Thanks for your reply, I had searched the Knowledge Base for days at
Microsoft. I do believe I might have fixed the problem now. I found My Web
Search on here and removed it. It seems to be working better now.

"RWS" wrote:

> "Singlemom" <Singlemom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8F2680A2-6F6F-4681-97C4-347D5DC0097C@microsoft.com...
> I have been having lots of freezes and error closing of Explorer lately. Also
> it will not hold my settings at all. I was searching in System Information
> today and found that there are two files missing in Explorer. iecont.dll and
> iecontlc.dll Could this be the problem? If so how can I fix it. I went to
> Microsoft and couldn't find anything except to remove and re-install Internet
> Explorer. That was not an option in Windows Xp Add and Remove program. Their
> directions was to repair or re-install Windows XP. I would rather not have to
> do that if I don't absolutely have to. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks so much!
>
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> What exactly did you mean by "I went to Microsoft..."?
> Did you actually call Microsoft for support or just search their Knowledge Base
> at http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=0?
> Most likely, your system has been infested / compromised by some malware.
> Best to follow PA Bear's advice.
> In case you have not called Microsoft and would like to -
> http://support.microsoft.com/common/...h=1&gprid=1173
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