After removing them, restart your computer and open IE.Uninstall all the ones you do not use – you can always download and reinstall one later (knowing that it is a new version, not an old one that may be incompatible with the latest versions of IE).games toolbar, conduit toolbar, seekmo toolbar, smiley toolbar, Ask or Skype toolbar etc. Look for any programs with the word toolbar e.g. Click Start, Control Panel and then Programs, Programs and Features (Vista and 7) or Add/Remove Programs (XP) to view a list of all programs you have installed.Be ruthless and get rid of any you don’t use! Remove Unnecessary Toolbars – Badly programmed add-ons and toolbars are the most common causes of IE slowdown and “Internet Explorer has stopped working” errors – often they are installed without your knowledge by games or utility programs. Click ‘OK’ to close the Internet Options window and then close IE. Untick ‘Display a notification about every script error’ and untick ‘Enable automatic crash recovery’ if they are not already unticked and click Apply. Tick ‘Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)’ and tick ‘Disable Script Debugging (Other)’ if they are not already ticked. click the Advanced tab and scroll down the list of Settings to the Browsing section.click the Privacy tab and then click ‘Default’ (if it is greyed out then skip to the next step) and click Apply.click the Security tab and then click ‘Reset All Zones to Default Level’ (if it is greyed out then skip to the next step) and click Apply.Open IE and click on ‘Tools’ then click on ‘Internet Options’ (if you cannot open IE you can access Internet Options directly from the Control Panel).
Reset IE Security Settings – IE security settings may have been incorrectly changed by antivirus software or other programs – changing them back to their defaults may cure IE errors.
Of course you could switch to an alternative (and possibly more secure and faster) browser like Firefox or Chrome but, if you want to keep Internet Explorer, we explain below how to fix it:ġ.
IE may stop working properly, producing this (not very helpful) error message – as if we didn’t know that it had stopped working… How to fix the error message “Internet Explorer Has Stopped Working” when Internet Explorer (IE) becomes unstable.