Weird IE/Outlook Express Problem

[Pshawn5]

first off
i'm running windows 2000 professional,450 PII, 256 ram.

ok since last week, i've been getting this weird internet explorer problem. i can browse sites and all fine,but then say i want to login into hotmail,yahoo,techimo or do a search @ altavista... i type in what i want to type in and then it freezes on me... i dunno what is causing the problem...i have to ctrl-alt-dlt the program...

now with outlook express it's just weird...since last week it takes like 3 mins to load up and pop up on my screen,it works fine, it just take a while to load...i could have nothing running in the background and it will stay take 3 minutes to load...

I've even download ie 6.0 and the new outlook , no help,same problem...

any solutions?!?

[SalaTar]

Have you tried to clear your cach ,cookies and clear auto complete?

[Pshawn5]

salatar...you're on the right track i think...
because i forgot about clearing the auto complete, and remember passwords thingy... and when i try to clear them by pressing the button, ie freezes up...
so got a solution? *crosses fingers*

[SalaTar]

Add remove programes... use repair tick on ie and reboot...boot in safe mode and then open tools for IE and try

[Pshawn5]

nope didnt work..

well i ran into this weird thing, when i booted i had this program ie4unit.exe that i had to close before my desktop would fully load,any idea what is??

w2k btw.

[Pshawn5]

*bump* anyone??
i like mozilla,but i'm just too used to ie! dam microsoft..

[jadison]

Try checking XtremePcCentral's Download page for the Win2k Startup Config utility...here's the exact link to the Download: Click Here (http://www.xtremepccentral.com/download.php?op=getit&lid=3)

You can take care of that program or the message upon bootup: "ie4unit.exe" using that utility I mentioned above.

-=jd=-

[Pshawn5]

did some snooping and found thats internet explorer trying to fix itself...hrmm should i leave my computer for an hour and see if it fixes it? cuz i left it for 5 mins and it didnt seem like it was doing anything..

[Pshawn5]

ignore this thread now...
i upgraded to xp professional and all the problems went away...
now to tweak this puppy up! :D

[jadison]

Glad to hear the problems are fixed, BTW, you'll definately want to check these forums, esp. the Tips/Tricks forum, for tips/tweaks/etc. for WinXP...thanks to NDC and Mntsnow!