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Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Original Message

Name: Stuart Mundye (by smundye)
Date: April 18, 2008 at 17:35:10 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window
OS: Win2000 Pro SP4
CPU/Ram: P4 3.2Ghz / 2GB

Comment:

Hello Folks.
System has been running well for about 6 years but for the last three days I've been having a problem.
Opening a new window in IE6 takes between 3 and 4 minutes for it to load. Re-using an already open window is no problem.
Have re-installed IE6, ensured no viruses or spyware etc. but no improvement.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Regards
Stuart

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Response Number 1

Name: paulsep
Date: April 18, 2008 at 19:34:22 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Reply: (edit)

Clear all cookies and browser cache and try again.
IE uses a lot of harddisk space for caching, up to several hundred MBs.
You should also optimize such settings.

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Response Number 2

Name: Stuart Mundye (by smundye)
Date: April 20, 2008 at 11:59:49 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Reply: (edit)

Thanks for reply Paul.
Alas, your suggestions come under the heading of "etc" in my original post. Maybe I should have been more explicit.
This one really has me flummoxed.
Regards
Stuart

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Response Number 3

Name: mattm
Date: May 1, 2008 at 08:13:33 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Reply: (edit)

Paul,
I'm having the same problem on 2 PCs (work laptop and home desktop), both running IE6 w/Win2000. I have a suspicion it's Win2000 Hotfix KB944533, which I downloaded to both in mid-April -- which is when the problem surfaced.
Matt

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Response Number 4

Name: paulsep
Date: May 1, 2008 at 08:40:31 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

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Matt,
maybe that this Hotfix is the reason for it.
You know, IE is a big part of the Windows OS.
So every Hotfix for Windows could influence IE and vice versa.
The best solution is to don't use IE for internet browsing and it's mostly more secure.

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Response Number 5

Name: mattm
Date: May 1, 2008 at 10:31:24 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

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Paul,
I just fixed it on one PC and am thrilled!!
I found a link suggesting I re-install Google toolbar... that alone did it. I never uninstalled the Hotfix.
Matt

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Response Number 6

Name: Stuart Mundye (by smundye)
Date: May 1, 2008 at 20:15:32 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Reply: (edit)

Matt, thanks a million for that.
I've just uninstalled the Google toolbar and my Internet is back to normal operating speed.
Regards
Stuart

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Response Number 7

Name: paulsep
Date: May 2, 2008 at 12:37:32 Pacific
Subject: Slow opening new Internet window

Reply: (edit)

Good to know.
I never installed an additional Toolbars.
Because you never know, what they are doing in background and what data will be transfered to the google server.
I my opinion such Toolbars are additional security risks.

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