IE6 takes a long time to start-up

[svjackson]

>:-< Why does my IE6 take 12 seconds or longer to start up?

I'm using Windows 2000 (Rev 5 SP2) on a new Dell Latitude laptop. It has 256MB of RAM, the disk is 50% full and not fragmented.

Cleaning out the cache does not help.
Re-installing IE6 does not help.
Outlook Express loads fast (<2 seconds).
Outlook loads fast (<3 seconds).

Can anyone suggest a solution ?

Thanks,

 

[svjackson]

Update:

I have tried setting my home page to blank and it still takes >12 seconds to load IE6.

 

[GUJUm0deL]

I think its just IE6, I have a similar problem at home, IE6 takes a while to load up, but at work, IE6 takes no time at all...
What internet sevice are you using?? i have AOL... I have not failed; I merely found 100,000 different ways of not succeding...

 

[svjackson]

&quot;What internet sevice are you using?? i have AOL... &quot;

I am using Adelphia over a cable modem. In general, performance is OK (i.e. 1500 kbps download as measured by

http://www.dslreports.com/stest).

But you have given me an idea. I'll disable the LAN and try dial-up to see if that changes anything. It's not anything that I would want to live with, but it might point to a network problem rather than a program problem.

Thanks

 

[Sika2]

I had a similar problem, finally downloaded Ad Aware, ran that and removed a large number of items and problem was solved.

 

[bgauntt]

Try this

http://members.aol.com/axcel216/newtip21.htm#MI5S6F

 

[svjackson]

Original poster update:

I appreciate all the suggestions. I have downloaded Ad Aware and deleted 30 some odd 'spyware' modules. While it didn't seem to help, I at least learned more about spyware.

I did add -nohome to the target field of my IE6 shortcut, as in:

&quot;C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE&quot; –nohome

This allows me to start IE without immediately going to my home page. I can still press the &quot;home&quot; icon and go there.

IE load performance has improved. I occasionally have to wait, but not always.

 

[joegz]

Just a passing shot. Is the option to &quot;automatically detect settings&quot; unchecked? joegz
&quot;Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is.&quot;

 

[svjackson]

Yes, &quot;automatically detect settings&quot; is unchecked. Just for grins, I check it. Didn't make a difference.