There are some possible fixes being posted around the web inlcuding
re-reigstering actxprxy.dll by executing this command from a command window:
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll. Another is to delete all the restricted web sites
from the security window under Tools, Internet Options. But the one that
worked for me was to go to the IE8 Manage Add-ons screen and disable Java.
The only other solution being offered is to revert to an earlier version of
IE. Disabling Java mAde a world of diff when nothing else would help. Load
times dropped for 5-15 sec down to a mere 1 or 2.
"VanguardLH" wrote:
> Longjohn wrote:
>
> > Notice many people have this issue. The blurb by MS says that IE8 is very
> > fast. Not my experience. Since installing it my downloads have become very
> > much slower. Is there a way to go back to IE7 without causing software
> > screwup?
>
> If IE8 is slow to open tabs or windows:
> - Remove all sites from the Restricted Sites security zone. Thousands
> of entries (added by anti-malware programs) in this list will
> severely slow IE8. Known bug. Manual removal is tedious. Save
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelDomains.inf to a file, right-
> click on it, and select Install. This will make registry changes to
> delete the ZoneMap entries and recreate them (but empty). ALL sites
> in every security zone are deleted. If you have entries in the
> Trusted Sites zone, record them before deletion.
>
> Look in the Add/Remove Programs applet (and showing updates, too) in
> Control Panel to see if there was an entry for "Windows Internet
> Explorer 8". For Windows XP, you cannot uninstall IE8 if SP-3 was
> installed after the install of IE8. You will need to first uninstall
> SP-3 before you can uninstall IE8.
>
> Below are some articles found simply by searching Microsoft's support
> knowledgebase at http://support.microsoft.com/:
>
> How Do I Uninstall or Remove Internet Explorer 8?
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
>
> Windows Internet Explorer 8 does not appear in the "Currently Installed
> Updates" list in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965227
>