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By thegenericgeek on
My primary browser while developing my site is Firefox or Safari, so I don't always test out my site on Internet Explorer until I'm at work and forced to use IE. What happens when I view my site in IE is this:
The page loads completely.
The left column and right column work properly (ie. css mouse effects)
But, if the mouse is moved over the center column, Internet Explorer crashes immedietly with the following error...
Error signature:
AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: mshtml.dll
ModVer: 6.0.2800.1458 Offset: 0010189e
I could post the technical information about this error if someone would like to see it.
I have un-promoted these posts from the front page, and the issue goes away... I have checked the code within the posts and cannot find anything wrong with it. I have also retyped the post from scratch, sometimes the issue goes away, most times, it remains. And I end up unpublishing up to 10 blog entries to figure out which one is causing the problem, then promoting them all back. This has become a HUGE pain for me. If it were up to me, I would suggest everyone just use Firefox or Safari, neither of these browsers have this issue, just IE, but since almost 40% of my traffic still uses IE, I need to figure this one out.... Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
As of today, Superbowl Sunday, my site is exhibiting this issue. I'll leave it this way until tomorrow morning, so if you take a look, maybe you can help me figure it out, thanks!
Comments
not seeing this issue
Just visited your site and the front page appears to be fine. If I move the mouse over the center column, nothing strange happens. Have you duplicated this issue on other machines?
Duplicated Issue
It usually occurs when mousing over either the Title, Read More link, or Add A New Comment link. It is encouraging that it does not happen to all IE visitors, but yes, I have duplicated on multiple machines with XP (With / Without Service Pack 2). I searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base and found the following article:
Error Message in Mshtml.dll While You Browse the Internet
But the sample code they give to test for the issue does not bomb IE on either of the XP machines I have tested. Thanks for the quick replies.
BTW, I'm running Drupal 4.5.2 with Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
good news
I am not seeing this problem at all with IE … I would assume that something is wrong with the computer setup at your work. If you have the ability to, I would reinstall IE on that computer or test it with another computer.
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Dallas Grant
http://NewsWire.ws
What happens when your mouse
What happens when your mouse *starts off* in the center column and you jiggle it about? It could be a onmouseout() script from one of the other columns causing the trouble.
One Block contains onmouseout()
I'll hide that block and see if that resolves the issue on my box.
UPDATE, that seems to have resolved it, thank you! I'll test tomorrow on my box at work!