screen freezes and hangs

[razzle51]

I have a HP laptop , IE 8 and my screen freezes and hangs just while Googling . I have tried alot of fixes and nothing works . any ideas ??? THANKS Roz

 

[roncerr]

...I have tried alot of fixes and nothing works...

What did you try? Did you reset IE8: Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Reset?

 

[razzle51]

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no havent done that . Somebody else said to do that , but I thought you would loose everything . files pics etyc.

 

[Maguscreed]

Internet explorer is not your whole computer.

I would personally suggest switching to the firefox web browser
Mozilla | Firefox web browser & Thunderbird email client
, or even google chrome, I haven't personally used IE in many years now.

 

[razzle51]

I was thinking about that too , maybe to Bing . Is that a good search engine ? but resetting IE are there any nagatives to doing that. thanks

 

[roncerr]

...but resetting IE are there any nagatives to doing that...

The only negative that is unavoidable is the removal of a few addons, like Flash or Java, but since they are a suspected cause of the problem, it's better to add them back later after you've resolved the problem. As you do the reset, a screen will appear explaining what the reset does and giving you the option to avoid changing "Personal Settings" and those personal settings are spelled out. Regardless, you can't loose your personal folders like Favorites, Docs, Pictures, etc. even if you choose to reset "Personal Settings".
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[razzle51]

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Ok thanks so much I might start with Bing first and then see what happns . Thanks Again Roz

 

[roncerr]

...I might start with Bing first and then see what happns...

Bing is just another website, different than google, so I would not expect that to make much difference, unless the only time you have browser problems is with google. I suppose their new annoying popup pictures of web pages could be taxing your system a little more.