Various problems occur with IE7 and Vista

[okayokayjustme]

I'm not sure how to explain this but every now and then when I have IE 7 running for a long time (like a day) with multiple tabs, I would not be able to run/start any other programs. I can't even create new tabs again. Not sure if it has something to do with sites I visited or what. However, if I quit IE 7 and restart it again then everything works. So it seems that IE is causing this problem. Has anyone had this problem? How do I resolve it?

 

[linney]

How many Tabs open, at crash-time, do you have?

How much installed RAM is there in this machine?

Are there any clues in the Event Viewer?

Try the Reset Internet Explorer 7 settings from this article.

How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/936213

Internet Explorer 7 may exit unexpectedly when multiple tabs are open, and you close a tab that contains a non-HTML file

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932930

The first dedicated IE7 Site to go live

http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase3.html

 

[okayokayjustme]

How many Tabs open, at crash-time, do you have?
---5 or 10 it doesn't realy matter. It happens randomly regarding the number of tabs. It seems to based on some sites too.

How much installed RAM is there in this machine?
---2GB of RAM

Are there any clues in the Event Viewer?
---I've looked a couple times but have no clue. I tried the eventid.net site but pretty much useless

Try the Reset Internet Explorer 7 settings from this article.
---tried that didn't work.

I really think this is a problem with IE and Vista running together....or perhaps it's only IE. I have heard announcement from our CIO saying that IE is having some issues with compatibility...not sure exactly what they are though.

 

[lhuegele]

We've seen no problem with IE7 on Vista or XP, and I leave my browser running, sometimes for days on end, with many tabs open as well.

Good luck,