# problem with internet explorer **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 6, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193 "2007-04-06T09:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/1 "2007-04-06T09:24:00Z")
i have IE 7 on both my laptop and my desktop, and i only have this problem on my laptop. when i go to websites with pictures like facebook or myspace, IE crashes. it also happens if i click on a thread with pictures. i have all the current windows updates. any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/2 "2007-04-06T09:26:10Z")
Start -\> Run -\> Appwiz.cpl -\> Find Internet Explorer 7 in the list -\> Click the button to the right. Voila! Internet Explorer 6 🙂 Go to [Microsoft.com](http://Microsoft.com). Search “Internet Explorer 7” Download, install again. Problem fixed? ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/3 "2007-04-06T10:15:36Z")
> **[Download the fastest Firefox ever](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=getfirefox-com)** > > Faster page loading, less memory usage and packed with features, the new Firefox is here. ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/4 "2007-04-06T10:16:36Z")
Microsofts newest piece of shit update caused all kinds of problems for me. System restore to the last restor point. Problem solved. FU mS n your fucking updates. ---
**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/5 "2007-04-06T11:08:06Z")
yeah i had to restore back to march 12th, before i installed IE7. i WILL NOT be installing it again. ---
**Author:** ![MaXiMuS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximus/32/4971_2.png) [@MaXiMuS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaXiMuS)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/6 "2007-04-06T14:13:31Z")
good idea, IE sucks i agree with the [getfirefox.com](http://getfirefox.com) idea, firefox is a much better browser ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/7 "2007-04-06T14:18:54Z")
maxthon \> IE7 if it runs right \> firefox \> IE6 \> IE7 killing your computer ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/8 "2007-04-06T14:49:45Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:7,topic:27193"”] maxthon [/quote] “It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine” - aka it SUCKS at CSS, web standards, and life in general _bZZZZZT_ try again. there’s a reason most ppl use FF as a development browser…:roll2: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/9 "2007-04-06T15:04:56Z")
[quote=“dmoffitt,post:8,topic:27193"”] “It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine” - aka it SUCKS at CSS, web standards, and life in general _bZZZZZT_ try again. there’s a reason most ppl use FF as a development browser…:roll2: [/quote] yeah, and firefox sucks at java, pdf integration, memory leaks like a MF, and makes a lot of pages on my 1400x1050 look like a bag of assholes. I’m not a developer, I don’t give a shit. aren’t you a mac humper anyways? GTFO. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/10 "2007-04-06T18:41:51Z")
I still think its hilarious how people thing that Firefox has a memory leak… [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html](http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html) > What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature. and by java do you mean JRE? or script? PDF integration? what do you mean, that its not inside the browser… OH NO ADOBE READER HAS TO RUN!?!@?!? OMG!! there are plugins… [quote=“dmoffitt,post:8,topic:27193"”] “It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine” - aka it SUCKS at CSS, web standards, and life in general [/quote] :tup: FF is much nicer… oh then FF 2.0 also has things like… inline spell checking… tabs (yes IE7 has them) but why keep on typing when this is much nicer… > **[Comparison of web browsers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers)** > > This is a comparison of both historical and current web browsers based on developer, engine, platform(s), releases, license, and cost. > Basic general information about the browsers. Browsers listed on a light purple background are discontinued. Platforms with a yellow background have limited support. > Browsers are compiled to run on certain operating systems, without emulation. notables that FF has full support where IE has partial or none… XHTML, CSS, spell checking, incremental finding… if anything in terms of compatibility Opera \> \* ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/11 "2007-04-06T19:13:10Z")
i’m on my way out and im 9 shots into my pregame so im not gonna compare details, but when i was using mozilla i was CTRL-ALT-DELing every hour, every time I’d open a PDF or applet adobe reader or JRE would take a good 5-10 seconds to open and half the time wouldnt close properly instead of it being integrated, it ate memory compared to maxthon, and the tab function was inferior. This was on a freshly formatted XPP install with a gig of ram. I can spell on my own. those were all my opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/12 "2007-04-06T19:34:04Z")
They both have their pluses, I used Maxthon for awhile as it seems to be a good shell for IE. I do have to agree with firefox not being the most reliable compared to IE, but by the same token your much less likely to end up in a situation where irreversible system damage can occur. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/13 "2007-04-07T00:55:31Z")
situatioons where irreversible system damage can occur != huge nerd corner but good points, if my roommates want to look at google porn im totally makinmg them use firefox ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/problem-with-internet-explorer/27193/14 "2007-04-07T06:21:03Z")
As a web programmer, I can say that Firefox is better to us then IE, no questions asked. With this said though, a LARGE majority of the world still uses IE compared to Firefox. Something like 4x the number of people, or more. I have the web stats at work. IE7 is bullshit for CSS compatibility, we had to redo so many of our pages for it, and it still doesn’t work properly with son of suckerfish dropdowns. –mark