Browser Freeze does this ever happen to you?

Question

There I am surfing harmlessly. I might click a link too fast or click it before the whole page loads. I dont know what, but the browser doesnt respond. I click again and it says "Not Responding" I try to close it asks if I want to close I say yes and that box doesnt go away. Ctry/Alt/Del and I get the taskj manager and try to close it that way and it might close after 45 seconds or so.Sometimes I have to do a cold reboot.
Using MSIE 7.0
ANy ideas whats causing and how I can make it stop

Screw Patience I want it NOW LOL :p

Answer 1

Simply try to use FireFox it's great

fast, safe, nice look, all options in IE you can find them in FireFox and more

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Answer 2

Loading of websites is not entirely up to IE. It depends also on what is going on at the other end. I have cable. 99% of the time I am there in a wink, but when I have to access a particular website, an important one - our mail order place for prescriptions - it seems to take forever.

As for not responding, there are probably innumerable links out there that have not been updated recently or which have been dropped altogether.

If you have the problem all the time, I would check your RAM. If it is occasional, I would guess it is at the other end. See how free your RAM is:

- A lot of RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need on a daily basis. For anything else you can wait a minute until it loads.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
then cl Remove.
There is also a “Disable All” button.
This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

Run antispy and ad-aware programs. A free ad-aware program can be downloaded at:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

Stop Autocomplete / Remove Passwords
Tools
Internet Options
Content tab
Autocomplete
cl Settings
clear the boxes to remove autocomplete
Delete Autocomplete History


click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
Note: I don’t do games – games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files.
If all these things don’t help, you should consider getting more memory.
A good web site to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html

Answer 3

Sometimes it happens especially when you have a lot of tabs on you IE7. Other instances it might happen is when you are doing a lot of multi task while surfing the net e.g: Transferring huge files, burning of DVD or any other "heavy" task.

CTRL + ALT + DEL might need sometimes to "kill" it because windows is trying to free the memories which are "held up" before killing IE7.

Patience is the key.

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Then it's time to review your hardware specs and make sure that it can handle your amount of multi tasking works or time to use some spyware scanner to see whether there are any unwanted background services which are clogging up your system resources.

Answer 4

It happens to me too. When it does it will delete my temporary internet files which I still don't know why it does it. Just make sure the page stops loading and you will not have any problems. Get use to pressing the X on top of the browser.