Internet Explorer locks when WMP is opened from a site

[ronz28]

Hi,

When trying to view video from NBC.com, specifically the "Fruitcake Lady" clips, after the loading screen I get the "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close." error. I haven't noticed that problem on any other site. The only requirement was WMP 9 and I have 10. I chose to send the error report but did not get any additional information after doing so. I don't know of a WMP plug-in for Firefox so, of course, it doesn't work. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ronny

[badpolarbear]

Can you give us the "details" of the error?

[ronz28]

Thanks for the reply. By "details" do you mean the memory addresses when you click to show what the error report contains? I cannot copy/paste it and it would be a lot to type. Also, I just had IE do the same thing while trying to view a movie trailer, so it's not limited to the site I mentioned earlier.

[Junior_co]

It sounds like it could be a lack of resources....

I would try running Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and run a Virus scan... These can tap into your system's resources.... you can find links to all these on the top left of this page...

How often does this happen? All the time, rarely, quite often.... Does this only happen after your system has been running for a while?

Don't be shy on supplying any and all details you might even think are relevant... The folks here will weed out what they don't need...

Good on ya... and let us know...

Junior

[lilpinkflower]

As well as following Junior's advice.. have you tried clearing out all your temporary internet files etc ? If you're not sure how to do it.. just ask

lilpink x

[ronz28]

Thanks everyone. I run Ad-Aware, SpyBot, Microsoft's Anit-Spy, Antivirus and am firewalled. I had accumulated about 250MB of temp internet files. After deleting them, I rebooted and still have the same problem. I've included a HijackThis report for u to look at. I'm running XP Home with a 2.26GHz P4, Radeon 9000 64MB, 768MB RAM and connect with an 8.5MBPs DSL.

[ronz28]

Sorry, I forgot to paste the report, here it is:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 10:27:19 PM, on 2/13/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVWUPSRV.EXE
C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe
C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe
C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGNT.EXE
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasDtServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Chikka\chikka.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Chikka\BnrRepo2.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Chikka\CBGrphic.exe
C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGUARD.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\rphelperapp.exe
C:\Program Files\Kazaa Lite Resurrection\kazaalite.kpp
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\btdownloadgui.exe
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\btdownloadgui.exe
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\btdownloadgui.exe
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\btdownloadgui.exe
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\btdownloadgui.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\WINZIP\winzip32.exe
C:\unzipped\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://us5.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://srch-us5.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://us5.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://srch-us5.hpwis.com/
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = http://srch-us5.hpwis.com/
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar3.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &hp toolkit - {B2847E28-5D7D-4DEB-8B67-05D28BCF79F5} - C:\HP\EXPLOREBAR\HPTOOLKT.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar3.dll
O3 - Toolbar: XGuitar.com toolbar - {39cf6e6e-38d9-4c41-9f6f-14035f86bf9b} - C:\Program Files\XGuitar.com\tbXGui.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [gcasServ] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] "C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVGCtrl] C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGNT.EXE /min
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar3.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Yahoo! Search - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsrch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar3.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar3.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar3.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar3.dll/cmtrans.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Dictionary - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Maps - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O12 - Plugin for .mid: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\npqtplugin2.dll
O12 - Plugin for .mpg: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\npqtplugin3.dll
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid= ... lcid=0x409
O16 - DPF: {2B323CD9-50E3-11D3-9466-00A0C9700498} (Yahoo! Audio Conferencing) - http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ ... acscom.cab
O16 - DPF: {3EFC2239-B769-469F-A5E6-38693AE0B9DE} (Sysinfo2 Control) - http://speed.nca.or.kr/english/login/sysinfo2.cab
O16 - DPF: {7D1E9C49-BD6A-11D3-87A8-009027A35D73} (Yahoo! Audio UI1) - http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yacsui.cab
O16 - DPF: {C193DE20-29F4-4B4F-963B-EB20CB3186C0} (SpeedTest Control) - http://speed.nca.or.kr/english/speedtes ... Test45.cab
O16 - DPF: {E93A6FCA-C052-45DF-AC9B-B729066092F8} (Util Class) - https://isupport4.hp.com/motivedocs/lin ... otUtil.cab
O23 - Service: AntiVir Service - H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH - C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGUARD.EXE
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: AntiVir Update - H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH, Germany - C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVWUPSRV.EXE
O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Executive Software International, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor - Zone Labs LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe