pwrichcreek
Mon May 26 09:53:01 PDT 2008
Robert,
Thanks for your detailed reply.
To give you some idea of my level of experience (with IE):
> open the TIF Viewer
I don't know that this is.
> FWIW I didn't use Fiddler on this page
I don't know what Fiddler is.
> Also, you could use ProcMon
I downloaded a file from MS SysInternals that contains among other things a
"Process Explorer" which, I think, is primarily an enhanced Windows Task
Manager. Don't think I have ProcMon. Where can I find it?
> Not a clear enough symptom description.
Let me take another stab at that.
I paste the link into the address bar and press ENTER. The page appears to
load, that is, I see logos and graphics, etc, that I would expect (although
I've never before visited this page, it seems to contain what I would
expect). The status bar at the bottom of the page shows "Shortcut to reed"
and the progress bar has moved a bit, but has stopped showing any progress.
The only portion of the IE screen that seems to be responsive is the very
top (Title bar?). X (close) and - (minimize) are working, although I get "not
responding" when I try to CLOSE. When I move anywhere else in the page I get
the hourglass. I get no dropdown list from the Tools item and none of the
other items on the toolbar are responsive.
Windows Task Manager shows 100% CPU, with 96% in iexplore.exe.
The person who sent me the link says it is a blog. Are there special
requirements for viewing a blog from IE6?
Again, thanks for your reply. I will try to locate ProcMon and see if that
sheds any additional light.
Phil
"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> "pwrichcreek" <pwrichcreek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D93CEE7C-A4EE-408E-82F1-4B712433F8B0@microsoft.com...
> > When I go to the following page...
> >
> >
http://glitteringstew.com/reed/2008/05/24/disheartening-rhetoric-from-cso-board-chair/
> >
> > the page opens and displays and then IE stalls (hourglass).
>
>
> Not a clear enough symptom description. Is it still rendering? Did you try to do
> something with it? Use all the parts of the IE window for more clues. E.g. watch
> the Status bar (Maximize the window to maximize it.), the Title bar, the Address bar,
> the Tabs (if this is IE7 instead of IE6), as well as the display area. Also, open the
> TIF Viewer (Internet Options, Settings, View Files); set to View Details, and sort
> by Last Accesssed. Etc.
>
> Note: the TIF Viewer will only show files which are cached. In order to see other
> requests for uncacheable files you could use Fiddler2 to trace the requests and responses.
> Also, you could use ProcMon to trace whatever files and registry accesses lead up
> to your "stall".
>
> FWIW I didn't use Fiddler on this page so I don't know if there are any uncacheable
> elements needed by the rendering. However, I don't think so because the page
> can be rerendered completely from the cache. To show this I set Work Offline
> (Alt-F,W) then load About:Blank over it (my Home page, so Alt-Home), then return
> to the the problem page (Alt-CursorLeft). There were no requests to reconnect
> so I conclude that the entire page can be reredendered from the TIF.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
> > Can someone help
> > be troubleshoot this? Perhaps some sort of plug-in is required that I do not
> > have installed? I'm running IE6 XP SP2 with all patches installed.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Phil
>
>
>
