Get this...

I installed firefox and guess what...SAME PROBLEM!!!

:S


"dickmill" wrote:

> Billy,
> I'll commiserate and add some data for others. I'm experiencing exactly what
> you are, except with different sites -- my worst site is www.fedex.com, which
> takes several minutes with IE7 on Vista and never completely loads, and never
> times out. The problem seems to be in downloading page items which must not
> be prevalent in other pages. I have IE7 on 2 XP machines and have no problems
> with the same pages. The IE7 version is 7.0.5730.11 on the XP machines. The
> IE7 version on the Vista machine is 7.0.6000.16386. Out of frustration I
> installed Firefox on the Vista machine and have no problems with the pages
> that won't come up on IE7. I've tried to compare the advanced settings
> between my XP and Vista machines, but the dialogs have changed so much
> between these two versions -- which you would think would not be the case! --
> that comparison is almost impossible. Like yourself, I've turned on and off
> everything I could find in McAfee, firewallls, and IE7 options -- with no
> success. At this point, I'm just going to use Firefox. BTW -- the Vista
> machine is wired, one XP desktop is wired, and my XP laptop is wireless.
> There's no performance difference and no problems with the 2 XP machines.
>
> "billyradd" wrote:
>
> > Strange problem with IE7 on a wireless Gateway notebook running Vista...
> >
> > My network setup is:
> > -4200 Speedstream ADSL Modem (windstream.net)
> > (into a)
> > -Linksys WRT54G
> > (with the following attached)
> > -[Wired] Desktop running XP {No signs of problems}
> > -[Wireless] Notebook Running Vista Home Premium {problems}
> >
> >
> > My Problem is:
> >
> > In IE7 on my wireless Vista notebook I'm having a huge delay (only with some
> > websties) in what seems to be a response back from the server of some of the
> > websites I'm trying to go to. Most pages load quick like normal, but some
> > sites hang right after you click it, and it sits there saying "Connecting..."
> > then after a few minutes the page eventually loads (never timing out). this
> > problem is very consistant, the sites that load normally always load normally
> > and those that load slow always load slow, painfully slow.
> >
> > There seems to be no page-weight issue because several "heavy" pages load
> > just fine most of the time. It really seems like some kind of scripting
> > problem and not a DSL speed issue because my desktop doesn't have this delay
> > problem. I have tried just about everything to resolve this problem but I
> > just can't get it. Please Help
> >
> > Example Sites:
> > http://www.msn.com (Loads very Fast)
> > http://www.lexmark.com (Loads Very, Very Slow, at lease 3 minutes or more)
> >
> > Even http://192.168.1.1 the router pages load extremely slow (3+ minutes per
> > page) and they are local files... what is going on here?
> >
> > I'm using Macafee virus suite and have tested most of the setting in it and
> > Internet Explorer 7 and have had no change in results. Is it some kind of
> > firewall setting somewhere? I've tried shutting everything off with no effect.
> >
> > I do not have this problem on The (wired)XP machine w/ IE7
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Billy Radd
> >