Internet Explorer & Total PC Lock-up.

Discussion in 'Software' started by poisonette, Nov 3, 2006.

  1. poisonette

    poisonette Private E-2

    At least once a day, IE will totally lock-up my computer. Mouse stops moving & keyboard stops responding. Only solution is the reset button.
    It started about a month ago. Ran antivirus (didn't find anything) & spyware removers (only tracking cookies), it still did it. I did an upgrade to IE7 & it still did it. I did a full-format reinstall & it still does it. It even did it today while I was browsing inside the AOL software.
    It does it constantly on myspace, yahoo, & even did it once on walmart.com. Seems no site is safe. I'm at a total loss as what could be causing this.

    I'm running XP MC 02 w/sp2, IE6 on a P4 2.8G, 1G ram.

    Thanks in advance
    Ari
     
  2. Kniht

    Kniht Sergeant

  3. theefool

    theefool Geekified

    Hi, and Welcome to MajorGeeks!

    First thing I'd do is check that ram.

    Try using memtest86+:

    http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4226

    Also, if you have 2 sticks of ram, see if removing one of them helps matters.
     
  4. poisonette

    poisonette Private E-2

    Thanks guys.
    It's my video card. If I browse with it set to 800x600, I have no problems. I can't update it so I'll be replacing it. :(
     

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