I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post bcoz to be honest im not sure what problem my IE8 has, except that it always hangs (since yesterday); nevertheless i tried this tool, sfc /scannow, reset all to factory settings, start without any addons... and still no luck, nothing is even logged...
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