Author Topic: IE Freezing Upon Opening (Read 2935 times)

Liz · « **on:** July 05, 2006, 05:25:28 AM »

Hey Y'all, (As usual)

I was trying what I hadn't tried before. Wanting to control

the cookies that accumulate, I chose to accept or reject them manually. Each time

I've tried to launch IE today, and the home page is to open, I go through the

sequence of accept cookie, accept, etc...IE freezes at about the fourth "accept" cookie

pop-up .

If IE should open I would immediately reset cookies to accept as before.

(Unless,

someone can tell me a better way to manage them.)

My question is,

"WHAT DO I DO NOW?"

Incidentally, FF is working fine now.

sandbox · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2006, 06:22:07 AM »

Hey Liz, did you delete the old cookies?

If your home page does a cookie update whenever you open the page then you may be blocking the natural path for that page and the result is a freeze?

You may be able to read the source code for that page and see if it has such cookies?

Do a quick change to Google as a home page to test this theory.

If IE opens without a freeze on a google home page then you can assume that the home page your using has timed or dated cookies.

Liz · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2006, 02:44:34 PM »

QUOTE(sandbox @ Jul 5 2006, 07:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey Liz, did you delete the old cookies?

If your home page does a cookie update whenever you open the page then you may be blocking the natural path for that page and the result is a freeze?

You may be able to read the source code for that page and see if it has such cookies?

Do a quick change to Google as a home page to test this theory.

If IE opens without a freeze on a google home page then you can assume that the home page your using has timed or dated cookies.

I haven't had a chance to test your theory yet, however, my homepage is my internet provider, Bell South. I made it the Firefox homepage and it is normal.

I deleted some Bell South cookies very recently; saving the ones that looked like my personal info such as name, password, etc. Everything was fine until this AM.

Before I made the change to be notified when a cookie was to be installed, I was looking for four that I had put in by (not sure now exactly what to call it, they are nevertheless spying ) companies that do "market analysis".

The cookies, according to someone else I trust, are similar to a "do not call" list for telemarketers. If the cookies are in place you are suppose to be left out of those analyses. It wasn't obvious which ones they are, making it difficult to delete many.

kbeartx · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2006, 03:04:35 PM »

IMO, you should not be using IE at all on OS-X.

It's been YEARS since it was updated [MS canned development on IE shortly after Apple introduced Safari], and no longer works correctly on many web pages.

QUOTE(Liz @ Jul 5 2006, 02:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

... I was looking for four that I had put in by (not sure now exactly what to call it, they are nevertheless spying ) companies that do "market analysis".

The cookies, according to someone else I trust, are similar to a "do not call" list for telemarketers. If the cookies are in place you are suppose to be left out of those analyses.

This is the first I've ever heard of this. Can your source provide more info?

Liz · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2006, 06:06:57 PM »

QUOTE(kbeartx @ Jul 5 2006, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

IMO, you should not be using IE at all on OS-X.

It's been YEARS since it was updated [MS canned development on IE shortly after Apple introduced Safari], and no longer works correctly on many web pages.
This is the first I've ever heard of this. Can your source provide more info?

I realize that about IE; it was there when I got my little third hand

jewel.

IE may be lost to me, although, I doubt it. So far it continues to freeze. I clicked the Bell South icon on the desktop and got it to open. Then it started with the cookie "thing".

I may have discribed that site a little inaccurately. However, that was the way I had remembered it.

Find it at: Komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=1662

sandbox · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2006, 07:40:10 PM »

In spite of the lack of support for IE on OSX it is a necessary evil in the business world. Governments still insist on it's exclusivity and therefore, I keep it on hand to call upon when needed.

kelly · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2006, 07:46:44 PM »

IMO. Cookies don't matter that much. But whatever.

http://komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=1662

Not a Fan of Ms. Komando myself. She is useless for macs.

See if your Library has anything by David Pogue.

http://www.davidpogue.com/

Liz · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2006, 09:37:53 PM »

QUOTE(kelly @ Jul 5 2006, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

IMO. Cookies don't matter that much. But whatever.

http://komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=1662

Not a Fan of Ms. Komando myself. She is useless for macs.

See if your Library has anything by David Pogue.

http://www.davidpogue.com/

I bookmarked David Pogue.

Are you familiar with the name Lisa A. Bucki? I bought her book, Mac OS X fast & easy. She doesn't cover everything in the book, but it was an answer to prayer when I was struggeling so at first. Nobody I know personally has a Mac.

Would you educate me a bit about cookies? I think I know, at least, in part what the do.

What if I delete the cookies for say my account with my cell phone company? Did I loose that info and have to reestablish the account online? Or are they a convenience in some way? CC mentioned cookies expiring; I noticed the Bell South cookies have different expiration dates, one was 2009, another 3 days , and another today.

What does IMO stand for?

krissel · « **Reply #8 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:24:41 PM »

Cookies are little bits of info left on your drive to identify you to the sites you visit. Some are necessary for the proper use of a site, some are just intrusive. But they are IMO ( In My Opinon) not the completely bad thing most people make them out to be.

You can delete them and many will just be recreated as you visit. Some will need your input if you delete them, like here at TS. If you delete the TS cookies, you will have to log in each time you visit. I ususally accept only cookies set by the site I'm visiting or session cookies and then periodically delete ones I don't want left on my drive, like those from banking or credit card sites.

If you want to reset the cookies, disconnect your modem cable and fire up IE. It won't go online and you can access the prefs to change the settings

Here's some info (read through to the second page):

http://www.geekontherun.net/cookies1.htm

krissel · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:36:17 PM »

And here's a place to opt out online from some of those ad cookies. They also have a page for sending in written opt-outs to those companies that don't let you do it online. Keep in mind that if you use the online method you have to do it for each browser you use.

http://opt-out.cdt.org/online/

kelly · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:48:05 PM »

No. I'm not familiar with her Liz.

Hope that Book helps you.

http://www.halfpricecomputerbooks.com/resu...;sb=bargain_bin

Liz · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2006, 08:12:02 PM »

QUOTE

If you want to reset the cookies, disconnect your modem cable....

Success!!
Krissle, I just couldn't leave IE in limbo.

krissel · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2006, 09:35:35 PM »

Liz · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2006, 10:47:59 PM »

QUOTE(kelly @ Jul 5 2006, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No. I'm not familiar with her Liz.

Hope that Book helps you.

http://www.halfpricecomputerbooks.com/resu...;sb=bargain_bin

Hi Kelly, my book Mac OS X fast & easy is being sold at the above web site. Thankfully, Books-A-Million had it and at an even better price.(on the clearance table)

I think I'm getting in really good shape here. The next project could be to do some upgrading. Will I ever need help then!!

Krissel,

for the encoragement.

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