IE7 freezing when opening new tab

I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not added any
new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.

Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and never
does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.

Don
Fri Mar 28 13:35:19 PDT 2008

Hi,
You may have an incompatible browser add-on.
See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
for troubleshooting information.
More at:
IEBlog Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer?s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

With the warning that a reset will delete autocomplete data, such as
passwords and you will have to reinstall browser add-ons, work through this
article:
936213- How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213/en-us

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"confusedkathryn" <confusedkathryn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not added
any
> new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.
>
> Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and never
> does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.

confusedkathryn
Fri Mar 28 15:03:01 PDT 2008

That has done the trick. Thanks so much for your help.

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> You may have an incompatible browser add-on.
> See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
> for troubleshooting information.
> More at:
> IEBlog Troubleshooting and Internet Explorerâ??s (No Add-ons) Mode:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>
> With the warning that a reset will delete autocomplete data, such as
> passwords and you will have to reinstall browser add-ons, work through this
> article:
> 936213- How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213/en-us
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "confusedkathryn" <confusedkathryn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:BE38F016-943E-43CE-89AB-E8A3BE20EA92@microsoft.com...
> > I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not added
> any
> > new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.
> >
> > Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and never
> > does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.
>
>

d
Sat Mar 29 00:15:19 PDT 2008

Don Varnau wrote:
> You may have an incompatible browser add-on.
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]

Hi Don,

If you have a feedback line back to Microsoft, you might want to suggest
that for IE8, instead of saying "connecting" (which means nothing),
instead it should say something like "initializing add-ons". Then at
least people would know that all that time is taken by their add-ons. It
won't take them long to find the "manage add-ons" menu (hopefully).

Of course it would be much better if the browser didn't hang up from a
bad add-on. They either should have a certain time after which, if they
don't report back that they're ready to go, then they get terminated.
The browser could also give them a limited number of tries. Three
strikes you're out - next browser start that add-on will find it's been
disabled (with a suitably user-friendly dialog box letting the user
decide whether they want that to happen). Alternately, IE could start
each add-on initialization in a separate thread. I think that's not
necessary though - I'd personally go for the timeout and three strikes rule.

~dd

lorenzo
Sat Mar 29 09:13:00 PDT 2008



"confusedkathryn" wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not added any
> new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.
>
> Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and never
> does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.

Bob
Sat Mar 29 10:38:24 PDT 2008

Assuming IE7.

Right-click on the IE desktop icon and select the Start without add-ons
option. If this solves your problem, enable add-ons one at a time, testing
as you go, until you find the culprit.

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> "confusedkathryn" wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not added
>> any
>> new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.
>>
>> Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and
>> never
>> does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.

cwmivy
Tue Apr 08 04:41:14 PDT 2008


Hi

I too have just encountered the problem of IE7 freezing when opening
new tab, after it had been working perfectly well ever since I firs
installed it when it was released, so I followed this advice and foun
the problem was caused by the Windows Live Toolbar Helper add-on
presumably as a result of the recent load of updates I had downloade
and installed

So if anyone has the ear of Microsoft perhaps they could tell them the
have created a bug (surely not!

Thanks for the hel

*Re: IE7 freezing when opening new tab*
Assuming IE7

Right-click on the IE desktop icon and select the Start without add-on
option. If this solves your problem, enable add-ons one at a time
testin
as you go, until you find the culprit

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*Report back, please
[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replyin
to s
that others may learn and benefit from the issue

[How to ask a question
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> "confusedkathryn" wrote

>> I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have no
adde
>> an
>> new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail
>
>> Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' an
>> neve
>> does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system

--
cwmivy

Bob
Tue Apr 08 16:51:13 PDT 2008

You're welcome.

"cwmivy" <cwmivy.37jr9s@no-mx.tabletquestions.com> wrote in message
news:cwmivy.37jr9s@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>
> Hi,
>
> I too have just encountered the problem of IE7 freezing when opening a
> new tab, after it had been working perfectly well ever since I first
> installed it when it was released, so I followed this advice and found
> the problem was caused by the Windows Live Toolbar Helper add-on -
> presumably as a result of the recent load of updates I had downloaded
> and installed!
>
> So if anyone has the ear of Microsoft perhaps they could tell them they
> have created a bug (surely not!)
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> *Re: IE7 freezing when opening new tab*
> Assuming IE7.
>
> Right-click on the IE desktop icon and select the Start without add-ons
> option. If this solves your problem, enable add-ons one at a time,
> testing
> as you go, until you find the culprit.
>
> -------
> *Report back, please*
> [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying
> to so
> that others may learn and benefit from the issue]
>
> [How to ask a question]
> 'How to ask a question' (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375)
>
>> "confusedkathryn" wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone knew what to do about this. I have not
> added
>>> any
>>> new software etc and have done a Malware sweep etc to no avail.
>>>
>>> Basically if I click to open a new tab it just says 'connecting' and
>>> never
>>> does anything other than eventually freezing the whole IE7 system.
>
>
> --
> cwmivy