Windows

Resolving IE Issues

Posted by on Mar 29, 2005 | 18 Comments

Q: My copy of IE6 on this Windows XP computer is giving me grief. Each time that I try to open it, I receive an error message, and the browser refuses to load. Since IE is such a vital piece of Windows, I was wondering if it’s possible to somehow repair or reinstall it. Can that be done?

A: Problems can occur in any piece of software, but knowing how to resolve the issues will help you to avoid the frustration that you are currently dealing with. I’ve had to reinstall and troubleshoot my fair share of software mishaps, and this often time consuming process can really slow you down. When IE isn’t functioning properly, things in Windows can get a little unwieldy. Microsoft documents a few helpful suggestions for fixing the problems in this article.

Apply the suggestions to see if you can get the browser back to the way it was originally.

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  • Anonymous

    A great overview of the principles. A bit off topic, but for some considerable time I’ve been worried about safety aspects in the home. I just don’t know about the USA, but here in the UK the average home may have dozens of low-voltage DC adaptors. Few bear any clear message about which device they’re intended for, and even where there’s a manufacturer’s logo, it may not help if you have more than one device of that make and they use different voltages.

    Even the low-voltage plug and socket system is a mess – no attempt whatever to standardise connectors (usually coaxial) with voltages. It wouldn’t need a complete redesign – just varying plastic shrouds and matching sockets.

    I’m a bit hyper about this right now as it’s just days since an elderly neighbour had to ring the fire brigade after a low-voltage adaptor burst into flames (it was the wrong one for the device she was trying to power). The firemen said it wasn’t an uncommon situation.

    I’m sure it wouldn’t be beyond manufacturers to arrange (or for governments to statutorily insist) that all low voltage adapters CLEARLY bear information onthe devices they’re intended for. Plus it should be physically impossible to connect adaptors to devices using another voltage – not a complete answer I know, but something at least.

    And it could all so easily be made academic anyway. Why – given the number of low-voltage devices around our homes and the drawers-full of adaptors we keep – are adaptors even necessary any longer? I see no reason why every mains socket in my home shoudn’t also include a built-in low-voltage supply. I’m told that voltages vary too much, but surely that’s a detail for the manufacturers to address.

    Failing that, my desktop PC equipment at least – given all the usual stuff plus a couple of external HDDs, router, etc – now itself uses no less than NINE adaptors. Some of them taking up more room than the kit they power! Surely one suitably-designed low-voltage source is all I should need? If there is anything like that on the market her in the UK, I’ve yet to find it.

    • Anonymous

      You’ve missed one important element in your excellent summary. That is the role of International Standardization. Note the international in this respect (as opposed to regional or national) since that is what allows trade to take place across frontiers, from one individual country to another.

      Everyone needs standards that provide a common “language” in terms of electrotechnical measurements and specifications to which everyone can refer. They ensure that manufacturers can trade what they produce; traders can import or export; importers or exporters can cross frontiers in full respect of governmental regulations; regulators or governments have some sort of measure on which to base their legislation and testers can carry out conformity assessments to ensure that legislation is adhered to so that the user remains safe.

      Those measures are the International Standards on which the manufacturers within their various Technical Committees have agreed. They have come to consensus of opinion about what it is that makes a particular specification safe, efficient, functional and interoperable.

      In short, within an international organization such as the IEC that is responsible for global standards in electricity and electronics and so on, you have representatives from industry throughout the world, often from competitive companies, who come together and define a multitude of devices and systems.

      One of these is the universal adaptor.

  • Anonymous

    A great overview of the principles. A bit off topic, but for some considerable time I’ve been worried about safety aspects in the home. I just don’t know about the USA, but here in the UK the average home may have dozens of low-voltage DC adaptors. Few bear any clear message about which device they’re intended for, and even where there’s a manufacturer’s logo, it may not help if you have more than one device of that make and they use different voltages.

    Even the low-voltage plug and socket system is a mess – no attempt whatever to standardise connectors (usually coaxial) with voltages. It wouldn’t need a complete redesign – just varying plastic shrouds and matching sockets.

    I’m a bit hyper about this right now as it’s just days since an elderly neighbour had to ring the fire brigade after a low-voltage adaptor burst into flames (it was the wrong one for the device she was trying to power). The firemen said it wasn’t an uncommon situation.

    I’m sure it wouldn’t be beyond manufacturers to arrange (or for governments to statutorily insist) that all low voltage adapters CLEARLY bear information onthe devices they’re intended for. Plus it should be physically impossible to connect adaptors to devices using another voltage – not a complete answer I know, but something at least.

    And it could all so easily be made academic anyway. Why – given the number of low-voltage devices around our homes and the drawers-full of adaptors we keep – are adaptors even necessary any longer? I see no reason why every mains socket in my home shoudn’t also include a built-in low-voltage supply. I’m told that voltages vary too much, but surely that’s a detail for the manufacturers to address.

    Failing that, my desktop PC equipment at least – given all the usual stuff plus a couple of external HDDs, router, etc – now itself uses no less than NINE adaptors. Some of them taking up more room than the kit they power! Surely one suitably-designed low-voltage source is all I should need? If there is anything like that on the market her in the UK, I’ve yet to find it.

  • Anonymous

    A great overview of the principles. A bit off topic, but for some considerable time I’ve been worried about safety aspects in the home. I just don’t know about the USA, but here in the UK the average home may have dozens of low-voltage DC adaptors. Few bear any clear message about which device they’re intended for, and even where there’s a manufacturer’s logo, it may not help if you have more than one device of that make and they use different voltages.

    Even the low-voltage plug and socket system is a mess – no attempt whatever to standardise connectors (usually coaxial) with voltages. It wouldn’t need a complete redesign – just varying plastic shrouds and matching sockets.

    I’m a bit hyper about this right now as it’s just days since an elderly neighbour had to ring the fire brigade after a low-voltage adaptor burst into flames (it was the wrong one for the device she was trying to power). The firemen said it wasn’t an uncommon situation.

    I’m sure it wouldn’t be beyond manufacturers to arrange (or for governments to statutorily insist) that all low voltage adapters CLEARLY bear information onthe devices they’re intended for. Plus it should be physically impossible to connect adaptors to devices using another voltage – not a complete answer I know, but something at least.

    And it could all so easily be made academic anyway. Why – given the number of low-voltage devices around our homes and the drawers-full of adaptors we keep – are adaptors even necessary any longer? I see no reason why every mains socket in my home shoudn’t also include a built-in low-voltage supply. I’m told that voltages vary too much, but surely that’s a detail for the manufacturers to address.

    Failing that, my desktop PC equipment at least – given all the usual stuff plus a couple of external HDDs, router, etc – now itself uses no less than NINE adaptors. Some of them taking up more room than the kit they power! Surely one suitably-designed low-voltage source is all I should need? If there is anything like that on the market her in the UK, I’ve yet to find it.

    • Anonymous

      You’ve missed one important element in your excellent summary. That is the role of International Standardization. Note the international in this respect (as opposed to regional or national) since that is what allows trade to take place across frontiers, from one individual country to another.

      Everyone needs standards that provide a common “language” in terms of electrotechnical measurements and specifications to which everyone can refer. They ensure that manufacturers can trade what they produce; traders can import or export; importers or exporters can cross frontiers in full respect of governmental regulations; regulators or governments have some sort of measure on which to base their legislation and testers can carry out conformity assessments to ensure that legislation is adhered to so that the user remains safe.

      Those measures are the International Standards on which the manufacturers within their various Technical Committees have agreed. They have come to consensus of opinion about what it is that makes a particular specification safe, efficient, functional and interoperable.

      In short, within an international organization such as the IEC that is responsible for global standards in electricity and electronics and so on, you have representatives from industry throughout the world, often from competitive companies, who come together and define a multitude of devices and systems.

      One of these is the universal adaptor.

    • Anonymous

      You’ve missed one important element in your excellent summary. That is the role of International Standardization. Note the international in this respect (as opposed to regional or national) since that is what allows trade to take place across frontiers, from one individual country to another.

      Everyone needs standards that provide a common “language” in terms of electrotechnical measurements and specifications to which everyone can refer. They ensure that manufacturers can trade what they produce; traders can import or export; importers or exporters can cross frontiers in full respect of governmental regulations; regulators or governments have some sort of measure on which to base their legislation and testers can carry out conformity assessments to ensure that legislation is adhered to so that the user remains safe.

      Those measures are the International Standards on which the manufacturers within their various Technical Committees have agreed. They have come to consensus of opinion about what it is that makes a particular specification safe, efficient, functional and interoperable.

      In short, within an international organization such as the IEC that is responsible for global standards in electricity and electronics and so on, you have representatives from industry throughout the world, often from competitive companies, who come together and define a multitude of devices and systems.

      One of these is the universal adaptor.

    • Anonymous

      You’ve missed one important element in your excellent summary. That is the role of International Standardization. Note the international in this respect (as opposed to regional or national) since that is what allows trade to take place across frontiers, from one individual country to another.

      Everyone needs standards that provide a common “language” in terms of electrotechnical measurements and specifications to which everyone can refer. They ensure that manufacturers can trade what they produce; traders can import or export; importers or exporters can cross frontiers in full respect of governmental regulations; regulators or governments have some sort of measure on which to base their legislation and testers can carry out conformity assessments to ensure that legislation is adhered to so that the user remains safe.

      Those measures are the International Standards on which the manufacturers within their various Technical Committees have agreed. They have come to consensus of opinion about what it is that makes a particular specification safe, efficient, functional and interoperable.

      In short, within an international organization such as the IEC that is responsible for global standards in electricity and electronics and so on, you have representatives from industry throughout the world, often from competitive companies, who come together and define a multitude of devices and systems.

      One of these is the universal adaptor.

  • http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme

    Note that some of the world operates at 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz AC.

  • http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme

    Note that some of the world operates at 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz AC.

  • http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme

    Note that some of the world operates at 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz AC.

  • http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme

    Note that some of the world operates at 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz AC.

  • Anonymous

    the big difference between AC-DC is {skin effect}

  • Anonymous

    the big difference between AC-DC is {skin effect}

  • Anonymous

    the big difference between AC-DC is {skin effect}

  • Anonymous

    the big difference between AC-DC is {skin effect}

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YH4DJV2DL2BVPNX3M5HGCDFISU Jay S

    Edison created the first electronic or should it say electric power transmission?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YH4DJV2DL2BVPNX3M5HGCDFISU Jay S

    Edison created the first electronic or should it say electric power transmission?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YH4DJV2DL2BVPNX3M5HGCDFISU Jay S

    Edison created the first electronic or should it say electric power transmission?