Internet explorer 32-bit does not work, but 64bit does

Hello....
I do not know what happened, but IE was working just fine and now when i use it a window pops up and says internet explorer has stopped working and will send info to microsoft. I also can not get into the tools on the browser...it does not allow me.

I Tried doing a system restore and tried installing windows7 on top of itself, but no luck.
I tried to disable firewall etc, but nothing. I have been using norton360 version2.

For some reason IE-64 bit version works fine. And I can get email if i go through outlook 2007 directly.
Firefox will not launch either.
HELP!!!!!....Please :)
Thanks for any ideas...Joe

hi...
all is well...
I went to control panel
-internet options
-advanced tab
-then clicked reset button.

It now works...
Thanks....
Joe

how can you tell what version (32bit or 64bit) of IE8 you're using? i'm trying to get the 32bit IE working so i can run flash.

another reason why I primarily use Firefox

I am having exactly the same issue, but the simple reset didn't work from Control panel... does anybody have any ideas what might be causing this?

I too am now having this problem I just installed windows 7 today.

I have looked all over for a fix and nothing works. I even installed firefox and only the 64bit version works. The only way to get internet explorer working is to run as administrator. I have fresh installed windows 7 also and this still happens. The only thing on my system is componet drivers and anti virus.

Biohazardous said:

I have looked all over for a fix and nothing works. I even installed firefox and only the 64bit version works. The only way to get internet explorer working is to run as administrator. I have fresh installed windows 7 also and this still happens. The only thing on my system is componet drivers and anti virus.

Hello biohazardous, this problem is caused when you installed the Asus Xonar drivers but didn't install the patch which is located in the Vista section of the Asus support page. The patch doesn't say anything about this fix but it works perfectly none the less.

The patch is hard to miss, it's right at the top of the page where you get the Vista Xonar drivers. Just install the patch and reboot. After you install the patch and reboot IE will work and so will everything else.