[Shimadea]

I am running Vista Home Premium (came with my computer) on a 3 year old HP Pavillion. I am using Internet Explorer (can't find what edition)
I have been 2 fairly major issues (or at least this is how I see it.)
1) I finish using the internet, click on the x in the top right hand corner and I get a message stating " Internet Explorer Has Stopped Working" then "Internet Exlporer is Restarting" and then I hit cancel (because I no longer want to be on the net) and often come up with " Run Time Error 217 at 04A0FD2D" I dont know what to do about this and any help would be much appreciated.
2) I play Runescape often (almost daily) and Neopets about the same.
I often get messages stating " Out of Memory at Line 9 (on Runescape) or Line 24 (on Neopets) I have tried to search Microsoft for the answers to this problem but recieve " Out of Memory at Line 32" and when I can get through... The answers are incomprehensible for a noob like myself.
Now I have removed all music and picture files off my computer, run a system restore to factory defaults, and added another GB of RAM (I am now at 2GB) I have a 225GB Hard drive and I am not even using up half of either! I have used the Hardware Diagnostic Tool to make sure everything is running properly, and I am still getting the same messages.
Anyway I have provided as much info as possible (hopefully not too much)
and am looking forward to getting some help on these two Issues.
(I have also performed several virus scans and a bi weekly defrag.)

Shim

[Shimadea]

After reading other posts, I realize it might be helpful to add that my computer is a desk top, I have put the model number in my profile if that helps any.