I am having consistent problems with IE6 (w/ SP1) opening correctly on the first run. I am working within Windows ME. When I make a new connection and open IE, my home page comes up blank. There is no blue progress bar at the bottom, the screen stays completly white, yet the page name ( my home page is Yahoo ) shows up at the top of the page in the title bar. I have used Spybot, and Ad - aware to remove any malicious programs ( I did find a few, "Alexa" being very persistant ). I also removed IE6 and re-installed it, twice. I have ran regsvr32 on all the .dll files associated with IE, and still it opens with the blank page. I ran the network wizard and set up a new connection , which seemed to temporarily fix the problem, until I restarted the computer. The most maddening part is however, when I use the (CTRL+ALT+DEL) close dialog to "end task" on IE6, then re-open it, the problem is gone. IE6 will then run correctly, until my connection is broken, and I reconnect. This happens no matter how many times I close and re-open IE, so long as my connection is not broken. I've looked through message boards until my eyes bulged, and surfed everywhere for a fix, and have done everything I know to do. So, I'm gonna post this everywhere in hopes of a solution. I have an idea that my problem may lie in the registry, but I have no idea what it might be. I'm at the point now where I am about ready to just re-install windows altogether, but I hate to use a sword where a scalpel is needed, so to speak. Any help that can be offered would be greatly appreciated. Email me if you have any ideas. Jake drummmerguy22@yahoo.com (yup, thats 3 "m" 's)

Have you run the 'Shredder'?. It looks for the CoolWebSearch - a browser hijacker. Run it and see if it finds/fixes anything. MrC CoolWebSearchChronicles CW-Shredder

Can IE and download mozilla firebird , these are much better browsers and I have never had a problem with them , even Netscape 7.0 is better than IE . They have a lot better features like tabbed browsing .

Thanx for the tip MrChalee, but the CWshredder says I'm clean. Good tool to have though.........

I have the same exact problem but I haven't been able to find a way to fix it either. You mentioned Yahoo... Are you using the Yahoo/DSL service? I'm asking because my IE6 worked fine until I installed the DSL service on my computer. If yes, then it may be an issue between the IE6 and the DSL perhaps...? BTW- If you find an answer, please be sure to post it and of course I'll do the same. Cheers!

I have the same issue on an ME PC using SBC DSL And IE 6, every since she installed IE6, I see problems with DLL's in Windows and IE 6 keeps looping itself....