MY HOTMAIL SITE KEEPS FREEZING AND PRESENTING A DIALOGUE BOX STATING, ”We can’t connect to Hotmail right now. Please try again later” Then, "Internet Explorer has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.”
I NEVER, NEVER HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE I INSTALLEDSILVERLIGHT AND WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIALS ON JULY 27<sup>TH</sup>.
On 27 July I was prompted by Windows to install Silverlight and Windows Live Essentials in order to update Windows on my new computer. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, MOST OF MY WEBSITES STARTED CRASHING AND FREEZING. Dialogue BOX: "Internet Explorer has stopped working.
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.”). I UNINSTLALLED WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIALS BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. I UNINSTALLED SILVERLIGHT AND THE PROBLEMS WENT AWAY – FOR
ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THANK YOU MSFT!!!
NOW: 1) MY HOTMAIL DISCONNECTS EVERY TIME I TRY TO OPEN ANY FOLDER BESIDES “INBOX” (”We can’t connect to Hotmail right now. Please try again later”) AND 2) ALL WEBSITES CRASH RANDOMLY ("Internet Explorer has stopped working. A problem caused the program to
stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.”) AND, 3) MY BROWSING SPEED IS HALF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE SILVERLIGHT/WLE HELPED ME (CONSTANT spinning blue little circle).
SILVERLIGHT/WLE SCREWED UP A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING BROWSER SYSTEM. I GUESS I NEED TO SHIFT TO GOOGLE CHROME OR FIREFOX – ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T LOCK UP MY BROWSING AND E-MAIL EVERY SECOND I AM ON LINE. Will I have to switch to G-MAIL if I use GOOGLE CHROME instead of WINDOWS EXPLORER? I guess I can ask some of my many friends and family who have already made the switch. And I thought they were overreacting!
CLEARLY, “UNINSTALL” DOES NOT CLEAN OUT ALL THE CRAP LEFT BEHIND BY SILVERLIGHT/WINDOWS LIVE NON- ESSENTIALS. IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE.
STOP ! STOP HELPING ME, MICROSOFT. DO NOT PUT UP DOWNLOADS IF THEY ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL.!!! 25 YEAR, soon-to-be-former, MSFT CUSTOMER