Internet Explorer 11 Hanging Freezing Crashing Stopped Working Error

Internet Explorer 11 Hanging Freezing Crashing Stopped Working Error

Internet Explorer 11 is a fantastic web browser among all browsers in internet world. According to user’s view it is a valuable and stable browser. Read the guide on Internet Explorer 11 hanging freezing crashing stopped working error. It has extensive features embedded inside it. Apart from this Internet Explorer 11 behaves abnormally. As a result, it hangs, freezes or crashes the normal execution of web pages.

Internet Explorer 11 executes normally on many Windows OS like Window 10/8/7/etc. Why do Internet Explorer freezes or crashes inspite of having too much capabilities? The reason might be either hardware or software. Here, we deal with software issues which is normally seen. Read the troubleshooting steps when you find such types of hanging, freezing and others.

Procedures to Stop Hanging Freezing Crashing Stopped Working Error

Procedure 1: The first step will be to clear Internet Explorer cache memory using Settings or Disk Cleanup. Disk clean tool will empty all temporary files such as junk files in Windows. Windows comes with built-in Disk Cleanup Tool.

Go to Search bar and type Disk Cleanup, press Enter. Now click on Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection pop up Window.  Select the drive you want to clean using drop down option menu. After selecting the concerned drive press OK. If you have selected the C: drive then (Disk Cleanup for C:) Window will open. Select the Temporary Internet Files as Files to delete.  

Select the one which is occupying more space. After selecting the correct file press OK. Next confirmation message will appear. 

Click on Delete Files button. As a result, Disk Cleanup utility will commence and finalizes.

Secondly, run the active antivirus to check the available malware in your PC. Run sfc/ scannow command finally. Restart the PC. This will replace corrupted system files. Open the Internet Explorer and switch to gear Settings icon at the top right of the Internet Explorer browser. Click on Internet Options. Switch to Security Tab and click on “Reset all zones to default level”. 

Now restart the Explorer.

Procedure 2: If the above process does not work, then open Internet Explorer 11 Window again. Click on Settings gear icon followed by Manage Add-ons.

This will open pages without loading add-ons, toolbars and plug-ins. 

You can disable each add-ons type to see which is creating the problem. If you encounter the culprit, then remove it completely.

Procedure 3: Open the Internet Options again. Go to Advanced Tab and click on Reset tab. 

The reset Internet Explorer option will remove all temporary files disabling plug-ins, add-ons, toolbars etc. Finally restart the Internet Explorer to view all are correct.

Procedure 4: If above process does solve the problem then open the Internet Explorer 11 again. Open Internet Options again. Go to Advanced Tab. Check mark on “Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering” under Accelerated graphics panel.

Procedure 5: If problem persist till now, then you can manage Settings with Registry Editor. Go to Search bar and type Regedit, select the match app. In Registry Editor Window navigate to below key:

“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings”

Right click on right side of the panel and select the New option. Create a New DWORD value called “MaxConnectionsPerServer”. Double click on it and assign the value to “10”. Create another new DWORD as “MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server”. 

Double click it and assign value as “10”. Finally Save, Exit the Registry and Restart the Windows PC.