Have a Dell Inspiron 1150. Was working OK; then, IE6 simply failed to load;
although, Task Manager reflects each instance of IE6 I try to load. It's
just that the browser never comes up. Also, CPU useage appears to be maxed
out.

Then, I download Mozilla Firefox as an alternative test and Firefox works
fine, no problems, not a glitch, but IE6 still fails.

Outlook Express still works fine, MSN works fine, But, no browsing via IE6
or Explorer.

Any ideas - Microsoft says to goto the Update Center; but, it's a catch-22;
as, without IE6 working, can't get to the update center.

Any ideas anyone?

Are you running any kind of security software that claims to have a
"Firewall". Not necessarily the cause but I have seen at least 2 instances
of faulty firewalls doing this recently.

Try tools>manage add-ons and disable everything in there, Google toolbar,
Yahoo, all of them. If that fixes it the isolate the offender by elimination
and uninstall using add/remove programs.

Charlie

"Conrad AN" <Conrad AN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF7AA705-2DB6-44BB-9D29-137321A902ED@microsoft.com...
> Have a Dell Inspiron 1150. Was working OK; then, IE6 simply failed to
> load;
> although, Task Manager reflects each instance of IE6 I try to load. It's
> just that the browser never comes up. Also, CPU useage appears to be
> maxed
> out.
>
> Then, I download Mozilla Firefox as an alternative test and Firefox works
> fine, no problems, not a glitch, but IE6 still fails.
>
> Outlook Express still works fine, MSN works fine, But, no browsing via IE6
> or Explorer.
>
> Any ideas - Microsoft says to goto the Update Center; but, it's a
> catch-22;
> as, without IE6 working, can't get to the update center.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

Download MSAS and ad-aware.
http://www.microsoft.com/spyware
http://www.lavasoft.com/

"Conrad AN" <Conrad AN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF7AA705-2DB6-44BB-9D29-137321A902ED@microsoft.com...
> Have a Dell Inspiron 1150. Was working OK; then, IE6 simply failed to
> load;
> although, Task Manager reflects each instance of IE6 I try to load. It's
> just that the browser never comes up. Also, CPU useage appears to be
> maxed
> out.
>
> Then, I download Mozilla Firefox as an alternative test and Firefox works
> fine, no problems, not a glitch, but IE6 still fails.
>
> Outlook Express still works fine, MSN works fine, But, no browsing via IE6
> or Explorer.
>
> Any ideas - Microsoft says to goto the Update Center; but, it's a
> catch-22;
> as, without IE6 working, can't get to the update center.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

"Conrad AN" <Conrad AN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF7AA705-2DB6-44BB-9D29-137321A902ED@microsoft.com
> Have a Dell Inspiron 1150. Was working OK; then, IE6 simply failed
> to load; although, Task Manager reflects each instance of IE6 I try
> to load. It's just that the browser never comes up. Also, CPU
> useage appears to be maxed out.
>
> Then, I download Mozilla Firefox as an alternative test and Firefox
> works fine, no problems, not a glitch, but IE6 still fails.
>
> Outlook Express still works fine, MSN works fine, But, no browsing
> via IE6 or Explorer.
>
> Any ideas - Microsoft says to goto the Update Center; but, it's a
> catch-22; as, without IE6 working, can't get to the update center.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

You might be infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ssoftware.mspx

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

"Conrad AN" <Conrad AN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF7AA705-2DB6-44BB-9D29-137321A902ED@microsoft.com...
> Have a Dell Inspiron 1150. Was working OK; then, IE6 simply failed to
> load;
> although, Task Manager reflects each instance of IE6 I try to load. It's
> just that the browser never comes up. Also, CPU useage appears to be
> maxed
> out.


Same problem when you boot into Safe Mode?

CPU usage is maxed out ... by WHAT? You never mentioned WHICH process was
using most or all of the CPU's time.

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