IE in No Add-ons mode:
=> Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
Add-ons; or
=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).
Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed,
uninstalled, and/or reinstalled IE8?
4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
—
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client – since 2002
www.banthecheck.com
Ed wrote:
> I have reinstalled IE8, reset all settings a few times, scanned the whole
> computer with AVG and later Avast but the hanging problem keep coming
> back.
> (I am running XP Pro SP3)
>
> The conditions: When a link takes you to a new page in a new window or in
> the text edit area of an existing IE window.
>
> First, the typing would slow down, meaning some of the letters I typed
> would
> be very slow to show up in the text area and some of the letters would be
> missing. CPU ramp up could be the reason of the typing. Then, it gets
> worse
> when nothing is moving and 100% CPU is consumed by
>
> i) ieplorer.exe, ii) lsass.exe iii) explorer.exe
>
> by then I couldn’t get out and sometimes had to cut the power cus killing
> the process just never came back.
