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IE Freeze

by troas1 Nov 19, 2007 10:58AM PST

Vista Home Premium

After being on the Internet for an extended period time or opening multiple pages or tabs IE basically freezes and will allow nothing more to occur. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks for any help.

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More Info Please
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Nov 20, 2007 2:17AM PST

A little more information about your computer brand name and the type of internet connection you're using would help.

Have you installed all the Vista related Windows Updates including the reliability updates?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?DisplayLang=en&nr=20&freetext=vista+%2breliability&sortCriteria=popularity

Have you tried a different browser such as the free Firefox? (Does it continue with Firefox which can be downloaded from the link below:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Tired installing an updated ethernet driver? (or wireless driver if you're using a wireless connection)

Does temporarily disabling your firewall help the situation?

Hope this helps and let us know more.

Grif

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IE Freeze
by winstonfg Dec 31, 2007 7:13PM PST

Yes, I have exactly the same problem; and I'm running Vista Ultimate, so I don't think it's limited to a specific version. Unfortunately, the only solutions I've seen suggest trying Firefox - a sad comment on MS's preferred browser on their flagship OS.

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Multiple IE Windows Freeze or any Window Freezing
by softwaredude84 Jan 2, 2008 5:49AM PST

I just purchased a brand new Dell with Windows Vista Home Premium. It has an Intel Duo 2.66 GHZ processor with 2 GB of memory. 160GB Hard Drive.

The first day I started using it I noticed this problem that you all have mentioned above. Especially with Internet Explorer it seems as though you cannot open more than 7 windows/tabs then the images or website just doesnt show up. The website doesn't even attempt to load.

I also noticed if I have multiple applications running or programs running this also impacts the performance of the machine and the IE windows. For example, if I have Itunes, AIM, Outlook, and Excel open. Then I go to open IE and open say three separate windows, the second and third windows will not load at all, just blank white. Or if I click on the IE icon it won't do anything. I can't even open Documents at this point or any file/program for that matter. I almost seems as though the RAM is completely full and cannot handle that many running applications.

I had a slower laptop with Windows XP and I could have 20 IE windows open and never had a problem. I don't want to have to use Mozilla on my brand new computer. There has to be some type of issue with RAM not being allocated correctly. Do you think this could be it? Do these performance updates from Microsoft really make alot of difference?

What should I do? Thanks!

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Frankly? Call Dell and ask for a XP downgrade package.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 2, 2008 6:36AM PST

Explain to them it's not working.

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You can control that with some registry changes
by itsme2003 Nov 13, 2008 7:04AM PST

Go to google and google the terms desktopheap or sharedsection. You will see how to increase the sharedsection value on your computer which will solve your problem.

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