IE8 stops working

[sombster]

Not sure if this is an IE8 or Windows 7 issue (I've been using IE 8, with Vista with no issue, so I'm guessing it's related to Windows 7).

Anyhow, after a short time using Windows 7 (30-60 mins at a time) I am unable to download things via IE8 (for example Spybot Search & Destroy). I keep getting the message that Internet Explorer can't connect to the site to get the download or whatever. This pretty much applies to ALL sites once it starts happening.

I wasn't able to download Avast, S&D, or the drivers for my logitech keyboard/mouse, nor was I able to download the Live essential tools (email, messenger, etc).

I was able to after a reboot, but again, after some time, the same problem came back when trying to download other things. It's like I can download stuff for the first hour that windows 7 is booted, but after that it's hit or miss (with a bigger lean towards miss).

Anyone else have this problem? I've cleared history, cache, etc, and it doesn't seem to fix it, only a reboot does.

 

[Ian]

Is this on a clean install? It would be worth disabling all IE plugins and any 3rd party software that could interfere (such as AV software) to see if there is a conflict going on.

 

[sombster]

Yes, clean install. I'll try disbaling plugins and see if it helps. Its just odd, as it works once I boot up but within an hour or so, it stops working. I figured maybe it had something to do with something in the cache, so I cleared that too, and it never seems to fix it.

 

[brusse01]

hi,

I had the same issue and all I did was reset IE8 in Internet Options and havent had any problems since. I figured I had a bad plugin that caused the cannot display and download errors etc....

hope this helps

 

[Core]

IE8 is a mess. Do you experience the same issue using a different browser?

 

[sombster]

It worked after I did what brusse01 suggested, but after a bit, it started doing it again. IE8 works fine in vista, but like crap in Windows 7.

As far as I know it works fine with any other browser, I'm just too lazy to install another one right now since I'm still bouncing back and forth between vista and windows 7.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Seeing how you tried reseting to original settings

Im not sure what to tell you either - Ive not had any download trouble with IE8 - Ive been Beta testing Win7 for three months now. I have had occational IE8 lockup and some links blackening my whole browser window