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Bingo - all 3 of you were correct. &nbsp;I disabled the Norton toolbar (which also disables the Symantec NCO BHO and Symantec Intrusion Prevention add-ons) and the problem goes away. &nbsp;I'll be reporting this to Symantec.
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Bingo - all 3 of you were correct.  I disabled the Norton toolbar (which also disables the Symantec NCO BHO and Symantec Intrusion Prevention add-ons) and the problem goes away.  I'll be reporting this to Symantec.

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I am experiencing a problem with multiple computers at my business. &nbsp;All are running Windows XP Pro SP3, IE8.<br />
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I first check task manager to verify no instances of iexplore.exe are running.<br />
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I launch IE8. &nbsp;Task Manager shows two entries for iexplore.exe.<br />
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I close IE8. &nbsp;The 2 instances of iexplore.exe remain in Task Manager.<br />
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Users have been complaining that their computers have been &quot;freezing&quot; when this happens. &nbsp;When I &quot;end process&quot; on both instances of iexplore.exe, the computer behaves normally again.<br />
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I just started receiving complaints about this problem this morning, 11/24/2010.<br />
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Please advise.
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I am experiencing a problem with multiple computers at my business.  All are running Windows XP Pro SP3, IE8.

I first check task manager to verify no instances of iexplore.exe are running.

I launch IE8.  Task Manager shows two entries for iexplore.exe.

I close IE8.  The 2 instances of iexplore.exe remain in Task Manager.

Users have been complaining that their computers have been "freezing" when this happens.  When I "end process" on both instances of iexplore.exe, the computer behaves normally again.

I just started receiving complaints about this problem this morning, 11/24/2010.

Please advise.

2 iexplore.exe processes in task manager when ie8 launches &amp;  remain after closing ie8

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

Web browsers are applications used primarily to display documents, files and media from the Internet, identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that can be a page, image, video or other file. Some browsers require the use of add-ons or extensions to safely render the information they receive; others have systems built into them to perform the same functions.

2 iexplore.exe processes in task manager when ie8 launches &amp; remain after closing ie8

2 iexplore.exe processes in task manager when ie8 launches & remain after closing ie8