Microsoft KB Archive/913788

= Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 may crash when you try to print or to preview a Web page =

Article ID: 913788

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

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SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 may crash when you try to print a Web page or when you try to use the Print Preview option to view a Web page. Additionally, you may notice that there are many nested DIV tags together with the absolute positioning style in the source code of the Web page.

Note Click Source in the View menu in Internet Explorer 6 to view the source code of the Web page. In this case, you may notice that the source code of the Web page contains a clause that resembles the following clause.    'Some objects inside the DIV 



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

Registry information
To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), x86-based versions




STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the DIV element, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535240.aspx

For more information about absolute positioning, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms530301.aspx#Absolute_Positioning

For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Call stack information
If use the WinDbg debugger to debug this problem, you may notice call stack information that resembles the following: (13c.668): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. eax=00000001 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=01ccdb70 eip=7d52b7a9 esp=05dfa58c ebp=05dfa5a8 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00010246 mshtml!CDispNode::Destroy+0x8: 7d52b7a9 395e08 cmp [esi+0x8],ebx ds:0023:00000008=????????

05dfa590 7d688aa7 mshtml!CDispNode::Destroy+0x8 05dfa5a8 7d5be143 mshtml!CLayout::DestroyDispNodeArray+0x42 05dfa5b4 7d6b36da mshtml!CLayout::Detach+0x2c 05dfa5cc 7d5c8722 mshtml!CDisplay::UndoMeasure+0x66 05dfa978 7d524ce8 mshtml!CDisplay::RecalcLinesWithMeasurer+0x980 05dfaaf8 7d51a7d7 mshtml!CDisplay::RecalcLines+0x67 05dfab10 7d51aab0 mshtml!CDisplay::RecalcView+0x6b 05dfabb8 7d51b8a8 mshtml!CFlowLayout::CalcTextSize+0x2ee 05dfadfc 7d51ef83 mshtml!CFlowLayout::CalcSizeCoreCompat+0xf64 05dfae14 7d51e7a2 mshtml!CFlowLayout::CalcSizeCore+0x41 05dfae4c 7d51b03d mshtml!CFlowLayout::CalcSizeVirtual+0x17e 05dfaf60 7d5489fb mshtml!CLayout::CalcSize+0x224 05dfafd4 7d549595 mshtml!CFlowLayout::MeasureSite+0x1e5 05dfb018 7d5494cc mshtml!CFlowLayout::GetSiteWidth+0x12b 05dfb044 7d6ccb8d mshtml!CLSMeasurer::GetSiteWidth+0x80 05dfb150 7d5ce99c mshtml!CRecalcLinePtr::AlignObjects+0x30b 05dfb1d0 7d526f20 mshtml!CRecalcLinePtr::CalcAlignedSitesAtBOLCore+0x1d7 05dfb220 7d527b8b mshtml!CRecalcLinePtr::CalcAlignedSitesAtBOL+0xa9 05dfb2d4 7d526a0e mshtml!CRecalcLinePtr::MeasureLine+0x384 05dfb690 7d524ce8 mshtml!CDisplay::RecalcLinesWithMeasurer+0x502

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