Glad to help. Troubleshooting is often tedious...but it usually works.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Mike wrote:
> Ran the following XoftSpy SE V4.33 no issues, Ad-Aware SE Pro V1.06R1 no
> issues, Symantec AntiVirus CE V9.0.3.1000 no issues, Windows Defender
> V1.1.1593.0 no issues. These all have the latest definitions installed. Ran
> all the programs under normal mode and safe mode the outcome was the same, no
> issues or problems found. I also ran MS updates, even though I have auto
> update enabled. Found no updates.
>
> Ran Windows Live OneCare full service scan, there was no issues there
> either. But it took about 40 minutes once clicking the help and support link
> on the discussions page. then on the OneCare link then on the full service
> link to finally getting the scan to start. Starting the add-on disable/enable
> check.
>
> Well it took a while but I finally found the guilty add-on. It was a google
> toolbar add-on, so now that it is disable everything works. Thanks for the
> help and for pointing me in the right direction. Mike.
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> Start here:
>>
>> "Internet Explorer stops responding, stops working, or restarts"
>> http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
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>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Mike wrote:
>>> First off I'm running Windows XP-MCE SP-2, with MSIE 7.0.5730.11. The problem
>>> I'm having is that MSIE is hanging and or freezing. It takes about 5 minutes
>>> for it open to my home page once that is open I can open any pages in my
>>> favorites. But if I click on a link it never opens and stops responding. I
>>> must C-A-D to close it and then I get a message that IE had hung-up. I am not
>>> running any third-party firewalls, and I'm using Symantec AV. This problem
>>> just started yesterday for me, after I came home and re-booted my machine.
>>> Prior to the re-boot no problems. When I do get to my homepage, I better not
>>> click on a new tab or it will hang-up (freeze). I can run updates to programs
>>> that don't go through IE, and my local area connection shows that I am
>>> connected. Please help me, Mike.