When I click the "Internet Explorer" icon on the
desktop the "Connect to" diag box with login
details does not appear and also " The page
cannot be displayed"

To install the FIOS Internet service, the Verizon tech had to restore all IE6
settings to the default. That wiped out all my cookie settings for the sites
that I saved. But now, when I add a site and choose to block or allow
cookies, my changes aren't saved for more than a day or ...

I can be in the middle of anything, and all of a sudden the IE shuts
down...no warnings or error messages.  What should I do? TIA

Using XP media Center, Explorer doesn't open. Have removed and reinstalled
using add/remove. New versions don't install. Can't access update to deal
with current virus until this gets resolved.
Any recommendations?

So here is my question:
How long does it take for a company like Microsoft, full of software
engineers to develop a web browser that doesn't crash every 30 seconds?
Answer: 15+ years and counting.

i get this message  when i click to open a media file like JPG or AVI
file. :
"microsoft visual C++  runtime Library"
runtime error

When saving a web page, what are the pros/cons of saving as html vs. mht?
Jack

In most chatts,usually you can paste in other letters than the latin,like greek
and ciryllic.
But,when i use my translator and copy a text in ciryllic and also other
text, and try to paste it into a chatts messagefield, the text dont paste at

I am running windows vista, and since a week ago, when I try and open
Internet Explorer it get the message "Microsoft Windows"
Internet explorer has stopped working.
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close

I used to use the Symantec suite of utilities and one of its neat little
programs was one that would delete all of the cookies with the execption of
any trusted cookies you wanted to preserve.  But Symantec was a resource hog
so I deleted it all.  Now I need a little program that ...

Hi Group,
I apologise if I am posting in the wrong group but I can't see an IE7
newsgroup.
I have a laptop (Acer aspire) running XP pro sp3, which I am trying to

I have 3 main problems;
1) I think I may have a virus/malware/spyware on the my computer. Even
though I have removed internet explorer (via add/remove programmes) I get
error messages saying "internet explorer has encountered a programme and

----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd & June Switzer
To: PA Bear [MS MVP]
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:09 PM

Hi, an internet explorer message keeps popping up telling me that it
has "encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvenience." This happens every time we sign on.
AppName: iexplore.exe         AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180

Since I downloaded IE8 I am unable to install FlashPlayer in IE8.I downloaded
the latest version of FlashPlayer10,it operates in my other browser Chrome
but it does not install or operate in IE8.I have checked my security settings
in IE8 which is set at medium.Any suggestions.