IE error

[CoolWaters]

I've done everything I know how to 'fix' IE...including installing, uninstalling, re-installing...blah blah blah. Nothing. I still get this error message: "0xC0000005 iexplore.exe application error

The application failed to initialize properly".

My file fix system failed to fix the file. Other IE programs (Yahoo! in this case) don't work...except one...AOL Explorer...and it's the ONLY broswer that will work.

Help!

[WordWolf]

A) If you really, really must use IE,

IE users often say the best IE build is MAXTHON.

Free downloads of Maxthon (formerly known as IE2) are here:

http://www.maxthon.com/download.htm

B) If you want to be the first kid on your block,

you can download the BETA (test-version) of Internet Explorer 7.0

(the rest of us are on 6.something)

here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/betadirect.mspx

C) For GOD'S SAKE, USE FIREFOX!

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

The current build is 1.5, and it kicks IE's keister in almost

every way, ESPECIALLY security.

[oldiesman]

If your computer is more than 5 years old, I'd chuck it and buy a new one.

I recently bought a new one after 4 years... am very happy.

[Bluzeman]

Download a program called Hijack This and copy and paste the results in a Private Message to me. I'll take a look and see what might be wrong.

Rick

[CoolWaters]

WW,

Doing the Firefox thing now. Like but not used to it so not comfortable with it yet. TYVM!

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OM,

Brand new mother board, processor, tower, etc 18 months ago.

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Rick,

It won't let me c&p anything without paying first. Sigh. Later on I will run my other programs and see what I get and what I can send you.

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TY all VM!!!! :D

[oldiesman]

Have you thought about doing a complete "destructive" recovery?

It'll bring the IE back to workable condition, as when you bought it.

If you decide to do that, copy any stuff you want to keep onto CD's DVD's or a portable disk drive.

[CoolWaters]

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE DREADED REFORMATTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah yeah yeah...if I have to I will...but as along as things are working without doing so, I'll not do it! Hehehehehe.

[WordWolf]

Now that you've joined the ranks of us Firefox users,

you'll discover that you can dramatically increase the fun

by adding "EXTENSIONS."

Those are add-ons to the browser that add all kinds of

useful or fun things.

Here's some of my personal favourites,

and what they do.

(Hit Tools->Extensions->Get More Extensions for the

Extensions site.)

IEView.

This will allow you to open a page in IE that isn't working

so well in Firefox.

Nuke Image & NukeAnything.

This allows you to click on an image or anything,

and remove it from the displayed page on the screen.

(This also affects any printout of the page as well.)

AdBlock.

Allows you to click on an ad and tell the browser never

to display it. It's great avoiding blinking ads.

Fasterfox.

It allows you to tweak settings to speed up the performance

of the browser.

PDFDownload.

Helps with downloads of PDFs. :)

OpenDownload.

Helps with normal program downloads.

FlashGot.

Helps with downloading Flash videos.

Also adds a button to start Flash videos on the video

(so it doesn't just start when IT feels like it.)

ImageZoom.

Allows you to "zoom" in on images. :)

[CoolWaters]

WW!

Firefox is the best tip I've ever received online!

Now my Java works in Live Chat, browsing is like 50x faster, I control what goes onto/into my 'puter, and oh MAN those extensions!!!! I'm poking around the Developer extensions and whoa! Then there's this stacker extension thingy that stacks browser windows and remembers how they were stacked, where you were at, and everything in case everything shuts down from some reason...all with an 'undo' option! And it seems to fix anything that's wrong when it hits on it...even in my 'puter. Or have I inadvertently done something wrong? I dunno, but so far, so good.

TYVM!!!!!

[oldiesman]

Someone told me opera is good too.

[CoolWaters]

Well, OM, if Foxfire lets me down I'll give it a whirl. Thanks! :)

[WordWolf]

All browsers are either based on IE or Mozilla.

Opera and Firefox are both Mozilla-based,

and are considered the best Mozilla-based browsers.

(Maxthon's touted as the best IE browser to-date.)

The main differences between free Opera (there's pay versions

and ad-supported versions) and Firefox is that

Opera has all the extensions "it" wants pre-loaded,

and Firefox allows you to pick the ones YOU want to load.

So, if you want a fast, small, lean browser,

you just add a few things.

If you want lots of developer gadgets, you add those.

If you want lots of news and the like, you add that.

And so on.

BOTH are fundamentally superior to IE in terms

of lean code and security.

Firefox has ANOTHER advantage in that it's continually

under improvement. (Last time I checked,

it was on 1.0 builds, now it's up to 1.5.)

They tinker with possible improvements ALL THE TIME,

thus the term "NIGHTLY BUILDS".

Further,

when a security flaw is detected,

a patch is generally released within 2 days.

(And that's not often.)

Compare that to IE.

When one flaw was announced to IE,

they did NOTHING about it for MONTHS.

When the Federal Government then made a suggestion

that users consider using another browser

until it was fixed,

IE suddenly had a fix in 3-4 days.

Me,

I'd keep a version of IE handy as a backup,

and use Firefox most of the time.

I'd say "never use IE", but sometimes you need

to access a Microsoft site-like for updates-

and some sites were never standards-compliant,

so the lazy designers just made them IE-compliant.

[CoolWaters]

How long have I been calling it 'Foxfire' and nobody said anything?

Anyway...so much great info here! TYVM!