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Old 07-23-2007, 05:40 PM
Michael Solomon
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Re: IE7 (32-bits) crashes and freezes incessantly in Vista 64



"Trond Ruud" <troruud@start.no> wrote in message
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> "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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>> If you are running the 64-bit version of Vista, why are you even trying
>> to run IE7 32-bit?
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>> Michael Solomon
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> Good question. There are 2 answers:
> 1. It was preset (by Microsoft I assume?) as the default browser in Vista
> 2. The Roboform password manager - which I'm addicted to - only comes in a
> 32-bit flavour, and will not work with IE7 64
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> But the IE7 64-version seems much faster than the 32, so hadn't it been
> for Roboform, I'd switch to 64 as default browser.
> Maybe I should look for a 64-bits password manager? Any recommendations?
> Trond Ruud
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Okay, so the reason for the problem is you are trying to use the 32-bit
version on Vista 64-bit. I use Password Agent from Moon Software:

[url]http://www.moonsoftware.com/pwagent.asp[/url]

I don't know if it works with Vista 64-bit, the specs only list Vista with
no reference to 32 or 64 but it's worth a try.


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Michael Solomon
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Old 07-23-2007, 05:40 PM