Another IE8 problem - Stops working and restarts often

[cracker39]

I am still using Vista, waiting for my W7 order to be shipped. Here is the problem.

IE8 frequently stops working and I get a message to that effect, then IE8 restarts and resumes on the same WEB page. It isn't catastrophic, but is very annoying. This problem also occurred with IE7, When I upgraded to IE8, the problem appeared to be resolved as IE8 worked normally...for a while that is. After some time, a week or two maybe, the same problem resurfaced with IE8. It stops working almost always a few seconds to a minute after I start IE8 for the first time.and sometimes stops and restarts several times during a session.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so, has using IE8 with W7 resoved the problem?

 

[Ian]

Can you try running IE8 in safe mode to see if that helps (not Windows safe mode, but IE8 safe mode). You can run it by typing "iexplore -extoff" in the run box and this will disable all addons. It could be that one of these is causing the crash and this will help narrow the search down

 

[cracker39]

Thanks, Ian, I just turned off the IE8 add ons and will see if this helps. Will the add ons stay turned off or do I have to re-run it after every startup?

My Win7 upgrade package hasn't arrived yet, but I expect it any day now.

 

[Ian]

The addons are only disabled for that session, so as soon as you close the window and open up IE8 again they will load. It's just a good way to rule out the addons causing a problem