Internet explorer stalls, after viewing a few pages

[Matt]

This happens on my work PC, but I don't believe firewall/network are
an issue at all

Here is what is happening
- I will got to safe & essential site that wouldn't be blocked by the
firewall, like microsoft.com and start viewing the knowledge base or
msdn
- I will get a few pages in, then it will stall ... it will take
forever loading.
- it is almost as if there is some sort of limit to how much content i
can access... is there such a reg setting?

But
- I can browse fine in Netscape, no problems whatsoever
- I can copy a link, open file explorer, paste the link into the file
path, and browse fine there; which is really odd since wouldn't File
Explorer and Internet Explorer use all the same settings/background
process/etc...

Any ideas?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Some parasites calling home while you wait.

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

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