iexplore.exe remains in memory even after closing IE

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From: Rahul Kulkarni (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:29:13 -0700

Hi.

The process iexplore.exe remains in memory, as seen in
Task Manager, even after closing the IE window. The
processes go on accumulating and affect my browsing speed
in any new IE windows. In fact, then some of the
hyperlinks don't open and cause that window to hang.

Actually a similar behaviour is seen with Adobe Acrobat
Reader 5 window. The acrord32.exe process remains in
memory even after closing the Acrobat window.

I'm experiencing this for a few weeks now. It started
without any apparent change in network settings. I've
tried enabling and disabling Java console. I couldn't
find anything relevant on the Microsoft Support site.

Is there any way to see what the residual process is
doing - whether its connecting to some URL or waiting for
some OS-level activity to finish.

TIA.

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