What the hell is wrong with IE?

I am forced to write this in Netscape because:

1. Whenever I try to push a button in IE like "Login", nothing happens...no activity whatsoever.
2. It keeps asking me if I will accept cookies, (I can't even say no)...and I can't change my internet security settings
3. Every tme I reboot, my start menu goes back to large (well thats not why I'm using netscape...just an odd happening).


WHATS WRONG!!! I've scanned for viruses and used scandisk....updated norton and tried again. Nothing... (ARG I can't even use the smiley menu on the right while writing this in netscape!)

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Step 1 : Unplug all peripheral devices from the PC

Step 2 : Unplug the PC from its outlet

Step 3 : Take the PC to the highest window in your house (the roof does just as well...)

Step 4 : Open the window

Step 5 : Throw PC as hard as you can toward the earth

:)

now I can't change the advanced setting either!!!!

maybe next time crptcblade ;)

but this is pissing me off...netscape freezes for about 30 seconds every time I go to a new page....I HATE NETSCAPE I WANT IE BACK!!!!!!!!

and aol gives me an invalid argument error on every page (yes I have aol :( )

Try reinstalling Windows :p

Worked for me last time :rolleyes: I've had to reinstall so many times my win98 CD is almost permanently in the drive :eek:

Since IE has that new repair feature, try repairing it.
I've had to repair my IE a few times because when I tried shift clicking a link, it froze IE and kept doing it, so I had to right click and open in New Window, so after I repaired IE, it works fine now. And another time, when I closed one window in IE, they'd all close for some reason. It's alive...it's alive!!!

After I repaired it though, started working perfectly (perfectly meaning IE as it's normal state, crashing and stuff) again.

Thanks Matthew I'll check that out! :D

Downloadng as we type. ;)

yes...I had an odd problem...No New window would open. rt click - open in new window...was just dead...

go to the add/remove progs...and choose uninstall IE 5. then pick repair.

works like a charm.

IE 5 or Microsoft IE 5 isn't in the list :confused:

Reinstalling windows has always worked for me, if it doesn't work try crptcblade's solution. the repair feature only helped temporarily, and IE worked for about 1 month before it got even worse than before, now i use 5.00.2614.3500 and it's been working for 3 months, that is if you can call it working, because it sucks all your resources and crashes once in a while

I downloaded the whole 18 meg IE 5.5 and now all it does is crash... and then it crashes explorer, so lokks like a reinstall of windows is in order...
I just wanted to make sure all of my files will be saved if I reinstall windows 98.

Your files will be fine :)

Thanks Parkse...well then I guess I will see you guys later!

Off to reinstall windows :D

I reinstalled windows and I still get the errors...and now whevever I push the back button in any folder, explorer crashes... :mad:

I've attached the first errero

here is the other error

Quote:

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Originally posted by SteveCRM
I reinstalled windows and I still get the errors...and now whevever I push the back button in any folder, explorer crashes... :mad:

I've attached the first errero

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That's pretty useless without the information from the details section :rolleyes:

Did you do a clean install, or just stick it on top of the buggered one? You get a much better result doing a clean install.

yep, delete windows, and then install
deltree is slow, so i usually boot up in w2k and del the windows folder from there (thats why i have w2k)

I think it's best to rename your windows folder and then you have a backup of DLLs, your desktop, etc.

If you just delete it your desktop goes the way of all work on Windows... :rolleyes:

Should I get Win2K? I've been thinking about it for a while.

And I'm just gonna reformat...haven't done it in a while anyway.

Remember to back everything up :)

For Win2K you really need to check exactly what hardware you have and whether it'll work or not...I've had real trouble with it, especially with VIA chipsets.

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Originally posted by kedaman
yep, delete windows, and then install
deltree is slow, so i usually boot up in w2k and del the windows folder from there (thats why i have w2k)

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I use a Dos Program Called Tdel....It shows the progress
during the deleting process.

cool is it fast? (i can't test because i don't want to delete windows now)

btw i have a specific folder with windows.date.zip with old bakups.

being a dos program, I expect it's own limitations but
nevertheless, it's still a good one !

Well now I'm backing all my stuff up on cdrw's...Thanks for all your help guys!
:D :D
If it doesn't work after areformat I don't kknow what to do, so this should work.

Oh and sorry about my poor spelling and grammar in these past few posts. Have you tried to type anything in Opera? Its impossible! It types so slow and sometimes characters don't show up right away.

Well, THANKS GUYS! :D

How screwed up is this? I just logged onto a different windows name and it all works! I was trying to format C: on a different name until I noticed this works!!!!!! :D :D

If it works on another user name, most likely the problem is in the registry. (WARNING: I *****ed up 2 PCs @ school, thinking that if I copyed the registry from one that worked would fix the 2 the don't, oh how wrong I was.)