I.E. 5.5 Browser Program Loads Slow after hitting icon.

[chris57]

This just started happening to me.After I hit the icon for IE, I sometimes have to wait 15 to 20 seconds before the actual browser pops up. It used to pop up almost immediately. I haven't added any new software. Any ideas?
Thanks for the help.

Chris Foot

 

[jmatt]

Try choice 2 .

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

W95 you have 3 choices . With W98 , if you have IE5.1 or higher & you
still have IE4 installed the following applies . No IE4 only 2 choices .
IE5.5 if over the top of 5.1 , offers 3 choices .

You can install IE5.1 straight over 4 . A big feature with IE5 is that
it can be repaired without uninstalling . Here is how to do it . Open
Control Panel , Add / Remove , click on Microsoft Internet Explorer ,
then click on add / remove down the bottom . This opens a window with
3 choices .

Choice 1. Add , insert your IE5 install program & you can find other
items you may not have installed 1st time .

Choice 2. Repair , fixes problems that may crop up with IE5 / Outlook

Choice 3. If unfixable , removes IE5 & goes back to IE4 , now if you
want to you can reinstall IE5 or a later version or another browser
altogether .

No Microsoft Internet Explorer in Control Panel !

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

Start > Run , key in msinfo32 and press Enter . Click on Tools > IE Repair Tool or Start >
Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information . Click on Tools > IE Repair Tool .

Internet Explorer Repair tool from a command prompt:

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

Click Start , and then click Run .
In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK :
rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"
NOTE : This command is case sensitive.

W2000 > Start > Run
then enter exactly (case/space-sensitive)
rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance
this will give you the IE Repair dialog... proceed to repair IE

Repair IE6

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/442/

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318378

To reinstall IE6
1. Open the Start menu and select Run.

2. Type %SystemRoot%\Inf in the prompt and press Enter.

3. Locate and right-click the Msoe50.inf file.

4. Select Install.

5. Close the folder window after the copy process is complete.

6. Run OE.

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318378

http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/utips/utips13.shtml

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/xmldocs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_5.0/1680.help.html

http://www.netcom.net.uk/support/win/nc5/repair1.htm

 

[chris57]

I forgot to state the OS. It is 98 SE. I tried the repair and for some reason IE 5.5 still hangs from time to time when I click on the IE icon.

 

[Kento]

Get and run Ad-aware (free) and see if it finds some spyware/adware and have it remove it. It can cause your type of problem.

http://www.lsfileserv.com/index.html

Or try Spybot which is also free:

http://beam.to/spybotsd