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JayhawkSD

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7. I would get rid of Norton.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 01:24 AM

Feb 2015

First, get rid of Norton, which is incredible bloatware, and use antivirus protection which has a smaller footprint. I use Avast, and have had very good success with it.

Second, quit using Internet Explorer as your browser. Chrome or Firefox are lighter, faster and more reliable.

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I get the message 'explorer not working' when i'm [View all] applegrove Feb 2015 OP

What is the exact and complete message? Renew Deal Feb 2015 #1

I'm running Norton right now. It was something like that. applegrove Feb 2015 #2

No guarantee that it will fix anything but I would do a chkdsk to look for errors. gvstn Feb 2015 #3

Thanks. I will try that next. applegrove Feb 2015 #4

"Internet Explorer has stopped working" applegrove Feb 2015 #9

Just hit close/cancel Go Vols Feb 2015 #5

When I hit the x or press cancel I get another two boxes saying the same thing. applegrove Feb 2015 #6

I would get rid of Norton. JayhawkSD Feb 2015 #7

I'll keep this in mind applegrove Feb 2015 #8

same problem tararum May 2016 #10

I can't remember what happened. But my explorer works. applegrove May 2016 #11

answer tararum May 2016 #12

Post removed Post removed Nov 2019 #13

At least it's IE, not Windows Explorer, which could be a huge problem. Simplest thing to do is... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #14

Yes i have found a way around. applegrove Nov 2019 #15