# IE 7.0 crashing often on site **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 13, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588 "2006-08-13T21:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/1 "2006-08-13T21:47:34Z")
I am running IE 7.0 and lately it has been crashing a lot (only on this site). It usually happens after opening an external link in a new window, then after closing that window I get an IE error message and the whole thing shuts down. I also noticed it has been blocking an ActiveX control that wants to run on the site. I just recently allowed it to run and still got an error/crash. Anyone else having this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/2 "2006-08-13T23:01:03Z")
I assume you mean Internet Explorer 7.0 _beta_? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/3 "2006-08-13T23:20:54Z")
I occasionally run IE 7, beta 3 at home and at work (mostly, though, I use Opera), but I’ve never encountered the problems you’re having. You might make sure you’re up-to-date with the latest beta. As for ActiveX, I know previous versions of vBulletin used ActiveX for the WYSIWYG Editor, but I’m not sure if that’s true anymore. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/4 "2006-08-14T03:30:31Z")
I use IE7 Beta 3 on Windows XP Pro and I don’t get any errors. The board does not attempt to run any ActiveX controls. Can you provide some more information about the error? Have you updated to Beta 3? ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/5 "2006-08-14T07:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=xash] I use IE7 Beta 3 on Windows XP Pro and I don’t get any errors. The board does not attempt to run any ActiveX controls. Can you provide some more information about the error? Have you updated to Beta 3? [/QUOTE] I don’t get any errors either. An install of QuickTime is being blocked though. I just ignore it, I don’t particularly want to see any QuickTime content. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/6 "2006-08-14T14:09:39Z")
We use no QuickTime content here, so whatever your problem is, it’s not coming from us. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/7 "2006-08-15T22:42:52Z")
[QUOTE=Imasquare] I don’t get any errors either. An install of QuickTime is being blocked though. I just ignore it, I don’t particularly want to see any QuickTime content. [/QUOTE] **Lord Ashtar** had and fixed a QuickTime issue (from the [Why is the SDMB trying to run Quicktime each time I open a thread?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384160) thread: > [@](#): > > Apparently there was an add-on that was trying to run something. I disabled it and the message isn’t coming up anymore. Remember, there’s a reason they call it “beta.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588/8 "2006-08-16T22:08:03Z")
Do you suppose it might have to do with [this](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4797949.stm)?