IE6 Hangs for two minutes when started!

[Bill]

Can't figure out what's causing this... on a P3/650 576M-RAM Win98SE laptop
with MS Office 2000, I'll be running the computer for a while, could be 2
minuses or an hour, opening & closing new IE6 windows with no problem, and
then I'll go to start a new IE6 window. My task monitor program will show
that IE6 has started, but it will be a full two minutes before the new
browser window shows up.

This happens when I start IE6 from the desktop icon, the quicklaunch bar, or
from the start menu. However, if I start a new browser window from an
existing IE6 window by selecting File > New > Window, I get a new window
right away.

Yes, I've done a detect/repair on IE6, and even reinstalled it with all
upgrades, to no avail.

Can anyone tell me what the cause of this is?

THANKS!!!

Bill G.'

 

[Bill]

I have no viruses, no spyware (I've got SpyBot), and the only 3rd party
extensions are Google toolbar and Spybot.

Bill G.

hi. i had encountered the same problem as you. I found a solution to the

problem through this newsgrop. you can do the following:

IE 6.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

If all is ok when you disable the 3rd party browser setting, then:

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html

 

[Bill]

I have no viruses, no spyware (I've got SpyBot), and the only 3rd party
extensions are Google toolbar and Spybot.

Other ideas?

Bill G

hi. i had encountered the same problem as you. I found a solution to the

problem through this newsgrop. you can do the following:

IE 6.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

If all is ok when you disable the 3rd party browser setting, then:

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I have no viruses, no spyware (I've got SpyBot), and the only 3rd party
extensions are Google toolbar and Spybot.

Try removing the Google toolbar. It apparently causes others
some unexpected side effects.


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Other ideas?

Bill G

hi. i had encountered the same problem as you. I found a solution to the

problem through this newsgrop. you can do the following:

IE 6.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

If all is ok when you disable the 3rd party browser setting, then:

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html