# Internet Explore 5

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736 "2001-03-20T17:06:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![thimblegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@thimblegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thimblegirl)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/1 "2001-03-20T17:06:49Z")

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I keep getting the message " This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down". I’ve searched Microsoft’s web site and can only find infor on IE4. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/2 "2001-03-20T17:23:23Z")

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try getting IE 5.5. Microsoft releases new versions of IE for that very reason… sometimes programs just don’t run th way they should. If that doesn’t work, try out Netscape

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/3 "2001-03-20T17:26:56Z")

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I’d suggest downloading and installing IE 5.5. Maybe this will correct your problems.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/4 "2001-03-20T23:47:17Z")

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That’s a standard error message. We need to know what it is that you’re doing just BEFORE you get that message. Are you Searching from the Address Bar, for example?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/5 "2001-03-21T16:16:29Z")

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Try turning off your computer, wait a minute & turn it back on.

Also, why don’t you click the DETAILS button when you get a message & see what file its bitching about?

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**Author:** ![thimblegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@thimblegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thimblegirl)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-5/58736/6 "2001-03-21T16:30:23Z")

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I downloaded 5.5 which seemed to work for a while but now it’s doing it again. Shutting down and rebooting doesn’t help. The details say "Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 015f:bff9d709. Should I uninstall 5.5 and try again?