Internet explorer delay in keystrokes/Response time delay 5-10 secs 1

[dreman]

I am using Windows Me with IE 5.5.
It is kind of weird, when I log into the internet It goes on a slow mode and the response is a delay of about 5 to 10 seconds. (example: filling in names or zip code... I type then 5 second later you will see the actual typing...)
But if I go to type the address

http://www.whatever.com

it works fine.
Even scrolling up or down it is very slow.
It happens only in IE, If I go to outlook or any other application I had no problem.
I even upgraded to IE 6, I am still having the same problem.
Any idea....? Please help
Thank you,
dré

 

[oldcomptrguy]

How about a different browser. I downloaded and used the Opera Browser for a while. It did seem to be faster. I only went back to IE, because I was more used to it and us old farts don't like new things.

http://www.opera.com/

They have both a pay and a free version.

 

[oldcomptrguy]

Sorry, I can't seem to get my links straight.

http://www.opera.com/

 

[oldcomptrguy]

http://www.opera.com/

I think he finally got it.

 

[dreman]

Eintein47 & oldcomptr:
Thank you.
My computer IE is working much better than before.
Re-installing Java just did it.
Thank you
Dré