Internet Explorer 8: “The requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context”

Recently when i launch Internet Explorer on my Windows XP machine, it keep on pop up an error message “The requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context”. I tried to perform Windows update, the Internet Explorer also prompt the same error message. I tried to ignore the error message, but the Internet Explorer will quit automatically.

So, i tried to do research on Internet regarding this problem. Actually a lot of Windows users facing the same problem. The problem is come from the IE 7/ IE8.  To solve this problem, you have to reinstall the IE7/IE8.

Below are the steps:

• Enter Add/Remove Programs (Start > Settings > Control Panel)
• Find Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8
• Click Uninstall
• Reboot your Windows
• Re-Launch Internet Explorer (now back to 6)
• Run Windows Update again to upgrade to latest version on Internet Explorer

I think this kind of problem only happen on Microsoft product. So, don’t expect too much on Microsoft product…hahaha.

If you have any others tips and tricks to solve this problem, please share with me.