I find that opening a new tab (ctrl + t) takes up to 30 seconds before it
loads up. However, if I open web links in a new tab, it loads up very quickly
as expected. I can't understand why it is behaving like this.

btw, I'm running WinXP Home on an Atom N270.

I had a similar problem.IE8 was very slow to load and stalled connecting.It
turned out to be ( for me)the list of restricted sites installed by
programmes such as Spybot.Go-IE/tools/internet options/security/restricted
sites/sites and see if there's a list in there.They need to be deleted.One
by one or there is a registry entry which can be deleted which will do them
all at once.If you're interested I can post the regedit or have a look on
Google "IE8 slow to load".The information's out there.IE8 doesn't need the
list-got it's own system apparently.ATB.

"anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I find that opening a new tab (ctrl + t) takes up to 30 seconds before it
> loads up. However, if I open web links in a new tab, it loads up very
> quickly
> as expected. I can't understand why it is behaving like this.
>
> btw, I'm running WinXP Home on an Atom N270.