IE6 freezes when I try to access Netflix

[November]

For the past 2 days, every time I try to open Netflix, my browser freezes halfway through.  I haven't added any new programs, and I haven't had this problem with any of the other sites that I visit (although my system is a little slower than usual).  I did a virus scan and came up clean.  I would appreciate any input.  Thanks.  

Operating system: Windows Me
Browser: Internet Explorer 6
Memory: 128MB
Access: dialup

[joecarrots]

   being as it is a slower puter might be one, only because of the affects online has with a computer. but you might want to get a look at the phone lines starting with the one in the back of your computer,to the wall mount and if you have more than one jack installed in house. if you have call waiting, make sure your settings include that. also if you have a graphics card installed, what you thought might have helped might be slowing it even more. there are alot of possibilities, even more than I can think of, so if I didn't help, try going to other sites forums like isohunt or mininova. they have alot of experienced people there as well.

[GX1_Man]

And what are you using for spyware protection? You need to be clean from that as well. An antivirus is never enough.

If your computer is running slower and you haven't done anything, you need to explore why.

[CBMatt]

Does the page eventually load?  Or does it just freeze completely?  I've always had trouble with Netflix freezing for about 20 seconds on IE6 (on multiple computers).  But only when I first enter the site.  The frontpage doesn't seem to be very IE6-friendly.

[November]

And what are you using for spyware protection? You need to be clean from that as well. An antivirus is never enough.

If your computer is running slower and you haven't done anything, you need to explore why.

I'm using McAfee for spyware, antivirus and firewall.  

[November]

Does the page eventually load?  Or does it just freeze completely?  I've always had trouble with Netflix freezing for about 20 seconds on IE6 (on multiple computers).  But only when I first enter the site.  The frontpage doesn't seem to be very IE6-friendly.

The front page freezes completely with about half the page loaded.  I deleted my cookies and was able to log back in and change my password, but when I tried to access my queue it froze up again.

[soybean]

No gaurantee that this will help but it won't hurt and you may see other benefits from having done it. Download, install, and run CCleaner.  Run it's Windows scan and Applications scan, and tell it to remove all the stuff it finds. Also, run it's Issues scan; when you do this, backup your Registry when prompted, and then tell CCleaner to Fix all the items found.

[ale52]

If you don't do as Soybean suggests at least delete all your temporary internet files.

Alan <><  

[November]

I may have found the problem.  After trying a number of different things for a couple of days (including clearing the Temporary Internet files and the .tmp files), I found out purely by accident that my firewall was malfunctioning.  It stopped recognizing my Callwave Internet Answering Machine, and when I thought about it I realized that this started on the same day that the Netflix problem started.  As an experiment I uninstalled the firewall and then checked out Netflix.  It loaded quickly with no problems at all, and it's been fine ever since.  The slowness has also cleared up.  So for now things look ok, but I am going to give Soybean's suggestion a try as well.  Thanks!

[CBMatt]

You're not going without a firewall now, are you?  'Cause believe me, that can end up being a lot worse than not being able to access Netflix.