IE 8 keeps reloading/recovering tab

[jaj430]

Running IE 8, win XP Pro SP3. When I try and use browser it will not load a page and remain loaded.
It keeps reloading and says tab has recovered, but it starts all over again. I only use it for certain pages
however I can't use it at all now. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Jerry

[JoeP517]

It appears that your home page has a serious problem on it. With IE not running go to Control Panel | Internet Options and set your home page to something like www.google.com or www.bing.com. Those are very simple pages that should not have an problem being rendered.

Joe

[mosie]

I am running IE8 on winxp3 DSL and since recent last patch have had tons of problems with pages freezing and errors etc.
my home page is always google.com

[Bill-C]

Mosie - Try un-installing the last patch to see if that fixes the problem - sometimes patches create greater problems than they're trying to fix.

Jerry - I had an IE problem similar to yours in a Vista machine but when I installed all the latest IE patches, the problem went away. Do you have all the IE updates installed?

[jaj430]

I tried all that has been mentioned with little results. I think my problem started
when I installed SP 3, I had taken it off and for some reason and added it back
because Microsoft is not going to update SP 2 in July and it started then. I have
all other updates added. Did I read somewhere that if you had IE 8 already installed
and added SP 3 it could cause problems. I might be wrong on that but I can't figure
out why it's not working.
Any way thanks for suggestions, any others would be appreciated.

Jerry

[JoeP517]

I tried all that has been mentioned with little results. I think my problem started
when I installed SP 3, I had taken it off and for some reason and added it back
because Microsoft is not going to update SP 2 in July and it started then. I have
all other updates added. Did I read somewhere that if you had IE 8 already installed
and added SP 3 it could cause problems. I might be wrong on that but I can't figure
out why it's not working.
Any way thanks for suggestions, any others would be appreciated.

Have you tired running IE with addons disabled?

Joe

[jaj430]

I have tried running IE with all addons disabled and still no luck.

Jerry

[JoeP517]

I have tried running IE with all addons disabled and still no luck.

What happens if you change your home page to "about:blank" (without the quotation marks)?

Joe

[jaj430]

Thats the way it's set up and that page loads, but if I click on a favorite it starts and continue to reload.
It does not matter if it is a Microsoft page or what ever it does it. I can not use IE 8 at all.

Jerry

[JoeP517]

See Internet Explorer open with a blank page instead of web site. Even though it mentions IE6 you can try reregistering the dlls to see if that helps.

Joe

[scuba01]

I have had multiple problems with IE-8 on several computers, with screens failing to load or freezing. I am convinced after multiple trials with multiple fixes from multiple sources that indeed it relates to SP3. My solution was finally to stop using IE-8. I am now using Firefox without any problems (although if someone could give me a fix that really works, I would go back to IE-8).

[jwsmepdx]

It sounds very similar to issues I was having which were related to DEP. In IE go to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Security section and remove the checkmark for the option "Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks". Close/reopen the browser.

You can always change it back, but this fixed the same issue for me (SP Pro/SP3/IE8).

[jaj430]

I tried removing check mark and restarting IE but it did no good, still restarting and then
freezing and has to shut down. I finally got all my parts and tomorrow I am rebuilding my
computer, new motherboard, HD and Win 7 so hopefully this will solve my problem. Many
thanks for all the help even though it did not solve my problem.

Jerry

[Medico]

Jerry,

Good luck with the new PC and congrats on your choice of Win 7. I think after some minor learning and a short adjustment period you will love it. To help with customization to suit your needs try How To Geek for hundreds of tips and tricks. Sorry about getting slightly off topic but I have nothing informative to add on your predicament. I also suspect it has to do with XP SP3 and IE8 combo.

[al35763]

I agree, that's your homepage! Something is seriously wrong with it! I've run Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 for quite some time now and never had a problem like that!

It appears that your home page has a serious problem on it. With IE not running go to Control Panel | Internet Options and set your home page to something like www.google.com or www.bing.com. Those are very simple pages that should not have an problem being rendered.

Joe