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    IE7 locking up in Vista x64 [DV5T]

    Discussion in 'HP' started by sendmarksmail, Dec 15, 2008.

  1. sendmarksmail

    sendmarksmail Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone with an HP dv5t notebook have their Internet Explorer 7 crashing or locking up?

    It keeps happening randomly no matter what site I visit. It even happened when I tried going to this site.

    I don't think it's a flash problem. Maybe a driver problem from HP conflicting with IE7? That's why I ask if anyone else with a dv5t is having these problems. I've read it somewhere that someone did have an issue as well.
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 15, 2008
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    andya1280 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no problem with mine, although i only used ie7 once, so i could download firefox. i did a clean install of vista also. might have had different results if i would have tried to get online straight out of the box from hp. sorry i can't be more helpful.
     
    andya1280, Dec 15, 2008
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    No I did a clean install of Vista. I never bother with HP's pre-installed OS.
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 15, 2008
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    I have had similiar issues with mine (actually happened last night). I did not perform a clean install of Vista x64, but removed the 'crapware' from my laptop that HP provides. When my IE7 locked up last night, I did have a process accessing my eSATA drive, so that could have caused my issue.

    My issue happens when using IE7 or Windows Explorer. I am assuming there is some type of driver and/or service conflict. My laptop has been updated with all the latest HP-provided drivers in hopes of it fixing the issue, but it has not. :confused:
     
    Chappy, Dec 16, 2008
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