illegal operation
 

Hi guys I keep getting the illegal opperation banner coming up every time i try and use internet explorer. It has only started in the past 2 or 3 weeks and happens a dozen times aday. I am running on windows xp service pack 4.
Any ideas?

Re: illegal opperation
 

Check for virus / spyware.

Something somewhere corrupted - can you do a system restore to a safe point a few weeks ago?

Re: illegal opperation
 

not being funny but you could try switching to Firefox, far better browser in my humble opinion. ;)

Re: illegal opperation
 

Using Firefox isn't always the answer. For business I use a number of sites that rely on Activex type plugins or other bespoke stuff. It's IE or nothing for those :(

Re: illegal opperation
 

Indeed ...

IE isn't really a web browser, it's a MS Office application with web browsing capabilities. :p:

/runs for cover

Re: illegal operation
 

There is no SP4 for XP? There isn't even an SP3 yet

Re: illegal opperation
 

Beautiful :D

But it is true that MSIE is the only real choice for using ActiveX (as found in my job also)

Sounds like a possible toolbar which has gone wrong maybe... try HijackThis to check for any browser hijacks maybe and go from there.

Re: illegal operation
 

Good heavens are we up to SP4 on XP or have you got mixed up with (perhaps) windows 2K - that's at SP4? Anyway (like the rest of the clan have intimated) your should switch to Firefox as IE (whatever version) is a bag of hits (anag). :D

As for your problem could be corrupted files and/or malware.

Good luck and Si thee.