IE 6.0 slow and not loading

[jarbacky]

Hi all,

Recently I have been having problems with IE 6.0. It doesn't seem to
load pages completely so I have have to "REFRESH" if I want to click
onto a link for it to work. Also, some pages come up as "page can not
be displayed" but if I refresh, it seems to load fine. What would cause
this sudden lag in performance?

My friend installed Netscape 8.0 but I uninstalled it when I saw the
delay. Netscape was worse.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jar

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Hi all,

Recently I have been having problems with IE 6.0. It doesn't seem to
load pages completely so I have have to "REFRESH" if I want to click
onto a link for it to work. Also, some pages come up as "page can not
be displayed" but if I refresh, it seems to load fine. What would
cause this sudden lag in performance?

My friend installed Netscape 8.0 but I uninstalled it when I saw the
delay. Netscape was worse.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jar

You might be infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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[Jon Kennedy]

In addition to Frank's suggestions, totally clear out your History and TIF
folders:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

 

[jarbacky]

Well, I totally removed my user folder so that XP had to create a new
one from scratch. I am also running ZoneAlarm, which found and "fixed"
about 15 little spywares but no luck. All browsers still running slow.

I wonder, though, is it possible to install a seperate instance of XP
on its own partition and use it specifically only when I want to surf
the web? Maybe, without all the other software I have on my C drive, IE
might work better.

Would this work the way I think or is it just wishful thinking? hmmmmmm
what to do, what to do?

Thanks,
Jar