problem with my notebook pls anybody help

HelenHorbik · Newbie

Hello,
I am having trouble with my Internet explorer.It is doing some very odd things.Sometimes it will completely close the page i am visiting for no reason or it will be very slow loading pages and when i say slow i mean very very very slow for eg i tried to google something and after 10 minutes of the page trying to load i gave up.I thought that it was perhaps the topic i was searching so i tried putting in random things to see if that made any difference but it didn't.Another problem i had was when i was on a forum and clicked on a link and nothing happened i tried to open a new tab and that wouldn't work either and it would let me access any options that are in my tools menu.i had to restart my computer.Just to let you know i have high speed Internet connection.Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this problem.

Carl · Scrantonian

Welcome to the wonderful world of Windows...
What connection speeds are you running?
DSL OR Cable?
Cable connections (Here) are a Giant LAN setup, (makes it easier for kids to have fun they shouldn't with a Cable) where as DSL isn't.

What ISP are you using? (AOL?)

Off the cuff it Sounds like Spyware (for openers)
Try Ad Aware - Google it.

After you do that;
Clean out your trash files (IE Cache, Prefetch, etc.)
and Defrag your hard drive. You should be in decent shape.
(The Going rate for that is about $75 at most shops).

Have a look at "System Mechanic" it's a nice tool chest.

Other advice:
Stay away from File Share and skin sites - it's about the fastest way to pick up a little more than you bargained for.

-- Strange - You mentioned "Tab" as in tabbed browsing a feature that IE doesn't feature to the best of my knowlege (IE 7 does, but thats not included with most existing versions of XP). If you downloaded it, might I be so brazen as to suggest that you try Firefox, and remove IE from your system. (Maxthon is a nice alternative to IE).