# Vista Internet explorer problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-internet-explorer-problem/511289>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-internet-explorer-problem/511289 "2009-09-23T20:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-internet-explorer-problem/511289/1 "2009-09-23T20:58:30Z")

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Just wondering does anybody have any advice about a problem I have.

For some reason Internet explorer will not work on my laptop. I am running Vista, but when I select the explorer icon, the wedpage loads, and then immediately shuts down with the error message,

“Internet explorer has stopped working  
windows is searching for a solution to the problem”

Followed by,

“A problem caused the program to stop working, window will close the program and notify you if a solution is available”.

I can load explorer from the accessories menu with add-ons disabled, but after enabling/disabling various add-ons I cannout figure out what is making any difference.

The wireless capabilty also seems to be switching on/off, though it seems characteristic of a hub problem, not a laptop problem?  
Does anybody have any suggestions?  
(edit to add: as you may guess, Firefox works ok, except that it wont allow me to download anything)

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**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-internet-explorer-problem/511289/2 "2009-09-23T21:14:45Z")

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An infinite number of things can cause generic program freezing and lock-ups like you describe. I will say though that if IE and Firefox are causing issues for you, it’s more likely something wrong with the computer than with IE or Firefox. As a third option, there’s always [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome).