Hi KayCee, There are a couple of possibilities that immediately come to mind, but only trial & error will tell us what's really going on. The first thing I would do is to clear IE's cache. This is an area of the hard drive that's set aside for collecting all of the files that are downloaded by your browser in order to present all of the elements of the web pages you view. It contains the actual HTML files that make up the individual pages along with all sorts of support files such as images, javascript, cascading style sheet, etc. files. It also acts as the original download location for anything you download to your system and the originals usually remain there even after the files have been copied to wherever you told it to be stored. The location is known as the Temporary Internet Files and it can fill up pretty fast. If any of the files within it become corrupted for any reason, they can easily contribute to all sorts of browser problems including slowdowns, crashes, etc. To clear out the junk, go to Start > Run, type in "inetcpl.cpl" (without the quotes) and press Enter. On the General tab of the resulting Internet Options sheet, locate the Browsing History section and click on the Delete button to start the process. Depending on the version of IE you're using, you may be asked to clarify just what you're looking to remove. If it's IE7 (& possibly 8), select the top button in order to only remove the Temporary files (unless you actually want to remove some or all of the other types). If you're running IE6 or earlier, it'll ask you if you wish to remove offline content. If you use the Offline feature, there is probably no need to remove those. Significant slowdowns can also be caused by malfunctioning or rogue toolbars that are eating up more resources than necessary. If your browser has any of these, you may want to reconsider their use. If you have any you're not using, uninstall them. If there are some that you really feel you must have, uninstall it, reboot and then download/install the latest version. If there's any malware installed, it will likely be keeping itself hidden from you and you won't be able to do anything about that (or even know they're there) without digging a bit deeper. So, try out the advice above first and let's see how your system responds before we even look in that direction.. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "KayCee" <kaffco@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Internet Explorer > Why would my Internet Explorer suddenly become so slow??? It takes ages to > load. > Kathy --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------