Bing Causing IE11 to hang

Jimfof1913

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I had my IE11 startup page to be the Bing homepage. This causes IE to hang as Bing apparently is not computable with IE11. I had to change my startup page to something else to get IE11 to start.
 

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    windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    Intel Pentium 2.70Ghz
    Motherboard
    unk
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    unk
    Screen Resolution
    1930x1080
    Keyboard
    Wireless
    Mouse
    Wireless
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    25Mbs
Try switching to different page then switch back to Bing, it might work.
EDIT: Yes, it does, useless Bing.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Bing.com works for me:

Screenshot (47).png

Make sure you have cleared your browser cache and retry.

If no good, disable all add-on and test again:

Screenshot (48).png

Screenshot (49).png

BTW, I don't have any add-ons because I deleted them all.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel G2020
    Motherboard
    ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0
    Memory
    8GBs @ 1333 MHz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO
    PSU
    400w
    Internet Speed
    57/11
I'm having what appears to be the same problem. Note that this problem only occurs when I use Internet Explorer on the desktop. The Metro IE works fine.

However, a unique twist. I have a Windows 8.1 Desktop, Laptop and Tablet, all updated. I cannot search using Bing within IE11 on either my Tablet or Laptop. Nothing happens when I try to type in the Bing search area. It doesn't matter whether I'm using the Touch Keyboard or the real keyboard on my laptop. I can click on favorites and go somewhere else and everything works, including other search engines. Also, when I'm on bing.com, I notice that all of the various options in the Gear Icon are greyed out except File, Safety, and Compatibility View Settings. I can type in the address bar and that works fine. If I go to another web site, all of the Gear Icon options become available.

This doesn't make sense to me. Any thoughts.

By the way, when on another web site, I went to Internet Options and deleted everything but passwords and tracking info. Did the same using CCleaner. Also, if I go to bing.com using Firefox as my browser, the Bing search works fine. The only problem is when I try to use bing.com search on my desktop using the desktop ie11 browser.
 
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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-4771
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Pro
    Memory
    16 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
    Sound Card
    None
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer T232HL
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Primary - Samsung 840 EVO 250 Gb
    Secondary - Western Digital BLACK 1TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM 650W 80+
    Case
    Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
    Keyboard
    Logitech MK520
    Mouse
    Logitech MK520
    Internet Speed
    FiOS-15Mb
    Browser
    IE11 / Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast Free
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