[SBE] Clarified question for the IT folks about IE add-ons - howmany of the Java Plug-In updates does a computer need?

[BILLG @WMRG.COM]

First

The Javas can be removed through add/delete programs Just make sure you have the latest one there. it might be best to remove all then go out to java.com and down load the latest version

second

as to IE's multiple opening it sure sounds like you have a virus or go to a web site that fire off multiple copies with different ads in it.
I would suggest you run adaware, spybot, and avg to start with . as much as I hate M$ their defender does pick up other problems.
then you want to load up a pop up stopper that should break the chain




BILL GELLHAUS - PRES.
WMRG STUDIOS INC.
BILLG at WMRG.COM
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Langner 
  To: Sbe Member Discussion Mail List 
  Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:58
  Subject: [SBE] Clarified question for the IT folks about IE add-ons - howmany of the Java Plug-In updates does a computer need?


  Hello everyone !

  Thanks for all the responses to my questions in the previous email below. 

  Yep, the reflector passes neither embedded pictures nor attached files.

  So, please allow me to try to be a little more clear and descriptive since the visual's not here, and since I could not "cut and paste" from the "Manage Add-ons" box. I understand from the responses I've gotten that Java updates are not cumulative, so removing early ones is not a good idea, even though there are more than a dozen of them.

  The problem stated more clearly:  IE7 locks up occasionally and also occasionally suddenly launches many, may copies of itself within a few seconds.  When either of these things happen, CPU usages goes to 100% and response time to a keystroke or mouse movement changes from essentially instantaneous to taking 10 to 15 seconds. Task Master reports that IE is "not responding." A restart "fixes" the problem for several days unless I've been "coming and going" and have had the computer "Hibernate" more than two or three times in one day, when the problem re-appears.  It seems to me if between cold boots I do not "Hibernate" at all, I tend not to have the problem.

  Also, if in Outlook I hit ctrl-S to save a draft, then fail to wait at least several seconds before hitting F7 to run spell-check, Outlook will lock up immediately, again requiring a re-boot, and again with Task Manager responding that Outlook is "not responding."

  I'm running the latest Norton with the latest updates, XP with all the available updates, not just the ones the Express install picks to install, Windows firewall on, Ad-Aware, SpyBot, and the SammSoft computer maintenance tool (the usual disc cleanup, registry cleanup, etc).

  The system is behind a router that has had its administrator user name and password changed to lengthy, meaningless strings, so I doubt it's been compromised.

  When just sitting here not using the computer, no matter if the computer is on or off, I do not see unexpected activity on the router link lights, so it does not appear I've been "zombied."  It does, however, seem that something's wrong.  

  Another symptom:  if I install the Google Toolbar, IE locks up every time it's instantiated.  I've tried several install-and-removal cycles to no avail.  Some months ago it worked fine.  I removed it after updating Windows and NAV one day when it started locking up the computer.

  And that's what I'd like to ask your opinion about how to fix -- if the system can go back to its initial stability, that would be great.  If not, I'll just keep treating it like DOS 2.0, CP/M and early TRSDOS with their occasional printer lockups, and periodically save, save, save!

  Thanks again in advance for any thoughts you're willing to share!

  Mike Langner
  Albuquerque



  -----Original Message-----
  From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org]On Behalf Of Mike Langner
  Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:04 PM
  To: Sbe Member Discussion Mail List
  Subject: [SBE] Question for the IT folks about IE add-ons - how many of theJava Plug-In updates does a computer need?


  Hello everyone !

  I don't know if this reflector will carry a photo or carry an attachment, so I've done both.

  And in case neither works, here's my question for the collective intelligence.

  I'm running IE-7.  It's become less and less stable over the past year or so.

  According to "Manage Add-ons" there are a number of Java Plug-In updates associated as add-ons.

  Question:  do I need all of them, or can I remove all except the latest of them?  And assuming the picture comes through in one form or the other, please note that the dozen of them in the picture aren't all of 'em that show up in the "Manage Add-ons" window.

  Thanks, everyone !

  Mike/

  Mike Langner, CPBE
  Albuquerque, NM



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