IE freezes when accessing Facebook

Factual Questions
1

When I go to check Facebook and IE freezes. Sometimes I notice it says it’s “redirecting” and it just freezes there. Sometimes I get in and I can see the latest stuff from friends but it freezes before I can do anything.

I usually have multiple tabs up and when I go into FB, and I can’t switch to a different tab while FB finishes loading (if that’s what’s happening—but I don’t think it is). I can’t click on anything within Facebook. Task mgr shows 100% CPU usage, although the individual processes aren’t that out of whack from how they look otherwise.

All other sites work as usual.

Any ideas?

2

What kind of toolbars do you have installed in IE? Turn them off one by one, then visit Facebook, and see if the problem goes away.

3

Yup. Get rid of IE and use Firefox. :cool:

4

I have several installed but most turned off. Only one I’m using is Yahoo. It would make sense if FB hadn’t been working just fine till recently.

I used IE for a long time, switched to Netscape, then switched back to IE.

OK, I’m going to try again. If I’m not back in five minutes…wait a little longer.

ETA And as mysteriously as the problem came, it has gone…

5

Opera does it too.