Explorer crash

Explorer keeps on crashing whenever I try to do something in it, I also see
drwatson crashing, I believe it had something to do with my windows update.
How can I fix this?

"Ricardo" wrote:

> Explorer keeps on crashing whenever I try to do something in it, I also see
> drwatson crashing, I believe it had something to do with my windows update.
> How can I fix this?

I have the same problem. There is nothing listed in the event viewer that
appears during the same time.

"bhalla" wrote:

>
>
> "Ricardo" wrote:
>
> > Explorer keeps on crashing whenever I try to do something in it, I also see
> > drwatson crashing, I believe it had something to do with my windows update.
> > How can I fix this?

I have a similar problem. Windows Explorer regularly keeps crashing.

Each time it says it will look for a 'fix' online, then doesn't even advise
me that one isn't available. Windows Explorer crashes every 15 minutes, i
doubt whether Microsoft will release a fix that quickly, maybe it should be
intelligent enough to 'not' check online when it is the 30th time it has
crashed in a matter of hours.

I have a freshly installed version of Vista, with only a few apps loaded
(seamonkey, real player, zip genius, office 2007). This problem however; has
been with me since my first use and at first I thought it was due to the OS
downloading updates / not having been rebooted.

When I am using Windows Explorer I get maybe 2 minutes of use before it
crashes.

There is absolutely no help in the Microsoft Vista Knowledge base.

I have a brand new high spec dell laptop, more than powerful enough to run
vista. I am running vista under 'classic mode' so do not make use of the
draining Aero functionality. Vista is the only OS on the laptop (and I have
re-installed Vista to try to fix, to no avail). From my point of view there
is NO reason why Vista should be crashing so regularly, other than bugs in
the OS.

From what I can see a lot of people are experiencing this problem with
Windows Explorer (there are a whole heap of requests for help online).

The WOW hasn't started now. More like the WHY was this OS released without
due Quality Assurance. Where is the support functionality? Where is the help
from Windows Engineers? We are only in the first couple of weeks of release
and problems that were around during RC1 are still hanging around in the
consumer release?

Can somebody from Microsoft please treat this complaint as a matter of
urgency, here is a link to somebody else with the same problem.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1012940AAuwBmi

It should be noted in the above example that by Microsoft not having a
solution to this problem, other people are suggesting downloading 'anti'
spyware (probably loaded with spyware) to a 'very' insecure newborn OS.

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING UPGRADING TO VISTA UNTIL MICROSOFT HAVE HAD
OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY TEST THIS OS (Unfortunately it looks like I am now an
unpaid tester for Microsoft, along with everybody else who has bought a new
computer recently)

I have to add that I have not seen any advantage of having Vista over Xp so
far.

(cross-post added to Vista General)
"Michael" <> wrote in message
news:22E405E2-1DE0-4EC4-8BEB-...
>I have a similar problem. Windows Explorer regularly keeps crashing.


You're posting in the wrong newsgroup
but you're also not providing any details about your crash
so it is rather unlikely that anybody will be able to help you.


>
> Each time it says it will look for a 'fix' online, then doesn't even advise
> me that one isn't available.


That just means that the Error Signature doesn't match any known (diagnosed)
Error Signatures. So post the Error Signature in case someone else
is getting the same one. Then you could collaborate and try to find
a solution.

BTW I think that Vista has newer more complete diagnostics
but I don't use that OS. Cross-posting to Vista General.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---


> Windows Explorer crashes every 15 minutes, i
> doubt whether Microsoft will release a fix that quickly, maybe it should be
> intelligent enough to 'not' check online when it is the 30th time it has
> crashed in a matter of hours.
>
> I have a freshly installed version of Vista, with only a few apps loaded
> (seamonkey, real player, zip genius, office 2007). This problem however; has
> been with me since my first use and at first I thought it was due to the OS
> downloading updates / not having been rebooted.
>
> When I am using Windows Explorer I get maybe 2 minutes of use before it
> crashes.
>
> There is absolutely no help in the Microsoft Vista Knowledge base.
>
> I have a brand new high spec dell laptop, more than powerful enough to run
> vista. I am running vista under 'classic mode' so do not make use of the
> draining Aero functionality. Vista is the only OS on the laptop (and I have
> re-installed Vista to try to fix, to no avail). From my point of view there
> is NO reason why Vista should be crashing so regularly, other than bugs in
> the OS.
>
> From what I can see a lot of people are experiencing this problem with
> Windows Explorer (there are a whole heap of requests for help online).
>
> The WOW hasn't started now. More like the WHY was this OS released without
> due Quality Assurance. Where is the support functionality? Where is the help
> from Windows Engineers? We are only in the first couple of weeks of release
> and problems that were around during RC1 are still hanging around in the
> consumer release?
>
> Can somebody from Microsoft please treat this complaint as a matter of
> urgency, here is a link to somebody else with the same problem.
>
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1012940AAuwBmi
>
> It should be noted in the above example that by Microsoft not having a
> solution to this problem, other people are suggesting downloading 'anti'
> spyware (probably loaded with spyware) to a 'very' insecure newborn OS.
>
> I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING UPGRADING TO VISTA UNTIL MICROSOFT HAVE HAD
> OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY TEST THIS OS (Unfortunately it looks like I am now an
> unpaid tester for Microsoft, along with everybody else who has bought a new
> computer recently)
>
> I have to add that I have not seen any advantage of having Vista over Xp so
> far.
>
>
>

I have Xp, but also have the problem of Explorer 8 crashing (data execution
prevention) at least once it seems every time I am on the computer. I kill
off the Dr. Watson debugger process each time - otherwise the computer would
be hung. Before realizing it was Dr. Watson, I had to unplug. I enabled
compatibility view for all websites, hoping it would help, but it crashed
again a little while ago. I am hoping to get some help in this discussion
group, otherwise I think I will next uninstall Explorer 8.

"Michael" wrote:

> I have a similar problem. Windows Explorer regularly keeps crashing.
>
> Each time it says it will look for a 'fix' online, then doesn't even advise
> me that one isn't available. Windows Explorer crashes every 15 minutes, i
> doubt whether Microsoft will release a fix that quickly, maybe it should be
> intelligent enough to 'not' check online when it is the 30th time it has
> crashed in a matter of hours.
>
> I have a freshly installed version of Vista, with only a few apps loaded
> (seamonkey, real player, zip genius, office 2007). This problem however; has
> been with me since my first use and at first I thought it was due to the OS
> downloading updates / not having been rebooted.
>
> When I am using Windows Explorer I get maybe 2 minutes of use before it
> crashes.
>
> There is absolutely no help in the Microsoft Vista Knowledge base.
>
> I have a brand new high spec dell laptop, more than powerful enough to run
> vista. I am running vista under 'classic mode' so do not make use of the
> draining Aero functionality. Vista is the only OS on the laptop (and I have
> re-installed Vista to try to fix, to no avail). From my point of view there
> is NO reason why Vista should be crashing so regularly, other than bugs in
> the OS.
>
> From what I can see a lot of people are experiencing this problem with
> Windows Explorer (there are a whole heap of requests for help online).
>
> The WOW hasn't started now. More like the WHY was this OS released without
> due Quality Assurance. Where is the support functionality? Where is the help
> from Windows Engineers? We are only in the first couple of weeks of release
> and problems that were around during RC1 are still hanging around in the
> consumer release?
>
> Can somebody from Microsoft please treat this complaint as a matter of
> urgency, here is a link to somebody else with the same problem.
>
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1012940AAuwBmi
>
> It should be noted in the above example that by Microsoft not having a
> solution to this problem, other people are suggesting downloading 'anti'
> spyware (probably loaded with spyware) to a 'very' insecure newborn OS.
>
> I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING UPGRADING TO VISTA UNTIL MICROSOFT HAVE HAD
> OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY TEST THIS OS (Unfortunately it looks like I am now an
> unpaid tester for Microsoft, along with everybody else who has bought a new
> computer recently)
>
> I have to add that I have not seen any advantage of having Vista over Xp so
> far.
>
>
>

The post you are replying to is close to a year or more old.
The original post referred to Windows Explorer not Internet Explorer.
The original poster was using an early version of Vista not Windows XP.
* Very, very unlikely that your problem is even close *

Also, how is you problem related to Windows Update?

You should post your question in the Internet Explorer news group:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

The usual first step is to run IE with no add-ons as incompatible or buggy
add-ons are a common source of trouble. But it will be more productive on the
IE group where posters are concentrated on IE problems.

--
G. R. Woodring

Date: 12/23/2009 8:35 PM, Author: DonC Wrote:
> I have Xp, but also have the problem of Explorer 8 crashing (data execution
> prevention) at least once it seems every time I am on the computer. I kill
> off the Dr. Watson debugger process each time - otherwise the computer would
> be hung. Before realizing it was Dr. Watson, I had to unplug. I enabled
> compatibility view for all websites, hoping it would help, but it crashed
> again a little while ago. I am hoping to get some help in this discussion
> group, otherwise I think I will next uninstall Explorer 8.
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
>> I have a similar problem. Windows Explorer regularly keeps crashing.
>>
>> Each time it says it will look for a 'fix' online, then doesn't even advise
>> me that one isn't available. Windows Explorer crashes every 15 minutes, i
>> doubt whether Microsoft will release a fix that quickly, maybe it should be
>> intelligent enough to 'not' check online when it is the 30th time it has
>> crashed in a matter of hours.
>>
>> I have a freshly installed version of Vista, with only a few apps loaded
>> (seamonkey, real player, zip genius, office 2007). This problem however; has
>> been with me since my first use and at first I thought it was due to the OS
>> downloading updates / not having been rebooted.
>>
>> When I am using Windows Explorer I get maybe 2 minutes of use before it
>> crashes.
>>
>> There is absolutely no help in the Microsoft Vista Knowledge base.
>>
>> I have a brand new high spec dell laptop, more than powerful enough to run
>> vista. I am running vista under 'classic mode' so do not make use of the
>> draining Aero functionality. Vista is the only OS on the laptop (and I have
>> re-installed Vista to try to fix, to no avail). From my point of view there
>> is NO reason why Vista should be crashing so regularly, other than bugs in
>> the OS.
>>
>> From what I can see a lot of people are experiencing this problem with
>> Windows Explorer (there are a whole heap of requests for help online).
>>
>> The WOW hasn't started now. More like the WHY was this OS released without
>> due Quality Assurance. Where is the support functionality? Where is the help
>> from Windows Engineers? We are only in the first couple of weeks of release
>> and problems that were around during RC1 are still hanging around in the
>> consumer release?
>>
>> Can somebody from Microsoft please treat this complaint as a matter of
>> urgency, here is a link to somebody else with the same problem.
>>
>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1012940AAuwBmi
>>
>> It should be noted in the above example that by Microsoft not having a
>> solution to this problem, other people are suggesting downloading 'anti'
>> spyware (probably loaded with spyware) to a 'very' insecure newborn OS.
>>
>> I STRONGLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING UPGRADING TO VISTA UNTIL MICROSOFT HAVE HAD
>> OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY TEST THIS OS (Unfortunately it looks like I am now an
>> unpaid tester for Microsoft, along with everybody else who has bought a new
>> computer recently)
>>
>> I have to add that I have not seen any advantage of having Vista over Xp so
>> far.
>>
>>
>>