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Having Sudden Problems with Internet Explorer Last week (the week of April 10th) Microsoft released a number of critical updates for the Windows operating system. Over the weekend a number of people, my family included, began having trouble with Internet Explorer suddenly not working the way it is supposed. We noticed that it suddenly locked up whenever we tried to access the drop-down address bar to return to a recently visited site. When we submitted the error to Microsoft for analysis we were told to check for viruses and spyware on the computer. The problem was actually not with either or those. Scans for both returned no infections. My computer is set to automatically download and install critical updates from Microsoft. That was the only thing I could identify as a change in my system, so I immediately began to explore the updates as a possible source of the problem. As it turns out, the problem was with a small piece of the updates. Eventually Microsoft will release yet another patch to correct this, but the short-term fix for this problem seems to be simply renaming the new file that is causing all the problems. Here are some simple steps to help you. 1. Navigate to the Windows folder on your hard drive. 2. Open the System 32 folder inside the Windows folder. 3. Find the file named verclsid.exe inside the System 32 folder. 4. Right-click the verclsid.exe file and choose Rename. 5. Rename the file. I simply added bad to start of the file name on my computer "badverclsid.exe". Be sure to save the name change. 6. Close the open folders and restart your computer. Assuming that your problem has been caused by the updates, this should allow Internet Explorer to function normally again following the restart. Note: If you have Automatic Updates enabled on your computer the problem will return as soon as Windows recognizes that it no longer has the versclid.exe file. You can disable Automatic Updates by right-clicking on My Computer, choosing Properties, and then clicking on the Automatic Updates tab. You may not discover this problem until the file has already been reinstalled on your computer. If that has happened, simply repeat steps 1 through 6 and then be sure to disable Automatic Updates so it doesn't occur again.
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