Anyone having trouble searching Yahoo News?

[Dookus]

For two days, it hangs my IE window every time I try. I've done a full scan for viruses and spyware. Everything else works fine...

Anybody else getting this problem?

[Dookus]

1. please?

anybody? Just check. It doesn't crash your machine - just hangs the IE window and I have to use task manager to close it.

[Dookus]

2. oh my...

it's finally happened. Everybody's put me on ignore.

[coloradodem2005]

3. I'm still here. You're not on my ignore.

I haven't used Yahoo news so I don't know. :hi:

[stranger_with_candy]

4. works fine

but i often have problems with yahoo freezing up.

[miss_kitty]

5. i always use google news

and i never use IE it's sucky....

i DO use yahoo as my primary search engine, though...
see if this works:

http://news.google.com/

and look into this:

http://www.mozilla.org/

much faster and less sucky than IE

[stranger_with_candy]

6. I just downloaded Firefox

on Mozilla.org. SO much better.

[miss_kitty]

7. yeah i've been using mozilla 1.7

but i downloaded firefox a week ago...it has trouble remembering some of my passwords and logins...that could be my computer, though...

[Dookus]

8. sigh

yeah I know about mozilla.

My question was about whether or not my problem was local to my system or a problem with Yahoo news.

Thanks for at least not telling me to buy a mac.

[miss_kitty]

9. dookus...sorry about offering a workaround-a necessity w/ ms products

i passed up your post for a while, because i don't use IE and my answer would not have specifically answered your question. then you begged for help.

next time i'll ignore you.

[Dookus]

10. lol

don't be hurt. Sorry if I sounded rough. It's just that EVERY time somebody posts a question about IE, a contingent jumps in to tell 'em to use something else.

I actually HAVE mozilla installed here, and I'm not experiencing the problem using it. I was curious about whether the problem was with MY system or with Yahoo news. I know you were trying to be helpful.

[miss_kitty]

11. lol back at cha

ok...i'll try it...tell me what YOU do that causes the problem....

[Dookus]

12. I go to...

www.news.yahoo.com

then enter anything that'll find a result ("olympics", "bush", etc.) and click Search. The window either goes blank or shows ONE picture and some text smooshed up in the top left corner, then does nothing. When I go to Task Manager, it's not responding. Curiously, I also get TWO items showing up with that window name in TM.

ON edit: I've also rebooted, run a full virus and spyware check, and deleted all internet files. It just started happening yesterday. Never had such a problem before.

[miss_kitty]

13. have you tried this url?

http://news.yahoo.com/

i copied and pasted the url you have and it immediately filled the http:// in front and directed me to an error page that gave me the above...i'll try again w/ the www only url thinger but you try this

[miss_kitty]

14. my IE browser won't let me enter w/o http etc

so maybe your address is wrong?

[Dookus]

15. sorry

I just didn't enter the full thing. Yes, that's the URL I'm using - the main yahoo News page.

[miss_kitty]

16. ok...sorry too..i realised THAT was not your problem either

but it searched both 'bush' and 'olympics' very speedily....i have cable and a speedy computer though...

[Dookus]

17. thanks

it must be my system. It's 100% reproducible here.

I also have DSL and a speedy computer. The problem is immediately obvious - the page just draws wrong and the hour-glass pointer comes up immediately. Then Task Manager shows it not responding.

Thanks for trying.

[miss_kitty]

18. hey not a problem somestimes i need people to speak really slow

so i can understand what is being said! :D