Delay after closing Internet Explorer

[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?

 

[PCR]

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 (c).

(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.

(c) "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.

 

[Stu Langer]

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
news:46a23f06.361424897@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...
> 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?