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IE crashes when viewing certain web pages.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:04 am
by richardjdr
My internet explorer seems to crash everytime i view certain web pages. Especially when viewing certain blog sites (www.myspace.com and www.xanga.com) that contain music codes in the background?
I've Googled this problem and it had a result of an older thread on this site.
modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=9967
I dont beleive it ever got solved. I have the same errors that the person had.

C:\DOCUME~1\Richard\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER8.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt

Please help me with this annoyance. Thank you in advance.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:12 am
by lilpinkflower
If they are sites you have visited before ..and they worked fine.. then it may help to clear out your temp files etc

Tools -> internet options -> delete files

You may already have tried this :)

lilpink x

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:53 am
by richardjdr
Heh, yup. I've tried clearing all the temp files, cookies, and history. It could be a problem with Windows Media Player but im not sure. I've upgraded media player to the latest one but it still has that problem. Im lost :?:

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:55 am
by lilpinkflower
Have you tried downloading another media player and configuring it to play audio and seeing if that works ?

lilpink x

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:02 am
by richardjdr
Just tried it. It doesnt seem to work.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:07 am
by liljim
Would you happen to have quicktime installed?

I ran across that myself before and i think it was quicktime causing it for me.Im not 100% that it was..

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:43 am
by richardjdr
Actually i do have quicktime installed. It never caused a problem before. But ill give it a try and uninstall quicktime and hope it works. I'll post once i've tried.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:39 pm
by richardjdr
Alright, uninstalled Quicktime. It doesnt solve the problem...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:40 pm
by PCguy
What browser version are you running?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:09 am
by richardjdr
I'm running
Internet Explorer v6.0.2800.1106.xpsp1.020828-1920

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:09 am
by PCguy
Well there is a bunch of patches for IE that you lack. I would do a windows update.

And are you running the latest version of WMP?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:26 am
by richardjdr
I dont beleive that's the problem.. Just recently i uninstalled all the updates that i did to my internet explorer because i thought that it was the problem (it started happening after i installed IE's updates). But it didnt seem to solve anything. And just recently i did download and install the newest MWP.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:54 am
by richardjdr
Let me try updating again. Maybe i missed an update.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:18 am
by richardjdr
:( I just updated everything related to windows. No luck...

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:44 am
by Dave_Lethal
My buddy had a problem once when he got a new video card and tried to play certain games, and he had the same error message you're getting.

Have you recently installed a new video or sound card? If so, you need to go to the manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers.

Also, go to Start>Control Panel and open "System". Click on the "Hardware" tab, then click on Device Manager. You could have some devices conflicting with each other. Click on the + signs next to each catergory, and if you see any exclamation points or question marks next to anything, then something is wrong.

Just a suggestion.