Internet Explorer 5/6 lockup/freezing

[TheGrandHooHa]

Please shoot me if this has been asked; I couldn't find it using search.

Whenever IE 5 or IE 6 is started on a particular computer here, it will freeze after loading one or two sites. These sites are not anything in particular; no matter what site you try to visit, it will freeze up after one or two sites. I have tried upgrading from IE 5 to IE 6 to no avail. All the IE updates have been installed on this machine. It's impossible to uninstall IE, because it is so essential to the operating system, so a reinstall really isn't possible either.

System info:
Win 2000 SP3
256MB RAM
20.0GB HD space free
uses LAN connection to access internet

Any tips or links would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris

 

[bcastner]

Repair IE :
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Start > Run rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g

or

Start > Run rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 C:\windows\inf\ie.inf

Reinstall IE:
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Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.asp&NoWebContent=1

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

Repair Internet Explorer 6

http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_ie6.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293907

Unable to Open Link

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q281679&sd=tech