Help! Some pages take 10 minutes to load IE5&6!

[applesink855]

We are running both W2K and W98 second edition machines, Pentium III, 256MB to 500MB of RAM, IE6 and IE 5.5 with all service packs, etc. We are having a problem with some webpages taking 9 to 10 minutes to load. For example, if we click on the following website:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/

If you go to the above website and quickly click on the link to "Palm Sneaks No.18 USC past Auburn" under "Top Stories" on the right side, you will be taken to the next page within seconds. However, if you open Internet Explorer and go to the above website and wait about 7 to 10 seconds to click on the same link, the page will take 10 minutes to come up. There are no error messages, just an hourglass.

I can't figure out why this happens. I thought it might be because of spyware, but I've checked the machines out and there are no suspicious programs.

PLEASE HELP! ANYONE

 

[jmatt]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q153790&ID=KB;EN-US;Q153790

How to Improve Browsing Performance in Internet Explorer (Q153790)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 , 5.01 Service Pack 1 , 5.5 , 5.5 Service Pack 1 , for Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2 , 5 , 5.01 , 5.01 Service Pack 1 , 5.5 , 5.5 Service Pack 1 , for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.x , 4.x , 5 , 5.01 , 5.01 Service Pack 1 , 5.5 , 5.5 Service Pack 1 , for Windows 95

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