Ok, let's at least stop the BHOs (Browser Helper Objects) from loading but I'll need to know which OS you're running before I can provide directions. 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 6:38 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Internet Explorer > Hi GMan > I have cleared the IE Cache. I have 3 toolbars that won't uninstall. Ask, > Trimcraft and Pando. > Ask I get the message - File"C:/ProgramFiles\AskBarDis\unins000.dat" does > not exist. Cannot uninstall. > Trimcraft I get Could not open LOG file > and Pando is not in the program list in Control panel or the start list. > Kathy > -------Original Message------- > > From: Gman > Date: 01/31/09 20:49:57 > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Internet Explorer > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. 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