PABear and Daave,
I'm running McAfee antivirus Plus,current version. never installed any
other manufacture. McAfee is supposidly always on "Detecting" .
AdWatch was probably on when i did a upgrade to I.E.8
Forgot to add that i have CCLEANER also,but only runs when i open it.
"Daave" wrote:
> Dick wrote:
> > I E 8 takes a long time to open my home page.
> > Also,when i open my mail, the back button hangs up when i try to go
> > back to the home page.
> > Window freezes are common.
> >
> > I'm running windows XP,sp-3,McAfee anti virus along with ad-aware.
> > These issues have surfaced since i updated from I E 6 to I E 8 weeks
> > ago.
>
> Two things:
>
> 1. You should make sure no security programs (especially McAfee and
> AdAware) are running when you upgrade IE.
>
> 2. McAfee is a well-known resource hog that negatively affects a PC's
> performance. Even AdAware, which is no longer recommended by most
> people, can contribute to sluggishness. There are superior programs. If
> you're interested, we can make recommendations.
>
> What SP level are you at?
>
> You may need to unsintall IE8 in order to temporarily revert to IE6. But
> don't do this until you tell us what SP level you are at and when you
> upgraded to it.
>
> When it is time, we can post links to the "best-practices" method to
> upgrade IE. It involves using a specific installation file which you can
> download in advance and making sure all your security programs are
> temporarily not running. (Obviously, you should be disconnected to the
> Internet while doing this.) And if I remember correctly, rebooting your
> PC not once but twice!
>
>
> .
>