IE 9 BOMB

[Soundguy]

got the lil popup that widows wanted to put ie9 thru updates on my netbook.

decided to let it do it.

what a &^%$#@! mistake that was....

after reboot, when I laoded IE.. it kept erroring out and restarting ad nauseum..

finally I did a recover/rollback to the restore point just BEFORE %^&*($# IE 9 was installed..

all better now.


I remember way back when IE 7 came out.. it was what helped kill my old desktop.. same BS....


soundguy

 

[2manyrocks]

Mozilla Firefox.....

Didn't you post about your experience with IE7 before?

I dread every MS update because I never know what's going to happen.

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. back when ie 7 ( and sp2 )hosed my desktop I thought I had gotten past it when I went to my mobile platform that had IE 8 and sp3 already installed... now the 9.. yuck...

unfortunately, nothing has changed since my last experience. 2 of the govt websites i must interact with specify ONLY ie or one other.. netscape? maybee.. no google chrome or mozilla firefox...

 

[Scooby074]

MS updates wont kill a machine that isnt compromised with either authorized or unauthorized (and likely unknown) third party software.

You may now continue your $$(*S*# Microsoft rant.

 

[Soundguy]

I beg to differ!

ie 7 killed my previous machine because it's check on installed plugins incorrectly identified a plug in. it identified the version as one acceptable for ie7.. when in fact it was an ie6 plugin.. once the upgrade happened.. it dropped all the bits on the floor.

on this lil mobile device, it has the factory installed av software and all the MS junk turned on.. defender..e tc.

this machine doesn't go to 'weird' sites.. unless you call about 5 tractor websites, and a couple usgovt websites, and my email provider weird.

and ie 9 did most certaintly have an issue. so bad I could not even getonline to find a fix in the knowledgebase, nor even try further updates. rolling it back was the only fix.

you may now continue YOUR head in the sand humming.... vauge overreaching limitless statements as yours do not cover 100% of real life situations.

soundguy

 

[Reg]

got the lil popup that widows wanted to put ie9 thru updates on my netbook.

decided to let it do it.

what a &^%$#@! mistake that was....

after reboot, when I laoded IE.. it kept erroring out and restarting ad nauseum..

finally I did a recover/rollback to the restore point just BEFORE %^&*($# IE 9 was installed..

all better now.


I remember way back when IE 7 came out.. it was what helped kill my old desktop.. same BS....


soundguy

There is at least SOME belief that internet exploder was most of the rationale for restore points.

EVENTUALLY even M/S caved to the pressure to build an escape route for those suffering from their self corrupting code.

 

[Soundguy]

i find it comforting.. or actually scarry.. that windows AUTOMATICALLY makes a restore point before a ver of IE is installed.. but not before other big upgrades.. makes ya wonder...

for now.. I will remember to make a restore point before ANY thing else 'updates' puts on...

 

[Scooby074]

Your previous issue was caused by a plug in as you said.. Ie: 3rd party. That's not a MS issue.

Neither are any AV interaction issues. Or what your device is pre-loaded with. Carry on with your misdirected rant.

 

[Soundguy]

you don't read well.. you just skim.. pick out unrelated bits and preach.

in the faq, IE upgrade said it would scan for unsupportd add ons and plug in's and disable them, then install.

after the crash happened and Istarted investigating after getting it into safe mode I finally figured out what it was. IE was not correctly identifying a plug in as compatible and leaving it enabled, when the plugin was not IE7 compatible.

at the point of the instalation I was at, there was no going forward and had to go back.. remove the plug in, before going foward again. would have been simpler and safer if IE would just have disabled ALL plug ins before doing the upgrade if there was a 'catch in the middle, blue screen upon bootup' problem it could encounter.


as for the AV and whatnot... I mentioned that only to show that I take care to block malicous code.. along with good firewall settings and frequent scans and av sig /worm code upgrades.

if you go online and search thru old knowledge base and faqs and problem reports back from ie-7 you will find that problems related to that issue happened WAY too often.... IE's code for preventing those issues was not robust... since it did have the capability to disable plug ins.. it should have just nixed em all as a precaution...

I generally like ms / ie.. and choose it over other platforms and OS.. but I am not BLIND to it's problems. and I'll call it a spade when it dumps on the floor due to lame programming..

blindly defending it is just as lame...

kinda like saying the cruddy economy is GOOD because we NEEDED the correction...

soundguy

 

[rekees4300]

got the lil popup that widows wanted to put ie9 thru updates on my netbook.

Do yourself a favor and switch to Mozilla Firefox. I did many years ago and haven't had any regrets. Keep IE and let MS update it. Just don't use it.