Re: IE6 & OE6 run very slowly after SP2 install

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From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 09/06/04


Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:41:25 -0700

I wish I had thought to look, but I didn't. I do have two friends
where I live that asked me the same question, and a Defrag worked for
them too.

Doesn't make sense to me that a Defrag would be needed after a
download, but........................?

-- 
Bruce Hagen
   ~IB-CA~
"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message 
news:OrHzQE7kEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Q: Did the Analyze button in Defrag window recommend defragging the 
> volume, Bruce?
> -- 
> ~PA Bear
>
> Bruce Hagen wrote:
>> Just before I downloaded SP2, I cleaned up everything I could 
>> think
>> of and finished with a Defrag. After the install of SP2, my 
>> computer
>> was slower than normal. I ran another Defrag and it took the 
>> longest
>> ever, but solved the problem.
>>
>> "nwa1964" <nwa1964NOT@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:O$xnSi6kEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Tom -
>>>
>>> Thanks for replying.  I am working with Microsoft support on this
>>> now and they have just bumped it up to a higher support level.
>>>
>>> We have tried a number of things including what you suggested. 
>>> We
>>> have scanned for spyware and found none, ran without firewalls 
>>> and
>>> virus scanners which did not help, downloaded the latest jre from
>>> Sun which also did not help.  What I did not mention in the post 
>>> is
>>> that so I could access the web and read my emails in a timely
>>> fashion, I did install Netscape 7.2.  It has no problems at all 
>>> and
>>> is currently running rings around IE and OE.  I am wondering if
>>> perhaps there may have been a problem with the SP2 install file
>>> since we did discover some Java related DLL's did not get
>>> registered which caused some java problems that were  resolved 
>>> when
>>> we registered them.
>>>
>>> I am giving some thought to uninstalling SP2 and reinstalling it
>>> from a CD rather than the download.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your response Tom.
>>>
>>> GLL
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tom Koch" <spamtrap@insideoe.tomsterdam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OpUlHzzkEHA.272@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> In news:uVdPlVwkEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>>>> nwa1964 <nwa1964NOT@bellsouth.net> typed:
>>>>> Immediately after applying XP SP2, IE started taking a very 
>>>>> long
>>>>> time
>>>>> to load pages with html calls to a web site embedded in the 
>>>>> page.
>>>>> OE
>>>>> also has a similar problem with emails that have html code with
>>>>> calls
>>>>> to a web site embedded in them.  It is not unusual for IE to 
>>>>> take
>>>>> 4 -
>>>>> 5 minutes to load such a page now.  Prior to installing SP2 
>>>>> both
>>>>> IE
>>>>> and OE worked just fine. The problem started immediately after
>>>>> the
>>>>> reboot at the conclusion of the SP2 install.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried deleting the Temporary Internet Files? I suggest
>>>> you do that under Control Panel|Internet. When prompted, check 
>>>> the
>>>> box to "Delete all Offline files" to remove the temp files used 
>>>> by
>>>> OE.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ----Please post questions and replies in the newsgroups----
>>>> Tom Koch - MVP for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
>>>> Awareness is free.
>>>> Inside Outlook Express:   http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com
> 


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