windows explorer "fade to white"

[casatropical]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this. Recently when I am in internet explorer and go into a site the page semi freezes. In other words it just sits there not totally opening up with all the data on a page. If I click to go out then the page fades to an off white with the data still readable. I can then go out and come back in and often all is well. But this happens quite a bit. Any idea what is going on. Running Windows Explorer 8.0.760 with windows 7
thanks in advacne

 

[FliGi7]

When that happens, hit Ctrl + Shift + Esc, go to the Processes tab, select "Show processes from all users" checkbox on the bottom, and click the CPU header column to arrange in descending order of what processes are taking up the most CPU percentage. This should tell you what's going bonkers at that point when iexplorer is freezing up. It could be a number of things, but you should check that first to make sure it's actually IE causing the issue or whether it's something else (an add-on or third party program integrated into ie).

 

[casatropical]

Thats the first thing I have been doing. It shows all programs are working OK.

 

[FliGi7]

Try Method 3 below:

How to optimize Internet Explorer

You might have some add-on's that are causing it to freeze up.

 

[Bill2]

This may help.

In IE-Tools-Internet Options-Advanced tab, uncheck the box "Enable memory protection to mitigate online attacks" under "Security". Also, under "Browsing", uncheck "Disable Script debugging (IE)" and "Disable script debugging (others)".

 

[FliGi7]

Another question that should be asked is whether it's a particular site or sites, or if it is just random.

 

[casatropical]

will give it a try. My wife has the same fade to white on our travel lap top.

 

[casatropical]

Another question that should be asked is whether it's a particular site or sites, or if it is just random.

seems random. Like i mentioned in my last post this problem is seen on our lap top as well. I never saw anything like this with earlier versions of windows or IE

 

[FliGi7]

My first attempt would be to disable all the add-on's and see if one of them is causing this slow down. What antivirus do you use?

 

[casatropical]

MacAfee

 

[FliGi7]

Per my link above, what add-on's are installed in IE? Sometimes McAfee's Site Advisor gets installed and possibly other various plugins. If so, McAfee might be the culprit.

 

[casatropical]

from what i see of add ons they all look normal. adobe PDF, Google tool bar, HP Printer, McAfee and Java doing a quick summary. I
have disabled Enable Memoryi Protection and so far not seen the bleached screen.

 

[casatropical]

This may help.

In IE-Tools-Internet Options-Advanced tab, uncheck the box "Enable memory protection to mitigate online attacks" under "Security". Also, under "Browsing", uncheck "Disable Script debugging (IE)" and "Disable script debugging (others)".

well tried this approach and it does not stop the problem.

 

[casatropical]

just a follow up fyi. When this happens and i hit ctril atl delete it says the site is not responding. I have tried all the suggestions given and so far the same thing goes on. I am curious if other people have had this prolblem.

 

[A Guy]

The "white" screen is because the browser isn't reponding. If you didn't click on the screen or try to close the browser, it wouldn't turn white on it's own, correct? It only turns white when you finally decide the page won't load, and try to reload or close it? If it is only on random sites, it may be the sites have extensive content like flash, or scripts, or images loading. I have seen this very rarely, rarely enough to assume it isn't a problem, but rather the random page or browsing session.

If it happens enough to test, disable all addons and see if the problem goes away. Addons are the most likely cause.

A Guy

 

[casatropical]

you are right in that it happens when the site seems stuck in limbo. If I hit reload it goes white. From where I am it is happening quite often (mexico) but the weird thing is my wife reported the same trouble with her lap top(also windows 7) when traveling in the states. No clue. I have disabled the addons as suggested but still happens. i have a feeling its going to be one of those annoying things that I have to live with. Never ran into this prior to windows 7 or the new explorer.

 

[A Guy]

Something to try, download this tool created by one of out Gurus, Capt. Jack, and reregister the appropriate version of IE:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/98056-sf-ie-restorator-troubleshooting-general-issues-ie.html

You can also try resetting IE.

A Guy