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So thanks to my college's "resnet" security log-in program that they make you go through before you are allowed to access the University internet connection, I am without access. This has been a prolonging problem for a while now, but I was able to bypass it do to the wonderous alternative known as Firefox. The problem is, the security program automatically launches into IE, I have no control over it (that I know of). Here is the problem:

Believe me, it's had me scratching my head forever. Alright, so it's pretty simple. Every time I open Internet Explorer my computer slows down incredibly while it's trying to open, and then often freezes. The IE browser opens up, the screen stays white, and at the bottom left the status says "finding site/start downloading site..., etc" and just comes to a next to stand-still. When this happens I have two options: Either A.) Click the x, wait for the End program box to appear, press End Program and wait for a half hour beofre it gets back to the desktop, or B.) Manually shut her down.

Also of note, Ctrl-Alt-Del simply doesn't come up when you press it after IE has been opened. If I already have it up before I try to open IE, I am able to easily click on End Process and get my computer back to normal in about 30 seconds.

Now this happened originally about 2 months ago. Luckily, I just converted over to firefox and went on my business. However, about 2 weeks ago I decided to give IE another try and guess what? It was working just fine again! Yay. 2 days before I head back to school, I'm on IE with a few windows opened and was going to a new page when I hit the back button right away because it was a page I didn't mean to click on. Well, my computer froze up right there, so I manually restart and great. Back to that problem where I can't use it. And NOW, I have to use it just so I can get access!

Is there any known bug or way to fix this? If I could reinstall IE, I would. But quite plainly, I don't know how. I can't even uninstall it. It's not a listed program.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

http://www.mozilla.org

Your welcome.

Thanks Rubes, but I think you missed my first paragraph. I've been using Mozilla for months now, the problem is the security program that grants you intial access here at UWW launches IE automatically while it is running.

My specs:

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+
512 MB RAM
Windows XP Service Pack 2
IE v. 6.0.2900.2180


EDIT:

For the record would this help? Should I try typing this into the registry?


1. While you are logged on as an administrator, click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the appropriate registry subkey, right-click the IsInstalled (REG_DWORD) value, and then click Modify.

To reinstall only the Internet Explorer 6 browser component on Windows XP, use the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}


4. Change the value data from 1 to 0, and then click OK.
5. Quit Registry Editor, and then install Internet Explorer 6.
6. To reinstall Windows XP updates, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/)



from: http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;318378

Or am I supposed to do an "in-place reinstallation"?


This post has been edited by Tidu-who on 8th September 2005 02:47

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"