Windows 7: Crash

Ok don't know what happend but Ie8 dosn't work anymore or windows update they both stall and then shutdown and send info to microsoft. No clue what happend unfortunaly I didn't have system restore set up thought it did that Normally so I might have to reinstall any Ideas?

Try doing this for IE8 and see if it works.

Internet Explorer - Reset

yes IE8 is working ok now however when ever I click on Windows update I get windows Explorer has stopped working. and shuts down.

Try doing this.

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

scan came out clean. wonder what happened.

The same thing just started happening to me. I have no trouble going to other Websites but trying to start Windows Update causes the same error as you're getting. I also tried resetting IE8 and SFC /SCANNOW and neither helped.

Have you recently installed Java ?

The same problem happened to me this morning so I restored the system before the installation of Java and my computer works fine now. (I couldn't uninstall because explorer was crashing just like windows update)

I noticed last night that Windows 7 Beta was crashing for me when I tried to open Windows Update.

I've just uninstalled Java, and Windows Update opened fine.

EDIT: Windows Installer was then playing up, so I went back with System Restore, and reinstalled Java because I need it. Windows Update seems to be working.

Thanks to those who suggested System Restore. I didn't have Java loaded but a Restore fixed my problem. I then cautiously reinstalled the programs I had installed after the Restore point one at a time and tested Windows Update after each install. Nothing affected Windows Update! I'm pretty sure I reinstalled all the software I had loaded. Oh well, this *is* just a beta so I'm not upset. It's still more stable than either the XP or Vista betas were!

Same started happening here today, odd as i haven't installed anything new, just opened ie8 and after a while windows updated just crashes and so does windows explorer, i did a system restore and it worked once then it started giving the same error again.