Suddenly whenever i try to start IE it loads up the window
but then stops and hangs for about 10 mins, before resuming
normal functionality. This happens for each window i open,
and doesn't have anything to do with my homepage.

This is especially frustrating since programs like mcafee
use IE for their menus, and so they also hang on startup.

I have all windows updates installed and am running XP prof
SP1.

I did a full virus scan and shutdown all non-critical
processes and still no luck.

Help appriciated,
John S

clear all your temp internet files, cookies and history. IE indexs all these
when loading up so if there are loads it will slow it down. If still haivng
problems have a look on the web for info on deleting you index.dat file this
may be corrupt


"John S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:97a401c433a9$7adb0480$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Suddenly whenever i try to start IE it loads up the window
> but then stops and hangs for about 10 mins, before resuming
> normal functionality. This happens for each window i open,
> and doesn't have anything to do with my homepage.
>
> This is especially frustrating since programs like mcafee
> use IE for their menus, and so they also hang on startup.
>
> I have all windows updates installed and am running XP prof
> SP1.
>
> I did a full virus scan and shutdown all non-critical
> processes and still no luck.
>
> Help appriciated,
> John S

I already tried cleaning the index.dat files.. (Which
microsoft still hasn't adequately explained why they exist...)

No luck
Any ideas?

"John S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:97a401c433a9$7adb0480$(E-Mail Removed)
> Suddenly whenever i try to start IE it loads up the window
> but then stops and hangs for about 10 mins, before resuming
> normal functionality. This happens for each window i open,
> and doesn't have anything to do with my homepage.
>
> This is especially frustrating since programs like mcafee
> use IE for their menus, and so they also hang on startup.
>
> I have all windows updates installed and am running XP prof
> SP1.
>
> I did a full virus scan and shutdown all non-critical
> processes and still no luck.
>
> Help appriciated,
> John S

Open the Internet Options applet in Control Panel
Uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions" on the Advanced tab.
You may also have to set the Home Page to about:blank

Then eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

"John S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I already tried cleaning the index.dat files.. (Which
> microsoft still hasn't adequately explained why they exist...)
>
> No luck
> Any ideas?

They are indices that IE (or Windows) uses to look up the contents of the
folder.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

I did everything you suggested and still no luck.....
Any suggestions...?
>-----Original Message-----
>Suddenly whenever i try to start IE it loads up the window
>but then stops and hangs for about 10 mins, before resuming
>normal functionality. This happens for each window i open,
>and doesn't have anything to do with my homepage.
>
>This is especially frustrating since programs like mcafee
>use IE for their menus, and so they also hang on startup.
>
>I have all windows updates installed and am running XP prof
>SP1.
>
>I did a full virus scan and shutdown all non-critical
>processes and still no luck.
>
>Help appriciated,
>John S
>.
>