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Google causes IE to lock up
Steely Tom | 13 August 2011 | Steely Tom

Posted on 08/13/2011 8:46:22 AM PDT by Steely Tom

Does anyone else experience freeze-up of Internet Explorer when you try to navigate to Google?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: google; vanity
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Internet Explorer locks up, has to be re-started. Doesn't require re-start of computer. No virus alerts appear.
1 posted on 08/13/2011 8:46:26 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom

Internet Explorer, how quaint.


2 posted on 08/13/2011 8:47:58 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
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To: Steely Tom

Nope — no problem


3 posted on 08/13/2011 8:50:24 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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i’ve learned to use ie when sending hotmail messages; other browsers mess up the format.

also, google and adobe reader don’t work well with firefox.

ms interferes with firefox.


4 posted on 08/13/2011 8:50:49 AM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Steely Tom

Prepare to be ridiculed for using IE. Try Firefox or Chrome.


5 posted on 08/13/2011 8:51:24 AM PDT by optiguy (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
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"google and adobe reader don’t work well with firefox"

I've never had a any problems with them.

6 posted on 08/13/2011 8:53:43 AM PDT by optiguy (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Steely Tom

It’s not likely google. Try cleaning up your system, temp files internet cache ect. run a chkdsk and defrag. which ie are you using? worst case try compatibility mode.


7 posted on 08/13/2011 8:59:48 AM PDT by waynesa98
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To: optiguy; ken21; freedumb2003; al baby

Thanks everyone for your help. The problem must be on my end.


8 posted on 08/13/2011 9:01:48 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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worst case try compatibility mode.

What the heck is "compatibility mode?"

9 posted on 08/13/2011 9:02:56 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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Does anyone else experience freeze-up of Internet Explorer when you try to navigate to Google?

Yes...I've noticed this in the last couple of days. Solution is to use Chrome.

10 posted on 08/13/2011 9:03:23 AM PDT by rhinohunter
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To: ken21

Get FOXIT READER instead of adobe better and faster.


11 posted on 08/13/2011 9:03:30 AM PDT by edcoil (The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. -- Joe Paterno)
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Google has undergone 2 major updates since June 1 (one in early June, one in late July).

Although the code from the Google site is valid, there are some bugs in some versions of Internet Explorer which the Google code seems to trip on.

So some things on Google don't work well with IE. The actual bugs are in IE, but Google isn't going out of their way to avoid those bugs any more.

12 posted on 08/13/2011 9:03:32 AM PDT by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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IE is sooooo 1999. Use Firefox or Mr. Google’s Chrome.


13 posted on 08/13/2011 9:04:31 AM PDT by DCrockett53
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Two Birds. One Stone.

Cool.


14 posted on 08/13/2011 9:04:38 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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Yeah,it doesn’t usually require re-booting, but does lock up on me several times a day.


15 posted on 08/13/2011 9:05:10 AM PDT by EggsAckley ( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply ! !)
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To: Steely Tom

What’s “Internet Explorer”?


16 posted on 08/13/2011 9:05:57 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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I’ve had no problems w/ Adobe Reader unless I’m using Tor. Then Save As is a good work-around.


17 posted on 08/13/2011 9:06:20 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: ken21
i’ve learned to use ie when sending hotmail messages; other browsers mess up the format.

I have no trouble with hotmail or live mail.

also, google and adobe reader don’t work well with firefox.

If you have your icons set to greater than 125% in the personalization screen Adobe acts up. If you have it lower than that it's fine.

18 posted on 08/13/2011 9:07:45 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Steely Tom

My IE 9 never quits.


19 posted on 08/13/2011 9:07:45 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Steely Tom

IE is sooooo 1999. Use Firefox or Mr. Google’s Chrome.


20 posted on 08/13/2011 9:08:03 AM PDT by DCrockett53
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