IE6 slow after installing SP2

[Alan]

I have installed SP2 & IE is now about as fast in loading as with a
56k modem, however I have 1.5 meg Cable connection. Firefox is still
super fast. Anyone have any ideas please?

 

[Guest]

I have installed SP2 & IE is now about as fast in loading as with a
56k modem, however I have 1.5 meg Cable connection. Firefox is still
super fast. Anyone have any ideas please?

Alan:

I am having the exact same problem you report., in every way- even to the
way that Firefox works [by the way there is a new version]. Have you gotten
any answer? I have tried uninstalling IE, taking every reference to it out
of the registry and every reference to it I can find and then reinstalled,
but the results were exactly the same. I have not tried to reinstall a fresh
Windows, which I can do with an extra hard drive, but then there will be all
those problems with the programs I have on the current one. I stay faithful
to Firefox for now, but there still are some sites that will not run with
Mozilla, as you probably either knew or found out.

Hope we can get to the bottom of this.

Andrew

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Alan

I have installed SP2 & IE is now about as fast in loading as with a
56k modem, however I have 1.5 meg Cable connection. Firefox is still
super fast. Anyone have any ideas please?

Try the information below and see if anything here will help:

KNOWLEDGE BASE LINKS SPEED ISSUES
http://www.aumha.org/win4/kbspeed.php

Internet Explorer Tips
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm

Tidying up after SP2 Installation:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

All about XP SP2
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/XPSP2.htm

WinXP SP2 Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
Pages of MVP & 'Windows Update Maven' Jupiter Jone's
Service Pack (any) Installation Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

WinXP SP2-specific Page
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm

If you have installed any software that modifies standard system components,
eg to give a different boot screen, or even custom theme, uninstall it
before installing either service pack.

Also, SP2 includes all the items in SP1, and may further update some of
them. It is not necessary to install SP1 before getting SP2; nor to
iuninstall it or any other Microsoft Windows Updates.

More information can be found here:

Installing SP2
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45

also.............

MS No charge SP2 support website
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7843&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


After update to XP SP2....

Courtesy of PA Bear:

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
Browsing Security Enhancements

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx
Windows XP Service Pack 2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook
Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx

SP2- related References:

Hot Topics in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];xpsp2insthot

WinXP SP2 Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=835935

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx



If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.


Hope this helps

Jan
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[Jan Il]

Hi andrew

See my reponse to Alan above.

Jan
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I have installed SP2 & IE is now about as fast in loading as with a
56k modem, however I have 1.5 meg Cable connection. Firefox is still
super fast. Anyone have any ideas please?

Alan:

I am having the exact same problem you report., in every way- even to
the way that Firefox works [by the way there is a new version]. Have
you gotten any answer? I have tried uninstalling IE, taking every
reference to it out of the registry and every reference to it I can
find and then reinstalled, but the results were exactly the same. I
have not tried to reinstall a fresh Windows, which I can do with an
extra hard drive, but then there will be all those problems with the
programs I have on the current one. I stay faithful to Firefox for
now, but there still are some sites that will not run with Mozilla,
as you probably either knew or found out.

Hope we can get to the bottom of this.

Andrew