IE8 and websites

[Peterwolfe]

I know... but i told the guys in the shop what I did with my HDD's and they checked the capacity, motherboard, in all the whole PC, I even had the right fans and cooling blocks(after all we are talking about AMD...lol)...so. its still a mystery

[Quantos]

And yes CClean cleans out all the rest once a day 

I hope that you haven't run the registry cleaner, that could be the problem if you had.

[Peterwolfe]

yeah right ...lol...hahahahahahahaha.....then explain to me why it doesnt happen when using Opera and a lot of my nerd-friends (I am not by the way) use CCleaner on a daily basis and they never reported any of this when they use IE, if any...lol

[BC_Programmer]

then explain to me why it doesnt happen when using Opera

Probably because Opera doesn't use the registry for it's settings, or the settings it does use aren't affected by ccleaner.

Either way, CCleaner doesn't do any of the dangerous registry cleaning (guessing what files are and are not accessible, for example). So it's sort of a moot point.

Sounds to me, you're infected. IE going slow is almost always a result of any number of Browser Hooks and unsolicited Addons being installed. You've said, I know, that you have "all the well known defenses" but have you tried running them?

lastly: there is no need to have "lol" in every single one of your posts. It gets a bit silly reading this thread. "I defragmented! LOL!"

[Peterwolfe]

yes, every friday I have the lot RUNNING......and every time they get back at me with: YEAH, NO INFECTIONS......and sometimes I have to use lol to show how I think some answers or suggestions are "kind of ridiculous" especially coming from guys who are experts here...sorry...LOL...

[reddevilggg]

I had problems when the Tea Timer was running in Spybot. It slowed my browswer down alot.

[BC_Programmer]

1) In IE, go Tools/Manage Addins and disable all the ones you can live without, including "diagnose connection"
2) In a command prompt type: regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

Also, try disabling AVG's safe surfing add-on. That reportedly causes IE to take a while to close, and tab/window opening problems.

[Quantos]

yeah right ...lol...hahahahahahahaha.....then explain to me why it doesnt happen when using Opera and a lot of my nerd-friends (I am not by the way) use CCleaner on a daily basis and they never reported any of this when they use IE, if any...lol

You'd best lose that attitude pretty quickly neighbor.  The next time you think that you know better than I do ask yourself this - Why does your sorry *censored* have a problem and I don't.

[CBMatt]

Oh, Quantos, you made my day.

[Peterwolfe]

yeah, mine too...hahahahahahahahaha ...like that "censored" stuff, cool....

[Azzaboi]

I would highly suggest 'BC_Programmer' solution with: Start > Run > regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

If this solves the issue, it could sometimes later return, a good hint something is messing around with your registry settings.
Note: It might of been cause by a Registry cleaner. They are perfectly fine to use, so long you know what they are up to and under strict manual control. Some advance deep registry cleaning can mess up settings. Advanced SystemCare 3 is a great one to use and fully control.

Make sure your not running more than one background scanning process at a time - for example use only one anti-virus scanner and have all other cleaners, adware scanners, etc, as manual scanning only. Multiple active scanning can conflict, causing slowdowns, hanging, or even crashes.

As for checking your web-browser add-ons: Tools > Manage Add-ons

Test them one at a time, if you find it works fine without add-ons.

Ensure these aren't still stuck into memory when closing IE8. For example, the flash plugin 'FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.exe' loves to 'hang' around (pun intented), press Ctrl+Alt+Del > Windows Task Manager and you might still see it even when your've closed the browser or multiple 'iexplorer.exe' entries (check if they disappear after some time or not).

Disable Flash/Shockwave plug-ins, re-install to the latest version if they are a problem. Ensure your using the 32bit version of the Web-browser (IE8 has two versions 32bit and 64bit). The 64bit version doesn't fully support the flash plugin, if you want to still use it, uninstall the flash plugin and replace with Flash Player "Square" which enables 64-bit but is only in the beta stage.

Disabling any Java plug-in you might have. Java is a major slowdown, mostly affects page loading, well known to hang on scripts, and has security holes. If this is the issue, ensure you fully uninstall it and then fresh install the latest version if required.

Also you might want to disable: Download Helpers plugins, anything labeled with 'Not Verified', Adobe's stuff and Microsoft's junk: Live Sign-in Helper, Discuss, Research, and Windows Media Player, if there.

Use 'About:Blank' for your homepage for now: Tools > Internet Options > General > Homepage > Use Blank. Then test, this will make sure it's not a certain website causing the hang. Some virus scanners use link checker plugins for your web-browsers, this might be locking up.

[Peterwolfe]

thank God, an answer I can work with, thanks Azzaboi. use Advanced SystemCare 3  already...add-ons already fixed, slowest thats hanging is one in 0.3 secs..lol...Java I cant do anything with....I need to use it for getting into my web-bankaccount...lol...but thats another problem described in Otherr-section...lol...
using vlc player and adobe reader...but the rest is "kosher" and not MS based, well XP is..hahahahahahaha

[reddevilggg]

Having Advnaced System Care running slows the system down.

[patio]

LoL.....

[Azzaboi]

@reddevilggg:
Advanced System Care has the option to disable automatic care (defaults to run only when idle anyways) but I recommend disable so you run it only manually, it won't slow your system down (since it's not even memory resident). The PRO version is consisted a world's top system utility for superior PC health and actually would speed up your system. It's a collection of tools such as spyware removal, registry fixes, privacy sweeper, junk files cleaner, performs system optimizations, adds a layer of security defense, and has a security analyzer and disk defragment tool. I however don't care for their optional extra tool downloads such as Game Booster or the optional web-browser toolbar install during setup (easily unticked / ignored).