Internet Explorer very slow loading some pages

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While I have got over this problem by using Firefox I still want Internet Explorer 6 working correctly.

On certain sites it's very slow. It seems to stall loading graphics but sometimes won't load a simple page. Youtube is particularly bad. Other sites it's variable. Sometimes it won't even go back to a page like the Google search. Initially I thought it was the connection but that's fine on another PC and Firefox has no problem. Downloading files is also fine. The temporary internet files folder is kept empty besides a few cookies.

I loaded IE7 but no change. Went back to IE6 which has had no effect. I checked advanced settings to make sure there was no problem with loading graphics files.

Any ideas?

Chippy_Minton

Some ideas:

Disable any firewalls temporarily to see if that's causing the problem. Which antivirus or firewall are you running, if any?

Download and run https://www.ccleaner.com (untick Yahoo toolbar when installing) and tick Delete Index.dat files in the IE options and run the cleaner. Restart the computer and try IE.

Scan for spyware/malware - see the sticky thread on this forum.

Moneymaker

Why you shouldn't use I.E. -
http://dmiessler.com/writing/dumpie/
http://www.dropie.com/
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-5142439-1.html
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/12/internet_explor.html
http://www.koot.biz/docs/overig/waarom_geen_internet-explorer.html
http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/2006/03/20.html

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I know why you shouldn't use IE but I still want it to be working.

I've tried disabling Zone Alarm which had no effect and checked for spyware etc. I'll try ccleaner now.

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I've now run ccleaner and rerun spybot, making sure it was fully updated. However the problem persists. It is odd how the problem seems to at least start with a lack of graphics loading on certain sites like Youtube while other sites with graphics load with no problem.

DrSmutt

Update your video card drivers.

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DrSmutt wrote:

Update your video card drivers.

Thanks for the suggestion but there are no updates. It's a Ati Mobility Radeon 9700 in an Acer laptop. Ati updates are incompatible and Acer have no updates.