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Internet Explorer Running SLOW Just recently I noticed that my internet explorer was running VERY SLOW. It's not the speed that websites load but it's the speed that I try to browse them at. When I scroll down it takes AGES for the display to update and can take up to 15seconds or more to highlight just a single word!
When I hover over links that change colour it can take a LONG time to change colour. I have never had this trouble before and it has always ran very smoothly...
I'm running Windows ME (sigh) on a 1ghz Celeron (sigh) with 384MB SD RAM (another sigh)...
Please help! My browsing experience is going DOWN HILL!!!!
EDIT: One other thing I noticed: When I go to view, toolbars there is this strange one at the bottom called: aqeetrrstmc ?!?! What the hell is this?
And also when I shutdown my computer and reboot the default home page goes to a new address and it has about:blank on the end (about:blank is what I had set before).
And also when I type in a wrong URL, instead of going to the usual MSN Search it has changed and goes to Quicksearch.com...!
I think that's it!
When I hover over links that change colour it can take a LONG time to change colour. I have never had this trouble before and it has always ran very smoothly...
I'm running Windows ME (sigh) on a 1ghz Celeron (sigh) with 384MB SD RAM (another sigh)...
Please help! My browsing experience is going DOWN HILL!!!!
EDIT: One other thing I noticed: When I go to view, toolbars there is this strange one at the bottom called: aqeetrrstmc ?!?! What the hell is this?
And also when I shutdown my computer and reboot the default home page goes to a new address and it has about:blank on the end (about:blank is what I had set before).
And also when I type in a wrong URL, instead of going to the usual MSN Search it has changed and goes to Quicksearch.com...!
I think that's it!
Last edited by Kmatt : Aug 31st, 2003 at 5:56 am.
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sounds like lots of spyware ,run ad-aware
http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml
or Spybot,ad-aware is more user friendly but spybot is a little better !!
http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?l...&page=download
http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml
or Spybot,ad-aware is more user friendly but spybot is a little better !!
http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?l...&page=download
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Thanks for the reply!
I scanned for the spyware but the only think I found was a SaveNow registry entry which I of course removed. But it didn't change anything
It still runs slow and I don't know what the problem is!
If you can think of anything else I would be grateful.
I scanned for the spyware but the only think I found was a SaveNow registry entry which I of course removed. But it didn't change anything
It still runs slow and I don't know what the problem is!
If you can think of anything else I would be grateful.
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check in the control panel ,add/remove programs for save now and any other strange looking programs,also have you ran a virus scan.this free version of AGV ,works great .
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
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Originally Posted by Kmatt
It still runs slow and I don't know what the problem is!
This utility is excellent for looking at what processes are running on your system. It will show you not only processes but threads that the Task Manager often hides from you, including spyware. It also can give you details on each task and kill them, if you so wish.
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Thanks again for the replys.
I went through my add/remove programs and removed a few programs which were junk, one of which screwed up the start up and I got an error but the reboot after that cleared it up.
Thanks for the PrcView tip there were quite a few processes running but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. Here is the list anyway:
It's still running slow though! And I have no idea what is wrong. The strange toolbar option is still there but one thing that has stopped is the random start up page. It stays to what I set it now
Thanks again for the help.
More suggestions are welcome!
I went through my add/remove programs and removed a few programs which were junk, one of which screwed up the start up and I got an error but the reboot after that cleared it up.
Thanks for the PrcView tip there were quite a few processes running but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. Here is the list anyway:
DDHELP.EXE 4294601453 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE Microsoft DirectX Helper 4.09.00.0900. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1994-2002 DSLAGENT.EXE 4294658861 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DSLAGENT.EXE DSLAGENT.EXE EXPLORER.EXE 4294746789 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE Windows Explorer 5.50.4134.100. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000 GSICON.EXE 4294678569 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GSICON.EXE DSL Modem Monitor 3.1.1. Copyright © 2001 GlobespanVirata, Inc. KERNEL32.DLL 4287583597 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL Win32 Kernel core component 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000 LOADQM.EXE 4294686081 C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE Microsoft QMgr 5.4.1103.3. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999 MMTASK 4294706397 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk Multimedia background task support module 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000 MPREXE.EXE 4294967089 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE WIN32 Network Interface Service Process 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-2000 MSGPLUS.EXE 4294859381 C:\MY DOCUMENTS\MATTHEW'S FILES\MSNPLUS\MSGPLUS.EXE Messenger Plus! 2, 20, 0, 52. Copyright (C) 2001-2003 MSGSRV32 4294938809 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1998 MSTASK.EXE 4294953085 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE Task Scheduler Engine 4.71.2721.1. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 2000 NAVAPW32.EXE 4294542029 C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\NAVAPW32.EXE Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Agent 6.0.0.21. Copyright (C) Symantec Corporation 1991-1999 PRCVIEW.EXE 4294404725 C:\MY DOCUMENTS\MATTHEW'S FILES\PROCESS VIEWER\PRCVIEW\PRCVIEW.EXE Process Viewer Application 3.7.3.1. Developed by Igor Nys, 1995-2003 REALSCHED.EXE 4294696553 C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE RealNetworks Scheduler 0.1.0.1599. Copyright © RealNetworks, Inc. 1995-2002 RNAAPP.EXE 4294627945 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE Dial-Up Networking Application 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1996 SAGENT2.EXE 4294866989 C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\EPSON\EBAPI\SAGENT2.EXE EPSON Printer Status Agent 1, 0, 0, 0. Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 2000-2001 SPOOL32.EXE 4294940817 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE Spooler Sub System Process 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994 - 1998 STIMON.EXE 4294762809 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE Still Image Devices Monitor 4.90.3000.1. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000 STMGR.EXE 4294732781 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE Microsoft (R) PC State Manager 4.90.0.2533. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000 SYSTRAY.EXE 4294645509 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE System Tray Applet 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-2000 TAPISRV.EXE 4294730909 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE Microsoft® Windows(TM) Telephony Server 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994-1998 TASKMON.EXE 4294523801 C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE Task Monitor 4.90.3000. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1998 VSMON.EXE 4294855701 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE TrueVector Service 2.6.84. Copyright © 2001, Zone Labs Inc. WMIEXE.EXE 4294680229 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE WMI service exe housing 4.90.2452.1. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999 ZAPRO.EXE 4294519189 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZAPRO.EXE ZoneAlarm Pro 2.6.84. Copyright © 2001, Zone Labs Inc. ZM32.EXE 4294957381 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZIPMAGIC\ZM32.EXE ZipMagic 4.0 4,0,0,32. Copyright © 1997-2000 Ontrack Data International
It's still running slow though! And I have no idea what is wrong. The strange toolbar option is still there but one thing that has stopped is the random start up page. It stays to what I set it now
Thanks again for the help.
More suggestions are welcome!
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try disabling you norton antivirus auto protection ,there are a few things running there that don't need to be ,like Windows messanger ,loadqm.exe ,task schedular,real updater ,the epson printer ,tapisrv.exe ,
zone alarm is good but rescorce hog.
zone alarm is good but rescorce hog.
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Yeah they can be disabled, but even if I do it still runs badly and I have had more programs running than that before and it has been fine.
I really don't have a clue what is wrong with it!
I really don't have a clue what is wrong with it!
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I am having the exact same problem. Does anyone know how to fix it???
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I'm also having this problem. I have a feeling that it is some sort of virus. Previously, there was one virus that my virus scan program had locked into quarantine. Now when I scan, there isn't anything coming up.
I doubt very much that it has anything to do with spyware or clogged resources, as everything ran fine a couple weeks ago. Opera still runs *fine*, (locks up the first time I access a yahoo site. Is fine the second.).
I doubt very much that it has anything to do with spyware or clogged resources, as everything ran fine a couple weeks ago. Opera still runs *fine*, (locks up the first time I access a yahoo site. Is fine the second.).
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