Hmm, that appears to be an old update for IE6. All of my ms updates are up
to date.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> The behavior being described & discussed in this thread is resolved by
> installing KB969897 (AKA MS09-019).
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
> shieber wrote:
> > 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
>
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