Screen freezes with IE are most commonly caused by video drivers that need
updating. Go to the web site of your video card manufacturer and get the
latest drivers for your card. As a work around, try turning down your
hardware acceleration, color depth, and/or screen resolution. If these
work, then new drivers are in order.
Other causes are scripting engines that need reinstalled or updated:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
Or the Java VM:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/14.html
See this article for more information:
Problems Displaying Images in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q181836
And, if you are using a McAfee anti-virus program, and it's set to scan all
files, try changing it to scan programs and documents only.
More here:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#freezing
Also, if no joy, clear out your TIF and History folders:
Boot to DOS (Start...Shutdown...Restart in MS-DOS mode)
Go to C:\Windows
type -- smartdrv -- <enter> - gets rid of all that disk thrashing
type -- deltree history -- <enter and y to verify> - to clear History
type -- deltree tempor~1 -- <enter and y to verify> - to clear TIF
Reboot
If you have profiles established on your computer, you will have to adjust
the DOS path accordingly.
TweakIE does this with just a couple of mouse clicks.
http://www.tweakie.com