Internet Explorer problems?

[Bob Hiller]

Recently Internet Explorer has started to load very slowly. It takes about
25 seconds for the window to open. My default home page is 'about:blank'.
While the IE window is opening, there is a tremendous amount of HD
activity. I am running a 2.GHZ P4 with 120gig HD and 512mb memory. All
other
Programs/windows (explorer, outlook express, etc.) open very fast as they


I have 2 accounts on My XP Home system. Administrator and User1. User1 has
full admin rights. The slow loading condition only happens when logged on as
User1. When logged on as Administrator, Internet explorer opens instantly.

When I look at Control Panel/System/Advanced/User Profiles/Settings User1
size is 420mb and administrator is only about 2mb. On my 25 client network
at work the largest 'User Size' I have found is about 29mb.

Does this help explain the problem?

I have repaired IE
I have run Spy-Bot, Ad-Aware, Pest Partol, BHODemon and all have found a few
things but none have helped fix the problem.

Thanks,
Bob Hiller

 

[Mary Sauer]

Empty your cache, in IE, tools, Internet Options, delete files.

 

[Guest]

Bob , my name is Jennifer and I also am having this problem with the about.blank I just can not get rid of it
I have tried everything except erasing my whole computer ..I have ad-aware, spyblaster, spy-bot, cwshredder, and hijack this.. Nothing will get rid of it and I am beyond frustration.
I have cleared all cookies , cache, etc.. Nothing works and this started about a week ago , I have comcast high speed and can no longer get my homepage unless I type it in my internet options everytime I want to go there.
So, If you find the solution to this problem please pass it along it will be very MUCH apperciated....

 

[Bob Hiller]

Jennifer,
My problem is not related to 'about:blank', it is related to the amount of
time it takes for the Internet Explorer window to open.

Bob

Bob , my name is Jennifer and I also am having this problem with the

about.blank I just can not get rid of it .

I have tried everything except erasing my whole computer ..I have

ad-aware, spyblaster, spy-bot, cwshredder, and hijack this.. Nothing will
get rid of it and I am beyond frustration..

I have cleared all cookies , cache, etc.. Nothing works and this started

about a week ago , I have comcast high speed and can no longer get my
homepage unless I type it in my internet options everytime I want to go
there..

So, If you find the solution to this problem please pass it along it will

be very MUCH apperciated....

 

[roger]

Jennifer,

Bob , my name is Jennifer and I also am having this problem with the about.blank I just can not get rid of it .
I have tried everything except erasing my whole computer ..I have ad-aware, spyblaster, spy-bot, cwshredder, and hijack this.. Nothing will get rid of it and I am beyond frustration..
I have cleared all cookies , cache, etc.. Nothing works and this started about a week ago , I have comcast high speed and can no longer get my homepage unless I type it in my internet options everytime I want to go there..
So, If you find the solution to this problem please pass it along it will be very MUCH apperciated....

I know you tried all these programs, but give these others a chance:

Toolbar cop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm

BHODemon
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm .

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you
the ability to disable them.
This will run when you next boot and inform you of the BHO (Browser
Helper Objects) present in your system. If you see one you don't know,
you can disable. If it later turns out you need it, just enable it.

HTH