Thomas Penwell

Lately, I've seen a number of complaints about Internet Explorer Freezing up, not working, or saying there is no internet connection when there is.

In all of these cases it has been with IE 8 with a conflicting addon causing problems. Here is how you manage or disable addons in IE 8.

1. On your menu, goto 'Tools', then 'Internet Options.'
2. 'Programs' tab.
3. Click 'manage add-ons.'

From here you can turn your browser addons on or off to help find the conflicting addon. Once the conflicting addon is found, you can usually uninstall it via 'Add/Remove Programs' in the computers' control panel. If it is not there, simply disable the conflicting addon for worry-free browsing.