IE 6 Encountered an error and must close

[illiquid]

All of a sudden, when I go to certain sites, I always get this message, usually after half the webpage is open. Then the rest of the page doesn't load, and the message appears. Under error reporting, more information I get something about mshtml.dll. It seems to only happen on certain sites, so probably some kind of web script that is causing this -- has anyone seen this error before? Would it help if I posted a list of sites that don't work and see what they have in common?

[degsy]

If you know the date of the problem and are using XP or ME then you could try a System Restore.

or try this IE repair tool
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

[illiquid]

Yeah I thought I could just do a system restore (which has worked a few times in the past) but for some reason, system restores don't work anymore (in WinXP)

[Steven.Bentley]

Is System restore turned on? In what way doesn't it work?

[illiquid]

I've tried to restore to a number of different dates, it appears as though the process is working but then at the end I get a msg saying something like "Cannot restore to this point, nothing has been changed". I've never turned system restore off.

[Steven.Bentley]

hmm wonder if turning it off and back on again would fix it for future restores.