IE6 running too slow

[rod stanton]

I Have IE6 on a XP Pro platform. This week it started
running too slow to work well. I frequently take several
min. to download pages that last week I got in secs. Many
times when going to sites I know are up and running (ie
YAHOO, GOOGLE) I get a page not found or unable to
connect message. Other times i get a "request time out"
error message.

I have spent several hours searching the KB (caused
mostly be the very slow IE 6, not because I looked at
thousands og pages) and can not find anything that helps.

Suggestions?
Rod Stanton

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I Have IE6 on a XP Pro platform. This week it started
running too slow to work well. I frequently take several
min. to download pages that last week I got in secs. Many
times when going to sites I know are up and running (ie
YAHOO, GOOGLE) I get a page not found or unable to
connect message. Other times i get a "request time out"
error message.

I have spent several hours searching the KB (caused
mostly be the very slow IE 6, not because I looked at
thousands og pages) and can not find anything that helps.

Suggestions?
Rod Stanton

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

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

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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