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AR15.COM
6/11/2008 1:53:04 PM EDT
When I close a browser window it says it's windows experienced a problem and closes all open windows and reopens IE in a new window.

How do I fix this?

Scott
6/11/2008 1:53:32 PM EDT
[#1]
get firefox
6/11/2008 1:53:41 PM EDT
[#2]
clean install XP?

Seriously, check to make sure that you've applied all updates.  After that, the easiest way to find known issues is to do a google search with the exact text of the error you receive - may need a little tweaking to narrow down the results, but nine times out of ten it will get you there.  

Firefox, as mentioned, is great.

As much as people bag on Vista, I'm running it on 3 machines - and it's been no less reliable for me than the dozen or so running XP or Server 2k3.
6/11/2008 2:01:50 PM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
clean install XP?

Seriously, check to make sure that you've applied all updates.  After that, the easiest way to find known issues is to do a google search with the exact text of the error you receive - may need a little tweaking to narrow down the results, but nine times out of ten it will get you there.  

Firefox, as mentioned, is great.

As much as people bag on Vista, I'm running it on 3 machines - and it's been no less reliable for me than the dozen or so running XP or Server 2k3.


Thanks, tried to search online but brought up a bunch of non-related stuff, will try harder.

Scott
6/11/2008 2:06:21 PM EDT
[#4]
If it's a recent problem, you can also consider System Restore to a restore point before the error began occurring.

Are you certain that you are running all of the latest updates?

First, see if you are experiencing the problem detailed here:

Knowledge Base Article
6/11/2008 2:16:09 PM EDT
[#5]
Just got the computer last weekend, so I assume it's up to date.

Will check that link.

Scott
6/11/2008 2:20:40 PM EDT
[#6]
My Vista is updated yet everyday at some point when I try to close a program it doesn't respond and any other window that is open (such as Bob Dancer's Video Poker) loses everything!
6/11/2008 5:02:17 PM EDT
[#7]
That change made mine about 3X faster.  Will it help with the freeze-ups?  Program is failing to respond crap?
6/11/2008 5:20:17 PM EDT
[#8]
Firefox yada yada... install XP... heard it all before.

The problem is, the computer may, and probably does, have hardware for which there are no XP drivers.  It isn't that simple.  He could spend weeks trying to get all the drivers and configure his computer to run on XP.