Page appears then IE freezes for a minute

[Guest_imported]

If I open Internet Explorer then it opens fine (start page is about:blank). When I type in a website address the site appears really quickly, but then Internet Explorer sits there, with the progress bar full for about a minute before it starts responding again. Once thats happened I can go to other sites perfectly fine.

The system is an AMD Athlon 600, 128Mb RAM, Windows 98 connected via a 128k broadband line (NTL cable). The link is fine and the speed is fine - its just Internet Explorer being strange.

Any ideas other than reformatting the PC which I am going to try if it isnt something simple?

Thanks,
Alex Brett
alex_brett@hotmail.com

 

[eddie5659]

Hiya

Lets try a general cleanup first

Go to Tools | Internet Options. General tab. Under Delete Files, delete offline content. Also, clear the History.

Content tab, under AutoComplete, clear Forms and Passwords.

Advanced tab, under Browsing, look for Enable Insta on Demand. Untick.
Under Security, look for Empty Tempory Internet... Tick.
Apply and OK

Go to Find Files and type in cookie. When found, open the folder, and delete all the cookies found. You won't be able to delete the .dat file found.

For this, go here and get the Spider:

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?threadid=55214&highlight=Spider

Go to Run and type MSINFO32
On the left choose Software Enviroment, then Startup Programs. Copy/paste the list here.

Also, go here and download AddAware

http://tomcoyote.com/lsindex.html

Download and run, ensuring that Deep Registry scan is enabled. Remove all except any references to Web3000 or new.net. If you're unsure, copy/paste the list here.

Also, whilst you're there, download and install RefUpdate to get the latest updates. Just click Connect.

Regards

eddie

Just go with the flow, like a twig on the shoulders of a mighty stream

http://forums.techguy.org

 

[Guest_imported]

I'd already tried the obvious things such as wiping temporary internet files and the history, that didnt help.

I'd already used msconfig to get rid of nearly everything on startup except the anti-virus software.

Adaware didnt detect anything.

I downloaded Netscape 6.2 and installed it and that works fine, so I'm just gonna leave it at that as in a month or so I'm gonna reformat the PC anyway and reinstall from scratch so that should sort it out anyway then.

Thanks,
Alex Brett
alex_brett@hotmail.com