Internet Explorer Problem

djstevie · 25-09-2006, 13:49

Hey guys can anyone tell me why, if i leave my computer for over half an hour of not surfing the net, IE will not load any webpages. Yet if i have something downloading on say Bit-torrent, the BT will still be d/l but yet IE will still not open. It just seems to hang. I've managed to get it to work again if i keep on opening a webpage straight after one another then sometimes eventually it will just "kick" back in. Its annoying me having to reboot my comp all the time. Can be playing an online game with no probs then when i come out and open IE it does nothing. Any ideas?

*EDIT* Spoke to my mate and it does the same thing to him...is there some kinda setting we've turned off or missed?

pedantic · 25-09-2006, 15:36

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Originally Posted by djstevie

Hey guys can anyone tell me why, if i leave my computer for over half an hour of not surfing the net, IE will not load any webpages. Yet if i have something downloading on say Bit-torrent, the BT will still be d/l but yet IE will still not open. It just seems to hang. I've managed to get it to work again if i keep on opening a webpage straight after one another then sometimes eventually it will just "kick" back in. Its annoying me having to reboot my comp all the time. Can be playing an online game with no probs then when i come out and open IE it does nothing. Any ideas?

*EDIT* Spoke to my mate and it does the same thing to him...is there some kinda setting we've turned off or missed?

If you don't get an answer here, try the Microsoft web interface newsgroups. There are plenty of experts that hang out there.

ben1390 · 25-09-2006, 16:56

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Originally Posted by djstevie

Hey guys can anyone tell me why, if i leave my computer for over half an hour of not surfing the net, IE will not load any webpages. Yet if i have something downloading on say Bit-torrent, the BT will still be d/l but yet IE will still not open. It just seems to hang. I've managed to get it to work again if i keep on opening a webpage straight after one another then sometimes eventually it will just "kick" back in. Its annoying me having to reboot my comp all the time. Can be playing an online game with no probs then when i come out and open IE it does nothing. Any ideas?

*EDIT* Spoke to my mate and it does the same thing to him...is there some kinda setting we've turned off or missed?

My advice is to get Mozilla Firefox

djstevie · 25-09-2006, 18:26

I tried firefox before but wasnt too keen on it. Will check the newsgroups. Thanx

djstevie · 25-09-2006, 20:43

Checked that link but couldnt find anything...thanx anyway

pedantic · 25-09-2006, 20:48

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Originally Posted by djstevie

Checked that link but couldnt find anything...thanx anyway

Why don't you post your question on there.

Just browsing through, you may not find what you're after. There are some very knowledgeable people that use those newsgroups.

djstevie · 25-09-2006, 21:19

I did try to register as i need to sign in to post but when i tried i got the "this page cannot be displayed" message...just tried again and got the same. Will try it from my friends comp...cheers.

bonzoe · 27-09-2006, 19:48

Are you using USB connection to your modem, or NIC, either way check power saving settings in Windows for them

AntiSilence · 27-09-2006, 22:55

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Originally Posted by topcreator

My advice is to get Mozilla Firefox

Yeah, but that doesn't fix his IE problem. And you still need to use IE for some sites.

djstevie · 27-09-2006, 23:26

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Originally Posted by bonzoe

Are you using USB connection to your modem, or NIC, either way check power saving settings in Windows for them

Im just using standard ethernet card....have another comp in sitting room which my gf normally uses and outta curiosity i was surfing the net today on it...left it for 20 mins and when i went to bring up a webpage i got the message which was something like "unable to connect....work offline or try again"...then when i clicked on try again after say 10 seconds the page popped up...i dont get this message on my own pc though

paul11974 · 27-09-2006, 23:30

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Originally Posted by AntiSilence

Yeah, but that doesn't fix his IE problem. And you still need to use IE for some sites.

no you just get ie view extension https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/35/

i also say get firefox

AntiSilence · 27-09-2006, 23:36

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Originally Posted by paul11974

no you just get ie view extension https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/35/

If that just opens a seperate IE window, he'll still have the problem. If it opens an IE tab that uses the IE engine, then he still might have problems if it's the IE engine thats at fault.

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Originally Posted by paul11974

i also say get firefox

I do use FireFox! And sometimes Opera. A decent IE-based alternative is Maxthon (if you want IE-based that is).

Cobbydaler · 27-09-2006, 23:43

Are you using Zone Alarm? If so check the box for "Allow outgoing DNS/DHCP in the trusted zone"...

If not, it may still be a DNS problem. When you can't connect in IE, if you type http://216.239.39.99 in the address bar can you connect to Google?

If you can, try ipconfig /flushdns and ipconfig /registerdns in a command window in case your dns cache is corrupt...

djstevie · 27-09-2006, 23:52

Thanx just ticked the box in zonealarm...will see if that makes a difference...ALL computers have Zone Alarm on them when i've seen this prob ...might just be coincidence though

Cant connect to google through that either...its as if my internet just shuts off after 20-30 mins of non usage but it ONLY affects IE...if im using Limewire or Bit-Torrent (for legal stuff

) it still downloads ok...just the webpages that dont open when i click on IE...will report back though and see if this Zone Alarm thingy has worked...Thanx again.

Cobbydaler · 28-09-2006, 00:00

If you're going through a router, make sure it's in the trusted zone in ZoneAlarm.

Click the tab on the left for Firewall- look at the setting for your router under zone. If it says Internet change it to trusted.