# IE freezes when accessing Facebook
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660 "2009-02-20T02:05:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660/1 "2009-02-20T02:05:49Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660/2 "2009-02-20T04:41:16Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660/3 "2009-02-21T02:27:18Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> Any ideas?
Yup. Get rid of IE and use Firefox. 🆒
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### Author:  [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660/4 "2009-02-21T02:51:30Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> 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.
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.
> [@Dripping](#):
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> Yup. Get rid of IE and use Firefox. 🆒
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…
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### Author:  [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-freezes-when-accessing-facebook/486660/5 "2009-02-21T03:06:18Z")
Opera does it too.