Email links to IE VERY slow

[Guest]

I'm having major problems all of a sudden with linking from an email in
Outlook to a web page.

Sometimes a "locate link in browser" window will eventually pop-up.

I can speed things along by:

- Clicking on the link
- Opening a new IE window

If I do that it will immediately open two windows - one with the results of
the email link and another with my default web page.

I've run anti-virus, anti-spyware software and it found nothing

I've verified that I've applied all SPs and patches

I did run defrag last weekend and have cleared cookies, history and temp
pages.

Any ideas? Questions?

 

[Guest]

Well, I've tried all of those things and still no joy.

I'm also noticing that IE is freezing or taking a very long time when I
simply attempt to change an "Internet Option".

Is there a way to reinstall IE (maybe I've corrupted it somehow)? Should I
just try to go to the beta of 7?

 

[Guest]

Sorry, forgot to tell you the version numbers:

IE = 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 Updated versions SP2
Outlook = 11.8010.8028 SP2

 

[Guest]

Thanks again for all your help!

I took a very methodical approach. I restored the system back to a prior
restore point and the problem quit happening. I then started doing things I
know I had done:

- Installed the latest version of iTunes
- Defrag the hard disk
- Installed McAfee AntiSpyware

And it turned out that it was McAfee Anti Spyware. When I installed it the
problem started up again. When I uninstalled it the system was fine.

Couldn't find anything on the McAfee site so I'll either be calling them or
returning the software.

Thanks again!