If you've recently downloaded and installed Internet Explorer 8, that thing is nosy and ponderous and hangs all of the time. I get that error message regularly when I use it. I do use it still for a few things (some security pages will only load via IE), but I switched over to use Firefox most of the time.

My next door neighbor inquired about a company to come out to fix her computer. I told her not to waste her money paying someone and headed over to help (I've worked on it before, and I think she feels guilty because it always takes a while. But what are neighbors for?). I started by rebooting her modem and router, then turned to check the machine. I finally got IE to run enough to download Firefox and install it. I then showed her the difference between the two. She thought her Internet provider was acting up, or her computer was dying, and it was just IE8 being a pain in the butt.

SRS