iexplore takes ages to come up on ME!

[emamm]

Hello

I have old pc that my seven-old daughter uses for connecting to the internet. It has a wireless pci card by dlink plugged in and runs windows ME. I had to upgrade the firmware on the card to get wpa-psk working. The PC runs AVG anti-virus just in case.

I have noticed that iexplore takes ages to come up. I have to use windows explorer as the browser. I can´t figure out what is happening. The same thing happens to firefox (it takes ages too).


Any help?

Many thanks

Ed

[syedmunnawar]

Repair Internet Explorer in 98 and Me.
Click Start, Settings, and Control Panel.
Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
Click the Install/Uninstall tab.
Select Internet Explorer and Internet Tools, and then click Add/Remove.
A menu with three options will appear. Select Repair Internet Explorer and follow the prompts until it restarts.
If a new version of Internet Explorer is available for download from Microsoft, upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer.

Enable ActiveX" message is displayed when connecting to the ISP using the Internet Connect button on the multi-media keyboard.


To enable ActiveX in Internet Explorer, follow the steps below:


Right-click the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop and then click Properties.

In the Internet Properties window, click the Security tab.

Click the Custom Level button.

The Security Settings window opens.

Select Enabled under Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins.

Click OK in the Security Settings window.

When prompted, click Yes to change the security settings.
Click OK to close the Internet Properties window.
Unable to view secure Web sites.
Normal Web pages can be viewed but secure Web pages, like shopping pages or pages that deal with personal information, cannot be viewed. Use the following steps to reset SSL encryption so that secure pages can once again be viewed:
Open Internet Explorer and click Tools, Internet Options, and then click the Security tab.
Select Trusted Sites, and then click the Default Level button.
Click the Advanced tab and scroll to the Security Options section.
Select Use SSL 2.0 and Use SSL 3.0 if they are not already selected.
Click the Content tab.
Click the Clear SSL State button, and then click OK.
You should now be able to view secure Web sites if you had to make a selection. Browse to a secure Web page to make sure. If you still cannot access the page, use the remaining steps to resolve the problem
Click Start, Run, and type the following into the open field: cmd
Enter each of the following items in the command window, clicking OK after each name has been entered:


regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll

Type Exit and then press the Enter key.
Click OK, and then restart the computer.

[urbandrag0n]

First.. check for spyware running on your computer.. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ for one of the many spyware/adaware removal programs... another thing that will increase the performance on your system is to remove things that start up when your computer boots up. hit the CTRL + ALT + DEL button 1 time.. it will bring up task manager and you will have a list. write these items down and post them here.