Re: IE temporarily "hung ap"

I've tried all of these too. I've got everything set at the default values
right now.

I have disabled all of the add-ons to no avail.

Any other suggestions?

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Sounds like a lot of well thought out troubleshooting. Here's just a
> few ideas to try.
> (1). Check IE's Security Zone and Advanced Option settings.
> Especially the Certificate Validation options - Also check on
> IE's cookie handling.
> (2.) Log in to the Administrator account and complete purge the TIF
> cache for your normal Day-to-Day account.
> (3.) Check the BHO (Browser Helper Objects) installed to IE
> C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files or use the Add-On
> manager.
> Sounds like something that "Hooks" into IE. It seems like you've done
> most of the standard Malware checks.
>
> "fred" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:735DA38E-07D5-41E2-8462-AC85FCE9976A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I posted this question earlier, but then was unable to get into the
> >newsgroup
> > for a bit so am starting over.
> >
> > Ever since upgrading to XP from ME in January I've had a problem with IE
> > hanging. It hangs as it loads a new site and displays "not running" in
> > the
> > task manager. If I wait 4-5 minutes it will start to run again. This has
> > also happened once or twice with OE.
> >
> > It does not hang in any pattern that I have identified. Sometimes it will
> > go most of a day without hanging and then hang once and be OK for a long
> > time. It doesn't always hang on any given site. Sometimes it will,
> > sometimes not on any given site. It has NEVER hung on www.crh.noaa.gov
> > which
> > is a site I use at least several times a day.
> >
> > I am current on all updates for XP. My system is an 866 mhz Dell with
> > 512
> > mb ram and a 20 Gb HD which is about 2/3 full. no network, dial-up access.
> >
> > I have worked for almost a month with Microsoft phone support with no
> > results.
> >
> > If it hangs I can close it and go to the same site Opera and everything
> > works OK.
> >
> > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> >
> > Here is my reply to some questions from Kelly
> >
> > I use Norton Antivirus 2005 and there are a number of startup items, but
> > the
> > problem occurs with Norton uninstalled and all startups stopped with
> > msconfig.
> >
> > The problem occurs when first loading a page or changing pages within a
> > web
> > site, not when downloading files.
> >
> > MY OE only checks mail when I ask it to.
> >
> > I have run spybot, ad aware and highjack this. Adaware and spybot found
> > some stuff which I removed. Hijackthis found nothing suspicious that I
> > could
> > see. I also checked it with one of the analysis sites mentioned in
> > majorgeeks.
> >
> > Other things to note:
> > While IE is hung there doesn't appear to be any activity in or out of my
> > modem. While IE is hung I can open another IE session and go to other
> > sites
> > successfully.
> >
> > Another anomaly is that when I disconnect from my ISP, the "connected
> > icon"
> > in the tray stays on the screen for several minutes even though I am not
> > connected.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > "Kelly" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Fred,
> >>
> >> 1. What is running in the background? Firewall, Anti-Virus, etc? If
> >> so,
> >> do they only scan while on IE or OE? Do you have a scanner checking
> >> incoming mail? Is OE set to check mail every 5 minutes?
> >> Does this only happen during a download from IE? Have you tried
> >> disabling
> >> any of the formerly mentioned programs to test?
> >>
> >> To know about what is running during a logon:
> >>
> >> Windows XP Startup Programs Tracker
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
> >>
> >> 2. Is your system clean?
> >>
> >> Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot and HijackThis:
> >> http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
> >>
> >> Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.
> >>
> >> 3. Good luck and keep us posted.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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