An Odd Time To Crash

Lately my clunky old PC running usually stable Windows 2000 has begun
to crash, mostly when I'm online and using IE; it hasn't happened when
I was using another browser like Opera. IF I save something or move to
another web page, the system might crash for no apparent reason. I had
installed a new hard drive lately, and I wonder if that may be the
cause, or something entirely different? Anyone have any suggestions?

Ron

Previously Ron <> wrote:
> Lately my clunky old PC running usually stable Windows 2000 has begun
> to crash, mostly when I'm online and using IE; it hasn't happened when
> I was using another browser like Opera. IF I save something or move to
> another web page, the system might crash for no apparent reason. I had
> installed a new hard drive lately, and I wonder if that may be the
> cause, or something entirely different? Anyone have any suggestions?

Looks like software problems. But Opera is a lot better than IE
anyways, why not move to it completely? Or move to Firefox?

Arno

On Sep 26, 1:00*am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Previously Ron <r...@quik.com> wrote:
> > Lately my clunky old PC running usually stable Windows 2000 has begun
> > to crash, mostly when I'm online and using IE; it hasn't happened when
> > I was using another browser like Opera. IF I save something or move to
> > another web page, the system might crash for no apparent reason. I had
> > installed a new hard drive lately, and I wonder if that may be the
> > cause, or something entirely different? Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Looks like software problems. But Opera is a lot better than IE
> anyways, why not move to it completely? Or move to Firefox?
>
> Arno

I dunno. I guess because I have used IE it's like an old shoe; as bad
as it is, I feel comfortable with it.

Ron

Previously Ron <> wrote:
> On Sep 26, 1:00*am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Previously Ron <r...@quik.com> wrote:
>> > Lately my clunky old PC running usually stable Windows 2000 has begun
>> > to crash, mostly when I'm online and using IE; it hasn't happened when
>> > I was using another browser like Opera. IF I save something or move to
>> > another web page, the system might crash for no apparent reason. I had
>> > installed a new hard drive lately, and I wonder if that may be the
>> > cause, or something entirely different? Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>> Looks like software problems. But Opera is a lot better than IE
>> anyways, why not move to it completely? Or move to Firefox?
>>
>> Arno

> I dunno. I guess because I have used IE it's like an old shoe; as bad
> as it is, I feel comfortable with it.

Hmm. At some time you have to replace an old shoe.

My guess would be that the current IE is not being maintained
well on win 2000, as MS wansrt to sell their newer stuff.

It is possible that something got damaged when you moved the
installation, but I would expect other things to malfunction
as well in that case. However the nly occation I use IE is
for accessing MS update, so I really do not know how stable
it is.

Arno

On Sep 28, 1:49*am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Previously Ron <r...@quik.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 26, 1:00*am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >> Previously Ron <r...@quik.com> wrote:
> >> > Lately my clunky old PC running usually stable Windows 2000 has begun
> >> > to crash, mostly when I'm online and using IE; it hasn't happened when
> >> > I was using another browser like Opera. IF I save something or move to
> >> > another web page, the system might crash for no apparent reason. I had
> >> > installed a new hard drive lately, and I wonder if that may be the
> >> > cause, or something entirely different? Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> >> Looks like software problems. But Opera is a lot better than IE
> >> anyways, why not move to it completely? Or move to Firefox?
>
> >> Arno
> > I dunno. I guess because I have used IE it's like an old shoe; as bad
> > as it is, I feel comfortable with it.
>
> Hmm. At some time you have to replace an old shoe.
>
> My guess would be that the current IE is not being maintained
> well on win 2000, as MS wansrt to sell their newer stuff.
>
> It is possible that something got damaged when you moved the
> installation, but I would expect other things to malfunction
> as well in that case. However the nly occation I use IE is
> for accessing MS update, so I really do not know how stable
> it is.
>
> Arno- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The problem doesn't *only* happen when I use IE6 but that is most
often the time: either when I am using it or just after I did
something, then I'll get the blue screen of death. Hmm, I'll probably
do a root canal-- wipe out completely the IE6 program-- then re-
install it, see how that goes... :-)

Ron