Internet Explorer Quits When You Visit a Web Page That Uses an XSL Transform and Window.name Property

When you visit a Web page that is using XML code with an .xsl transform to generate the HTML rendered in Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer may quit or stop responding (crash). This may occur when you browse away from the particular Web page and return to the original page that was using the .xsl transform.

This issue has been known to occur when the .xsl file is changing the window.name property for the Web page. This issue does not occur under the same scenario with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

A supported hotfix is 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 software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if 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. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.Important Install the February, 2003 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer before you install this fix. For additional information about this update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: If you installed this fix before you installed the February, 2003 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer, you must reinstall this fix.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) 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 tool in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. If this fix is installed, the Microsoft Security Update MS03-004 may overwrite this fix. If the MS03-004 fix is installed, this hotfix must be reapplied after the MS03-004 security update.