David,

I've been having the same problem for the last several weeks also. Just tried your suggestion. Works like a champ.

Pf

>Bruce,
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>IE5.01 would hard crash my machine anytime I tried to open a link in a new window. I got these remedies over in the IE MVP group:
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>Go to start/run and type
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>regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
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>then
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>regsvr32 shdoc401.dll
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>Test the 'open in new window' again.
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>
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>If Mark's suggestion doesn't help, clean boot and then go to Control Panel, Add/ move programs,
>Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools and choose Repair Internet Expl er.
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>Patty
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>The first one fixed me right up.
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>
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>>Let me start a fresh post here to see if anyone besides two of us have observed or can explain this:
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>>Under Win98v2,IE5.01 final beta,450 machine,v.90 modem,ISP connected, but no activity observed in the connection icon.
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>>I open up IE to About:Blank, and it often takes at least 15 seconds before anything at all occurs - and no machine activity during this time at all. I can go about other business as usual, nothing else is hung up. If I go to Task Manager, it shows 'not responding' for IE - but in fact, it will open up eventually, after 15 or 20 seconds.
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>>This began after downloading and installing various add-ons and critical updates from the MS site last week, so it's related. But what on earth could cause an empty hang like that? Baffled...