Delay after closing Internet Explorer

[Guest DavidB]

When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

this delay?

[Guest PCR]

Re: Delay after closing Internet Explorer

 

DavidB wrote:

| When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

| program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

| a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

| starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

| setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

| this delay?

 

I used to get a CRASH to the IE Report Tool when I closed my last IE6

SP1 window! I'm not sure what started or cured it. I think it came/went

during a flurry of Windows Updates. And there a few of them that MS

redid!

 

(1) Best do a virus scan.

 

(2) "START button, Windows Update".

That may fail, these days. Try again. Hopefully,

it offers an update to some earlier faulty patch.

 

(3) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"

It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E

are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of

IE is indicated.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194177

Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool

 

(4) Over-install IE. Try first without, but I believe it will request an

internet connection. Perhaps it is best to let it connect, actually. If

you don't care to get this fancy, just skip to step ©.

 

(a) Turn off interfering programs. Use http://www.pcmag.com/ 's

"StartupCop" or "EndItAll2". Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab".

Note what is unchecked, if anything. Then, go to the General tab &

disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking

"Load Startup...". Reboot.

 

(b) Perhaps, if you haven't got EndItAll2, then "Ctrl-Alt-Del" & end

task all but Explorer & Systray. If this goes badly, start again from

top, & skip it next time.

 

© "START, Find, F/F, IE6Setup.exe". Click it in the Find window.

NOTE: If you are IE5, then it's "IE5Setup.exe". If there are more

than one (I have two each), click the one in "C:\WINDOWS\Windows

Update Setup Files" or "C:\Windows Update Setup Files", as applicable.

 

(d) Re-enable the Startup Group. That will automatically check all

items. Go to the Startup tab & uncheck any noted in step (a). Reboot.

 

(e) Perhaps go to Windows Update, to see whether it now offers

criticals.

[Guest Stu Langer]

Re: Delay after closing Internet Explorer

 

I've been noticing the same situation, but mostly after I've been browsing

on Ebay, rather than just browsing the net. Could Ebay be putting something

on my system for tracking purposes? I run Ad-Aware regularly and nothing

comes up (except that darn Zedo cookie I can't get rid of).

 

"DavidB" <#davidb105#@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

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> When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

> program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

> a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

> starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

> setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

> this delay?