IE has become very sluggish. Help please?

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C A Hastings

My IE has become very slow for the last week or so. Not connection slow,
memory slow. If I want to copy/paste something I have to wait 4 or 5 seconds
for it to highlight. Scrolling is real jecky and I guess everything I click
has a delay. I hace a 1.7g with 768 meg of ram. What to do? thanks in
advance. Charles
 
Charles,
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility of
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing your problem(s).

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 02-07-04]
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I would recommend a thorough virus scan. I found the
Trend Micro scan to be the most thorough and provides for
a free removal feature (unlike Norton which you have to
pay extra for). Here's the link:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
(Copy and paste if necessary). If after that you have no
virus or worm and its still sluggish, try:
1.Downloading Spybot S&D (Search and Destroy). The best
spyware, adware removal tool ever! It's awesome and free,
also. http://www.safer-networking.org/
2. Do a disc cleanup.
Start/AllPrograms/Accessories/System Tools/Disc Cleanup
3. Tools/Internet Options/ Delete Files and Delete
Cookies and Delete History.
That's all I can say. Hope that's helpful.
 
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