IE 5.5 Crashing Like a Mofo in W2K SP1

I have been getting this recurring error message from Internet Explorer recently saying, IEXPLORE. EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. I can get it anytime.

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I have been getting this recurring error message from Internet Explorer recently saying, "IEXPLORE.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program." I can get it anytime. Alot of times when I'm just browsing message boards on different sights I will get it. I got it while browsing this message board a minute ago again. Then I reopened Explorer to this sights homepage and got it again. I tried once more and it hasn't given me the error in the past few minutes. HEEEELP!!!!!

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Well I ran the "Repair IE" option through Add/Remove Programs and dumped a bunch of temporary internet files and cookie ****. That seems to have fixed it. I hope it don't come back.

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Well God Damnit they're back again. I got about a day and a half of no errors and then they came back again. Is IE just this unstable??? What the hell could I be doing wrong?

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Try downloading the latest IE 5.5 + Service Pack 1 - That works really well under win2k

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Believe me I always have the latest service packs and updates

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I had the same problem PsychoSword, or IE would just freeze, with 100% CPU usage, then I'd have to kill it. Easiest fix was to uninstall 5.5. and go back to 5. I think the difference between 5 and 5.5 is pretty small, not as if you get a dozen new features or anything.
MS seem to have a weird mentality - We have something that works relatively good, now let's fill it with shit and see if we can get more money outta it!@

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Uninstall IE5.5. Use 5 it is stable..
 
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well IE 6 has a lot of changes done to it, change isn't bad...bad change is bad, good change being bad is something I have never heard of before...
 
but you just wait until IE 6 is done, people will bitch about it...but let's face it, IE is pretty much the only browser left...Netscape is dead...

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I seem to recall that in a lot of cases, errors were being caused by an IE 5.5 install on top of the beta version.
 
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yeah, if you had IE 5.5 Advanced Pirvacy Beta and you installed the original IE or even the SP1 for the ORIGINAL version, it caused some errors as well.

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I don't use beta browsers though I guess it could be argued all microsoft products are betas for their next ones

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Ok this IS the thing to if you have iE 5.5
 
Do a clean install of your OS (trust me)
Then install IE 5.01 SP1, but do NOT touch 5.5. It will give you a lot of instruction memory not read errors