IE window dissapearing.

[msimmons]

Every once in a while my IE window will just dissapear (as if I closed it). I can't really pinpoint when this happens... It happened once when I clicked a link in a post here, and once when I was logging into one of my ASP apps.
I think installing Artifact Desktop (which needed the .net framework) may have had something to do w/it because I think it started about the same time. I have since removed both items.
I am using IE5.5sp2 on a WinNT4.0 machine.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Michael

[msimmons]

It seems to have something to do with Flash because the app I am developing now has some flash in it... and I think the link i clicked to this morning off of a post was a flash file.

[Cander]

Once I suddenly had the same problem about a month ago. Never could figure out what happened, so I re-installed IE and everything was fine after that.

[msimmons]

great idea... lol i was thinking of reinstalling my whole comp. I'll give it a shot.
Michael

[Cander]

when all else fails........

:p

[msimmons]

K, it is still busted. :( 90% of the time i try to open a site w/flash in it my IE either just dissapears or will freeze on load. Any ideas other than a total format?

[msimmons]

:D

[GingerNut]

Try upgrading to IE6. Might help.

[msimmons]

I would perfer to use 5.5 though. and it used to work fine.

[GingerNut]

Have you tried reinstalling the flash plugin?

[msimmons]

lol... no i haven't and of course their site is flash rich so I cannt access it w/o a lock up :rolleyes:
I'll see what i can do from another comp and let you know :)

[msimmons]

having trouble getting it... they have it to where you can't d/l the instal file (or atleast I can get it figured)... I can turn off all my 'active x' stuff and access the site w/out a lockup but i don't think I can d/l the player that way.

[msimmons]

in my 'winnt/downloaded program files' I have two instances of the JRE and both say damaged when I click properties. I removed them and went to the sun site and d/l'ed them again... and same thing happened... this sucks and is getting worse.

[GingerNut]

That's weird. I just checked and I have two damaged Java Environments too.

[msimmons]

guess its not that then.

[GingerNut]

I found this at the Macromedia site:


Flash Player crashes on Windows NT versions of Internet Explorer

Issue
Macromedia Flash 5 Player displays a blue screen and crashes on Internet Explorer on Windows NT 4.0.


Reason
There is a conflict with ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X Graphics Adapter Version 4.00.1381.1065, 4.0.0.

Solution
This issue is resolved in ATI 3D Rage LT PCI Version 4.00.1381.1091, 4.0.0 and higher.

To solve the rendering problem, visit ATI's download page to download and install the new driver.

[msimmons]

Thats not my case :) I don't get the BSOD, it just hangs on page load or dissapears all together. As far as graphics cards go I believe I just have a generic dell card (i didn't build this comp (at work)).

[GingerNut]

Did you check for a virus? I'm sure it's not but you never know.
Was anything left behind when you uninstalled Artifact Desktop?

[msimmons]

I ran norton virus scan and adaware. (norton was clean and i think ad aware had just some cookies flagged). The only thing that was left behind after uninstalling the artifact desktop was the .net framework (or whatever) and I uninstalled that too.

[GingerNut]

Well, I give up. :(

One more thing...Do you have ATM on the computer?

[msimmons]

nope

[msimmons]

Originally posted by GingerNut
Well, I give up. :(
I will in 24 hrs :) I'll just erase and rebuild... hate to do it but looks like the only answer...

[GingerNut]

I definately give up now. I'm out of ideas.
If it was me I'd probably wipe the whole thing and start again.
Nice clean hard drive should do the trick :D

[GingerNut]

You just beat me to it there. :)
Great minds think a like.
or is that Fools seldom differ? :D

[GingerNut]

By the way, what Java Environment do you have?
I had 1.3 which was damaged, and I just downloaded 1.4 which is working fine.

[msimmons]

lol

[msimmons]

Originally posted by GingerNut
By the way, what Java Environment do you have?
I had 1.3 which was damaged, and I just downloaded 1.4 which is working fine.

wierd, my lol was intended for the other post not this one. :)
I made and ment to post this image when I made the post about the jre. I'll try the other.

[msimmons]

lol... forgot the image again.
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1249180

[GingerNut]

Try downloading version 1.4 and see if that helps.
If it doesn't, get a big stick... :D

[msimmons]

IT WORKED :D

thanks for all the help and ideas :)

[GingerNut]

Happy Days :D

[msimmons]

***?!?
Now it is doing it again... i can set my active-x items to disable (or prompt and decline) in security and access the sites fine but with it on it will sit there till i kill it or give me the 'send us an error report' msg box and kill itself.

[msimmons]

this is also happening on another machine in the office now so I guess it wasn;t the .net framework that i installed/un installed.

[msimmons]

Now they are both working... I didn;t do anything to them... arrgh I hate computers :)

[msimmons]

I think I found the culprit but what to do? ....on one of the machines the 'process' wfxctl32.exe' is hogging all the processor... i assumed that this file belonged to winfax pro (CRAP!) but not sure... I tried doing a google search on teh filename and found this:
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/usenet/microsoft.public.scripting.virus.discussion/2002/09/msg00057.html
any ideas?

[msimmons]

I found this... I think it may fix one of the machines but I'm still having IE problems w/this one.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/a74513c210251d318525688d004c147a/9d675eb355650c6f88256af60083a535?OpenDocument&sone=winfax10_tasks.html&stg=3&prod=WinFax%20PRO&ver=10.0%20for%20Windows%2095/98/Me/NT/2000&base=http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/winfax/&next=winfax10_contact_tscs_solve.html&src=sg&pcode=winfax&svy=

[GingerNut]

Maybe it's time to reformat.