Internet Explorer 8

[MissCroft]

What the hell is wrong with this program? It made my internet explorer completely stop working when I first tried it months ago so I removed it.

A friend of mine (who is very computer savvy) explained that there was some sort of bug in it and that he knew how to fix it. He fixed the problem on his computer, his wife's and on computers at work. So I let him repair the bug and add IE8 again to my laptop and it worked at first but the next day it completely stopped working again. Sometimes it'll miraculously start working but then when I turn off my computer and restart it the following morning, it's back to square one. I have not been able to get my IE working at all since last night so once again, I'm using Firefox which I find annoying.

My friend insists that because it works some of the time, that means the problem is fixed and that the problem must be on my end. Can anyone here explain what exactly the problem is with Internet Explorer 8 and how to fix it?

 

[djk]

The problem is it's Internet Explorer 8.

You said you do not like Firefox.

Have you tried Safari? Opera?

You have a choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_browsers#General_information

 

[Gyaos]

What the hell is wrong with this program? It made my internet explorer completely stop working when I first tried it months ago so I removed it. I have not been able to get my IE working at all since last night so once again, I'm using Firefox which I find annoying.

Dude, Firefox it. Using IE over Firefox (Mozilla) doesn't know what's going on. You can custom Firefox EXACTLY the way you want it to be. It's open source if you have to go that deep. Firefox is really the way to go.

Gyaos Baltar.

 

[bucky88]

Try Google Chrome. I'm very happy with it, especially the incognito window

 

[The Options Menu]

Try Google Chrome. I'm very happy with it, especially the incognito window

Chrome is fine, so is Safari, and Opera.

I don't use Firefox, and I'll just say the same thing I say to every Windows User: JUST USE FIREFOX. It's popular enough that every website supports it, easy enough to use that anybody can figure it out, and free.

Using any version of IE (Unless it is literally forced on you and you can't spoof your way by.) is literally asking to have all manner of 'bad things' happen. Usually when people say, "You're asking for it!" I'll be the first to say you're blaming the victim. If you're using IE you're asking for whatever malice befalls you in you digital life.

 

[chuckparker]

Since I made the switch to firefox I have had no problems.

 

[cancowboy2001]

Maybe this will help - step by step dialog that walks you through some troubleshooting.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_start

I only went so far since IE8 works fine for me.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Since I made the switch to Linux I have had no problems.

Same here.

Plus the little Windows is used, I never use IE.
Opera or FF is all that is used.

 

[The Options Menu]

Same here.

Plus the little Windows is used, I never use IE.
Opera or FF is all that is used.

Even if you don't switch from Windows (I haven't run Windows in years) you would be very well served by breaking up Windows + IE + Outlook + Office in so far ar you can. Ditching IE for Firefox is easy, Thunderbird (and Sunbird) is less of a dropin for Outlook, and for most people OpenOffice can replace Office unless you have very heavily formatted MS stuff...

Putting Windows + IE + Outlook + Office in the same place at the same time makes you the lowest of all low hanging fruit security wise. (Then factor in the need for a quality firewall, virus scanner, and spyware remover. The need for vendor updates from multiple sources. Uugh.)

 

[WoodPeckr]

Putting Windows + IE + Outlook + Office in the same place at the same time makes you the lowest of all low hanging fruit security wise....

Exactly.
Gave up IE years ago, never used Outlook and prefer OpenOffice to M$ Office.


Wonder if Windows 7 will be any improvement security wise?

 

[The Options Menu]

Wonder if Windows 7 will be any improvement security wise?

It sounds like a re-branded Vista as much as anything else. I'm far from a Windows fan, but amongst the biggest albatross around Vista's neck was Window's users resistance to change... (That and Vista on crap hardware) With that shock over it's mostly lipsticking up the pig, AFAIK.

The one thing is that Vista really stuck a fork in the 'Single User' Windows box metaphor, by the time 7 rolls out all of the vendors will have adjusted. Not that the platform has anything to offer me at this point...

 

[needinit]

Maybe this will help - step by step dialog that walks you through some troubleshooting.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_start

I only went so far since IE8 works fine for me.

If it works fine for you, why did you have to go into support at all??

FF all the way Man!

 

[MissCroft]

Thanks guys. I know I can just easily use something else but for me, it's sort of a vendetta in a way. It's driving me crazy that I can't get it to work especially because it sometimes does work out of the blue and then stops again. aaarrrrggghhhhh!! That's just my personality I guess - I'm like George Costanza.

 

[WoodPeckr]

It's driving me crazy that I can't get it to work especially because it sometimes does work out of the blue and then stops again. aaarrrrggghhhhh!!

IE has been doing that for years!....

That's just one of the reasons I dumped it years ago.

 

[Cycleguy007]

Ie sucks!

I have never used Internet Explorer...

Many years ago, I used Spry Mosaic, it was part of Compuserve back in the day... then when I dumped Compuserve and "went indy" I moved to Netscape... I ended up using Netscape for years until the AOL debacle, and then switched to Firefox... I haven't had any browser issues to speak of since I went "on-line" in 1993-4.

 

[El Mariachi]

I have never used Internet Explorer...

Many years ago, I used Spry Mosaic, it was part of Compuserve back in the day... then when I dumped Compuserve and "went indy" I moved to Netscape... I ended up using Netscape for years until the AOL debacle, and then switched to Firefox... I haven't had any browser issues to speak of since I went "on-line" in 1993-4.

Firefox is great . IE 8 sucks cock ! And not any good either

Im currently using IE7 which is still OK but not great.
Mozille Firefox is much better.

 

[Never Compromised]

Firefox, Safari are good choices.

Chrome is fast but stripped of features.

Never used Opera.

 

[Brill]

aaarrrrggghhhhh!! That's just my personality I guess - I'm like George Costanza.

< takes Miss Croft off TDL >

 

[WoodPeckr]

I moved to Netscape... I ended up using Netscape for years until the AOL debacle.....

Same here.
Switched to Netscape back in the day when it was rated better than IE, then went to Opera when AOL farked up Netscape. Opera was the fastest then and very 'porn friendly'.

Right now on Linux I use SeaMonkey at times which is what Netscape is today.
SeaMonkey reminds me a lot of the Netscape back in the day and believe it will run on Windows.

 

[Cycleguy007]

Same here.
Switched to Netscape back in the day when it was rated better than IE, then went to Opera when AOL farked up Netscape. Opera was the fastest then and very 'porn friendly'.

Right now on Linux I use SeaMonkey at times which is what Netscape is today.
SeaMonkey reminds me a lot of the Netscape back in the day and believe it will run on Windows.

LOL! Didn't AOL Fark it up but GOOD! LOL I just kept using my current version of Netscape... 7.2 I think it was... until I found FF...

Never tried SeaMonkey though...