>Mine are also 11/5, shdoc401.dll is version 5.00.2919.6304, shdocvw is 5.00.2919.6307.

Same here.

>This could be just a normal IE crash *g*

I wish it were (well, sort of) < g > Usually, an IE crash is like a GPF, though, right? These are just indefinite hangs, kind of bizarre.

But, I think I just found something very important. I did a new IE5 install here at work, and now it shows 128-bit encryption. My home version has the same IE version and all the updates, but shows only 56-bit. I think something got fouled up with that install - I'll just try reinstalling the encryption update, that might solve it.