Internet Exployer

[Jerry Pack]

When I try to print items form banking, Windows Explorer shuts down. Can it be repaired or does the O/S have to be rebuilt?
Jerry Pack

[Wiz Feinberg]

Try disabling add-ons (extensions), toolbars and even some plug-ins. One of them may be causing instability in the browser. IE works best without a lot of extras.

If disabling these things doesn't help, make sure you are fully up to date with all Windows Updates, including the latest version of Internet Exploder.

You did not state your operating system version, nor which version of IE you are having trouble with. These are not trivial facts.

[Jerry Pack]

Thanks Wiz, the o/s system is Windows 7 pro.

[Wiz Feinberg]

Thanks Wiz, the o/s system is Windows 7 pro.

Are you using IE 10 or IE 11? Are the toolbars and extensions disabled yet?

[Jerry Pack]

Hi Wiz,
Sorry for the delayed reply. I called the company that I was having problems using IE. They said their browser was having problems with using IE, to switch to Goggle Chrome. I did and the browser is working fine. Thanks again,
Jerry

[Ken Lang]

Jerry. You have switched to Google Chrome. Does that go on your Windows 7 programs or in your (X86) programs?

[Jerry Pack]

Hi Ken,
In the (x86) file.
Jerry

[Ken Lang]

That has been part of my question. The (X86) stuff will no longer be supported either, when XP goes off support in 4/8/14. What does that do to browsers?

Do we need 64 bit browsers, rather than the 32 bit in
(X86)?

[Dave Potter]

That has been part of my question. The (X86) stuff will no longer be supported either, when XP goes off support in 4/8/14. What does that do to browsers? Do we need 64 bit browsers, rather than the 32 bit in (X86)?

The fog count here has reached the point that I think some clarification is appropriate.

First, Windows XP's demise does not signal anything relative to 32-bit (X86) vs 64-bit browsers. There's no relationship between the two.

Second, any remaining XP users should run, not walk, to upgrade to a more recent OS. XP is a dinosaur, and there is no plausible reason to try to retain such an obsolete OS.

Time marches on, and so does technology. Go with it. The advantages of more recent Microsoft OSes far outweigh any perceived disadvantages. Legacy software and hardware may fall by the wayside in the upgrade process, but nothing lasts forever. Such is the way of progress. You gotta' part ways with that old dot-matrix printer sooner or later....

The suggestion that "(X86) Stuff" would be abandoned and orphaned by Windows OS upgrades is wrong, and once again, has nothing whatsoever to do with Windows XP's ultimate demise.

"X86 stuff" is Windows 32-bit "stuff", and any and all Windows 64-bit operating systems are ready and able to load and play 32-bit software.

The Chrome browser (for Windows) is not available in anything but 32-bit (X86) format, but the point is moot. 64-bit browsers provide so little advantages to the user the effect is nearly transparent.

[Wiz Feinberg]

That has been part of my question. The (X86) stuff will no longer be supported either, when XP goes off support in 4/8/14. What does that do to browsers?

Do we need 64 bit browsers, rather than the 32 bit in
(X86)?

I have the 32 bit version of Windows 7 and all programs are 32 bits as well. I think you misunderstand why there is an X86 folder in your Program Files directory. It is not there to support Windows XP. It is there to allow 32 bit programs to function on your 64 bit motherboard and operating system. 32 bit programs will be around for quite some time, as will the translation layer offered by the X86 directory.

You might gain a better understanding of the differences and reasons for maintaining an X86 directory here.

[Ken Lang]

I guess I have misunderstood the X86 function. That is because I HAVE read that Microsoft quitting support for XP does include (X86). What that means is my question.

My internet computers will all be Windows 7 and the XP
computers will be used offline from now on.

Thanks for cluing me in.

[Wiz Feinberg]

I guess I have misunderstood the X86 function. That is because I HAVE read that Microsoft quitting support for XP does include (X86). What that means is my question.

My internet computers will all be Windows 7 and the XP
computers will be used offline from now on.

Thanks for cluing me in.

Ken;
Please post a link to an article that claims that support for X86 is going away. I'll read it and tell you what it really means. No promise on when I can do this if you don't post it tonight.

[Ken Lang]

I looked a little but now I can't find it. Guess it could have been wrong. That's fine with me. If I ever see it again I'll put it up.