IE 8 stops working in windows 7?

I upgraded to win7 a couple weeks ago, I have been running IE 8 on Xp with no issues, I leave my pc on all the time. the issue with win 7 is that each day I have to reboot to get IE to start working again , if I do not then when I go to an address I get the message that IE has stopped working? any advice?

 

I am on a wired connection?

 

my bad, I disabled (unchecked) "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power ", lets see what happens now.

 

okay, this did not solve the isseu, internet explorer is still not responding, any other suggestions?

 

The answer is Mozilla or Opera. IE8 is buggy with flash or any add on. Try disabling all add ons and see what happens. IE8 is too ticky for me, especially 32 BIT. Turning off network adapter to power saver only delays loading a page, a crashing browser is the direct result of Adobe. One of the days, they will get a flash add on that works in explorer.

 

thanks, that helps, I had mozilla but when I started school, my college classes use web pages that only work with IE, so I guess I can use firefox for everything else.

 

Thanks, I will give the add-on method a shot and post results.

 

okay, so I tried disabling the add-ons and it did not work, then I changed the power settings to always on and it worked, so now my issue is what is going to sleep and causing IE to stop working?

 

Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report
Computer Name KID-PC
Scan Time 2009-12-01T19:52:17Z
Scan Duration 60 seconds
System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Product Name To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS Date 09/02/2005
BIOS Version 1012.001
OS Build 7600
Platform Role PlatformRoleDesktop
Plugged In true
Process Count 68
Thread Count 857
Report GUID {77ba26d4-1bbf-46ab-bcdb-a0f93428f748}

Analysis Results
Errors
Power Policy:Sleep timeout is disabled (Plugged In)
The computer is not configured to automatically sleep after a period of inactivity.
USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Composite Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 2
Device ID USB\VID_04B8&PID_0848
Port Path 1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name Microsoft Hardware wireless mouse driver
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 1
Device ID USB\VID_045E&PID_008C
Port Path 2

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name Generic USB Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 4
Device ID USB\VID_058F&PID_6254
Port Path 1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Root Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 1
Device ID USB\VID_1106&PID_3038
Port Path

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Root Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 2
Device ID USB\VID_1106&PID_3104
Port Path

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Root Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 1
Device ID USB\VID_1106&PID_3038
Port Path

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Root Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 4
Device ID USB\VID_1106&PID_3104
Port Path

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Mass Storage Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 4
Device ID USB\VID_059F&PID_1028
Port Path 1,4

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Mass Storage Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 1
Device ID USB\VID_058F&PID_6362
Port Path 1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Composite Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 2
Device ID USB\VID_04B8&PID_0816
Port Path 2,1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name Generic USB Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 2
Device ID USB\VID_05E3&PID_0608
Port Path 2,4

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name Generic USB Hub
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 13, function 2
Device ID USB\VID_05E3&PID_0608
Port Path 2

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name USB Mass Storage Device
Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104
Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 16, function 4
Device ID USB\VID_058F&PID_6362
Port Path 1,1

CPU Utilizationrocessor utilization is high
The average processor utilization during the trace was high. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low. Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.
Average Utilization (%) 31.03

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Performance States Disabled
Processor performance states have been automatically disabled due to a known incompatibility with the hardware in this computer. Installing the latest system firmware (BIOS) may resolve this issue.
Warnings
Power Policyisplay timeout is long (Plugged In)
The display is configured to turn off after longer than 10 minutes.
Timeout (seconds) 900

Power Policy:802.11 Radio Power Policy is Maximum Performance (Plugged In)
The current power policy for 802.11-compatible wireless network adapters is not configured to use low-power modes.
CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name iexplore.exe
PID 52996
Average Utilization (%) 17.02
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\mshtml.dll 4.74
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash10c.ocx 3.64
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 1.65

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name avgcsrvx.exe
PID 660
Average Utilization (%) 2.34
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgcorex.dll 1.64
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4927_none_d08a205e442db5b5\msvcr80.dll 0.30
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.21

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name TeaTimer.exe
PID 628
Average Utilization (%) 2.20
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 1.90
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe 0.09
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll 0.07

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name dwm.exe
PID 1808
Average Utilization (%) 2.07
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\atiumdag.dll 0.91
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\dwmcore.dll 0.43
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.14

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name avgnsx.exe
PID 3144
Average Utilization (%) 1.09
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgxpl.dll 0.82
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.09
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4927_none_d08a205e442db5b5\msvcr80.dll 0.04

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name System
PID 4
Average Utilization (%) 0.99
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.63
\SystemRoot\system32\halmacpi.dll 0.12
\SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys 0.04

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name iexplore.exe
PID 52212
Average Utilization (%) 0.75
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.26
\SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys 0.12
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll 0.05

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name explorer.exe
PID 1824
Average Utilization (%) 0.68
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.28
\SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys 0.14
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll 0.07

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name sidebar.exe
PID 892
Average Utilization (%) 0.56
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\mshtml.dll 0.11
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.08
\SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys 0.07

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name MDM.EXE
PID 2592
Average Utilization (%) 0.31
Module Average Module Utilization (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe 0.30
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE 0.00
\SystemRoot\System32\drivers\dxgmms1.sys 0.00

Information
Platform Timer Resolutionlatform Timer Resolution
The default platform timer resolution is 15.6ms (15625000ns) and should be used whenever the system is idle. If the timer resolution is increased, processor power management technologies may not be effective. The timer resolution may be increased due to multimedia playback or graphical animations.
Current Timer Resolution (100ns units) 156250

Power Policy:Active Power Plan
The current power plan in use
Plan Name OEM Balanced
Plan GUID {381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e}

Power Policyower Plan Personality (Plugged In)
The personality of the current power plan when the system is plugged in.
Personality Balanced

Power Policy:Video quality (Plugged In)
Enables Windows Media Player to optimize for quality or power savings when playing video.
Quality Mode Optimize for Video Quality

System Availability Requests:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found. No information was returned.
Battery:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found. No information was returned.
Platform Power Management Capabilities:Supported Sleep States
Sleep states allow the computer to enter low-power modes after a period of inactivity. The S3 sleep state is the default sleep state for Windows platforms. The S3 sleep state consumes only enough power to preserve memory contents and allow the computer to resume working quickly. Very few platforms support the S1 or S2 Sleep states.
S1 Sleep Supported true
S2 Sleep Supported false
S3 Sleep Supported true
S4 Sleep Supported true

Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group 0
Index 0
Idle (C) State Count 1
Performance (P) State Count 0
Throttle (T) State Count 0

 

thanks for trying