IE8 Application Error

Did you try making sure that the security settings are setup properly for IE8?

Also there are two versions, a FF version and an IE version.

You may also try to download the offline installer manually

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

try that page and see what happens

Sorry for confusing things, the Adobe website was just an example of a crash.

ok did you try my solution though?

The security settings ? They're at default level.

are they allowing active x controls?

I have attached the settings in a docx. What do you suggest ?
IE8-ActiveX-settings.docx

allow scriptlets in your zone settings. see what that does

also try disabling the info bar:
IE8 > Tools > Pop-up Blocker > Pop-up Blocker Settings. Clear the box marked ' Show Information Bar when a pop-up is blocked'.

this thread at this forum would also help you as well.
http://www.w7forums.com/killing-ie8-information-bar-t2891.html

hope this helps ;-)

This had no affect. Still got the app crash.

Please could anyone explain what this error means ?
The instruction at "0x09510068" referenced memory at "0x09510068". The memory could not be "written".

Thanks

well the only answer I can find on google was this

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie8-windows_other/ie-explorer-error/6e7cac0e-4a71-41de-a689-14d2c15a42e0

for your exact error message.

Now whenever you are running a 32 bit operating system on 64 bit hardware you will occasional run into memory errors and other application instabilities due to limitations on the 32 bit platform.

I would run into this with photoshop as well and it prompted me to get a 64 bit operating system.

However I do not recommend purchasing another OS untill we've exhausted all possibilities.

I will continue to research this problem for you....

1.  Click on the TOOLS menuitem (if you don't see it, just tap the ALT key once)
2.  Click on Internet Options
3.  Click on the ADAVANCED tab (furtherest right tab)
4.  Scroll all the way to the bottom
5.  Look up several lines until you find one "Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks" - UNCHECK the box.  Your Adobe download problems will most likely go away (and you'll fix your Windows Update problem too - if you have one).

Thanks for that, it fixed the application crash.
However, I can't help but feel there is still an underlying issue, which is causing different behaviour to what a standard install would be.

I've recently discovered that if I try to download a file, a different error occurs:
 DLing.docx

and is the file download enabled with your security settings in the internet zone?

Yes I believe so. DL.docx

your zone settings look good. look in all your other browser settings.

for what ?
I don't know how or why this isn't working on a standard build, with a standard install, and I don't really know what most of the settings do anyway.

These HP Pro 3120 SFF's I have are the first ones I've got that I've had to install Win XP from scratch as opposed to recovery disk. This is the only thing that is different between these and a normal build.

The thing I can think of right now is memory corruption. Please try to find memtest and run a check on your memory or use another tool.

Ran memtest and tested ok.

Is there anything that might come on a HP recovery disk, that isn't included in WinXP that may be causing my issue ? I'm sure I've got all the latest drivers for Video, chipset, sound etc...

If you can use firefox or chrome for now until we've investigated this further it would be great.

It would be a lot less of a headache for you. I had to bite the bullet and switch becuase of a problem I had in IE8 that was uncurable.

I had the problem with it constantly refreshing random pages and I even tried to reinstall it and it still did the same thing. it was frustrating. I even went through process of elimination with addons and settings and still no luck. I just gave up and tried Firefox and it's been great.

If all else fails and you still want to use IE8 then you may need to do an OS reinstall.

Please note the above solution is for the memory error and not the error message about the download

This might just help you out as well

http://www.pchell.com/support/cannotdownloadfiles.shtml

http://www.openrdf.org/issues/browse/SES-63

I appreciate your help, thanks, unfortunately we'll be using Sharepoint quite heavily in the future, so it's not an ideal long term solution.

I have 5 of these PCs, 2 of which I have set up for the users and have experienced these problems, 1 which I've set up to eliminate these problems, and 2 boxed and gathering dust. I must have spent 30 hours on this issue.

wow that really must have been a lot of work!

I am still researching this for you.

I understand the need to use IE for your case and I am still willing to help if you want.

ok this is what I recently figured out:

Internet Explorer->tools menu-> internet options-> advanced tab
Go to the security section at the bottom.
Clear the tick on the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk"
Close IE8
Start IE8 again and try the files.

Ok, I have tried the "del index.dat" the file didn't exist, I tried the "do not save encr..." and this was already unticked.

thanks for trying.

so you have tried and isolated ALL IE zone and main settings?

Have you cleared all caches?

1.  not really, theres hundreds.
2. caches as in temp internet files, cookies, and history ? yes

try to isolate all browser settings.

glad to hear you've cleared caches and all locally stored web content.

Does anyone know the process behind clicking a button or link to download something ? Maybe this could help in the process of elimination, rather then blindly trying hundreds of different settings.

Thanks

here's one explanation from microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812935

and another (from the server side)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196505&Product=ie600

more server and client side perspectives:
http://blog.alagad.com/2004/11/03/error-internet-explorer-cannot-download-filename-from-webserver/

Thanks for the links.
From what I've gathered, "do not save encrypted files" is unticked, and possibly there's a permissions problem.
Where could this permission problem lie ? which folder needs to be accessible ?

I don't think it's windows permissions.

msot are pointing to it being a server side issue.

is this with downloads that are only HTTPS or SSL?

That particular download works perfectly on an old build PC. I've just tested a different https site and downloaded fine on the new (dodgy) build.

so you've tested it on this pc that is having the problem and it works with an ssl page. it might just be the coding of the site then.

so why would the new PC handle the site differently to an old build ? The HMRC site is critical to the role of this PC as it will be processing wages (including mine !)

did you make sure both pcs have the exact same settings?

Is there an easy way to do this, if they can't be sat next to each other ? like maybe extracting registry keys ?

possibly, but the OSes have to match and I'm not guranteeing it will work, you might try though but not gonna promise anything.

I also belive that the IE settings are stored in folders somewhere. I've tried porting once and it worked but it was long ago.

go on then, i'll give it a go. ta

good luck. if that don't work you might just have to do it the old fashioned way. LOL

sorry, what am I looking for ?

look for ie settings backup registry or ie settings registry.

one person recommended this one guys VBS file but I don't receommend running those.

security zone registry help

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76436/jsi-tip-5130-how-can-i-manage-internet-explorer-security-zones-via-the-registry.html

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/442/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569

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