IE6 (XP SP2) hangs all apps (100% CPU) on each page load

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>At first I thought it was just eBay being busy but I opened Task
>Manager and watched iexplore.exe jump up into the high 90s each time I
>wanted to eother reload a page or surf somewhere else. I run AdAware
>and Spybot at least weekly, and have disabled most of the Add-Ons in
>IE. This has been going on a long time and is of course negating the
>whole DSL thing, it is taking some pages up to a minute to load,
>during which time I get the white-rectangle "not responding" icon and
>anything else I may be doing on the computer hangs as well while IE
>eats up the CPU, then it drops back suddenly. Anything else I should
>be looking for? Any help appreciated.

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>At first I thought it was just eBay being busy but I opened Task
>Manager and watched iexplore.exe jump up into the high 90s each time I
>wanted to eother reload a page or surf somewhere else. I run AdAware
>and Spybot at least weekly, and have disabled most of the Add-Ons in
>IE. This has been going on a long time and is of course negating the
>whole DSL thing, it is taking some pages up to a minute to load,
>during which time I get the white-rectangle "not responding" icon and
>anything else I may be doing on the computer hangs as well while IE
>eats up the CPU, then it drops back suddenly. Anything else I should
>be looking for? Any help appreciated.

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That could be an indicator that BHO's are busy doing something each time IE
loads, an new IE window open, etc.

Get and use a tool that'll let you browse your list of BHO's and installed
activex objects.
Uninstall any that you can do without or that you don't remember installing
intentionally.


"Chris/Power Salad" <chaff@powersalad.com> wrote in message
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> At first I thought it was just eBay being busy but I opened Task
> Manager and watched iexplore.exe jump up into the high 90s each time I
> wanted to eother reload a page or surf somewhere else. I run AdAware
> and Spybot at least weekly, and have disabled most of the Add-Ons in
> IE. This has been going on a long time and is of course negating the
> whole DSL thing, it is taking some pages up to a minute to load,
> during which time I get the white-rectangle "not responding" icon and
> anything else I may be doing on the computer hangs as well while IE
> eats up the CPU, then it drops back suddenly. Anything else I should
> be looking for? Any help appreciated.