Explorer crashing on HDForums.com???
And to make it easier so you don't have to read the Microsoft mumbo jumbo, here it is down and dirty:
Internet Explorer
Tools
Internet Options
Advanced
scroll down to:
HTTP 1.1 Settings
unclick use HTTP 1.1
unclick use HTTP 1.1 thru proxy..
Apply
OK
Everything working 100% again with no issues.
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