Some PC help (internet explorer comes up real slow)

[Jonesdaniel]

We'll for some reason ive turned the pc on today (tried restarting it and didnt work) and when i click internet explorer it took about 7-10 seconds before it actually came up. The same happens when i click on my computer. I dunno if ive changed a setting or something, but does anyone know why it does this?

 

[The Cheese]

You have any virus software on your computer?

 

[Torlon]

You also might have spyware or alot of programs running in the backround.

 

[Jonesdaniel]

Well, its really stupid cause when i click a link and it opens a new window it comes up straight away but when i click the internet explorer icon, it takes donks.....Well i have a firewall up, but il try to defragment it

 

[The Cheese]

If you have Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP you can run MSCONFIG to see what you have running in startup.

For a good software package that removes spy ware. http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
If you are running Kazaa then when you run it don't check savenow to delete because it will cause Kazaa to cease functioning.

You could also try defragging your PC.

EDIT:

Note if you are running Windows 2000 you will need to get MSCONFIG from somewhere because they didn't include it with the OS.

 

[Jonesdaniel]

Thanks for the help, but i dont have any background programmes such as kazaa to slow anything down. I have windows XP Pro and no idea at all what i could have done to slow it down :/

 

[JAckripp]

LOlk same thing is happening to me and my computer is doing it to

 

[Mr.Bugskin]

i would go to www.download.com and search for adware and gets what it did the samething on me too and its The ****ING LAME **** SPYWARE GATOR!

 

[Cookster]

go to start>run
Type reg-edit
Search for "kernel"
Whatever comes up as "kernel" for the registry needs to be deleted right away!

I am only joking! Do not do delete your kernels!!!!!! It will ruin your junk aka hard drive.


Try re-installing IE?

 

[Jonesdaniel]

Well now its started happening to my folders....so something is truely messed up somewhere...