IE8 slow on initial load to connect and display home page.

[Big_Al]

Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.



I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.



The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing

any entries. Below is the contents of the file.



The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.





Thanks: And here is the script:



; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

;

; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted & Trusted Zone list

; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

;

; Revised to include the EscDomains key

;

; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

; Select Install from the Menu.

; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.



[version]

signature="$CHICAGO$"



[DefaultInstall]

DelReg=DelTemps

AddReg=AddTemps



[DelTemps]

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"



; Recreate the keys to avoid a restart



[AddTemps]

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?



=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet

Explorer (No add-ons).



Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to IE7 &

IE8 in all OSS]

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

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings



3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your

subscription current? 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 IE8 and/or SP3?



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





Big_Al wrote:

> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>

> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>

> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing

> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>

> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

<SNIP>

 

[Leonard Grey]

Please don't post dangerous advice to the newsgroups.

---

Leonard Grey

Errare humanum est



Big_Al wrote:

 

[Big_Al]

Leonard Grey said this on 6/21/2010 4:46 PM:

> Please don't post dangerous advice to the newsgroups.

> ---

> Leonard Grey

> Errare humanum est

>

> Big_Al wrote:



Sorry, did not mean it to be dangerous, it was meant to be informative

to the readers that this is what I am doing but its not solving my

problem. I guess an unwritten advisement that its not a program to try

therefore.

 

[Big_Al]

Big_Al said this on 6/21/2010 4:37 PM:

> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.



The above should have been "why does it work, and then not work and what

can be done to make it or something else permanent?" I think the

above was poorly written. Sorry, I'm looking for an answer and nobody

should take this as advice since its not working and I only did it in

desperation.

 

[Big_Al]

PA Bear [MS MVP] said this on 6/21/2010 4:43 PM:

> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?

>

> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet

> Explorer (No add-ons).

>

No change in behavior with no-addons.



> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to

> IE7 & IE8 in all OSS]

> 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

> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings

I've reset and no change. (other than I see the change in settings.)

>

>

> 3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is

> your subscription current? 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 IE8 and/or SP3?

>

AVG without link scanner, and up to date. Manually run Super Anti

Spyware and Malware Bytes as needed (weekly at worst). Zone Alarm

free version.

No, IE8 was installed from the windows update months if not years after

SP3. The system was loaded in April 2008 as a fresh install with SP3

slipstreamed and IE7. I waited till about 4-5 months ago to upgrade

to IE8, no issues till recently. As a matter of fact I thought it

might have been the KB update last Tuesday for that massive security

update and I took the effort to uninstall it to see if that was the

case. No luck. Its back in now.





> 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)?



No, my copy of XP MCE does not come with any add on software. I'm

kinda lucky about that, I'm not sure why Dell did not supply me with a

CD with junk on it, but I'm glad. I do have all that "addon sofware"

on a separate CD but I know its trialware and useless.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous

message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you & good luck.



Big_Al wrote:

> PA Bear [MS MVP] said this on 6/21/2010 4:43 PM:

>> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?

>>

>> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet

>> Explorer (No add-ons).

>>

> No change in behavior with no-addons.

>

>> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to

>> IE7 & IE8 in all OSS]

>> 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

>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings

> I've reset and no change. (other than I see the change in settings.)

>>

>>

>> 3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is

>> your subscription current? 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 IE8 and/or SP3?

>>

> AVG without link scanner, and up to date. Manually run Super Anti

> Spyware and Malware Bytes as needed (weekly at worst). Zone Alarm

> free version.

> No, IE8 was installed from the windows update months if not years after

> SP3. The system was loaded in April 2008 as a fresh install with SP3

> slipstreamed and IE7. I waited till about 4-5 months ago to upgrade

> to IE8, no issues till recently. As a matter of fact I thought it

> might have been the KB update last Tuesday for that massive security

> update and I took the effort to uninstall it to see if that was the

> case. No luck. Its back in now.

>

>

>> 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)?

>

> No, my copy of XP MCE does not come with any add on software. I'm

> kinda lucky about that, I'm not sure why Dell did not supply me with a

> CD with junk on it, but I'm glad. I do have all that "addon sofware"

> on a separate CD but I know its trialware and useless.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,

What's the homepage?

Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?

-

Don

[MS MVP- IE]



"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>

> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>

> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing

> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>

> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

>

>

> Thanks: And here is the script:

>

> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

> ;

> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted & Trusted Zone list

> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

> ;

> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

> ;

> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

> ; Select Install from the Menu.

> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

>

> [version]

> signature="$CHICAGO$"

>

> [DefaultInstall]

> DelReg=DelTemps

> AddReg=AddTemps

>

> [DelTemps]

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

>

> ; Recreate the keys to avoid a restart

>

> [AddTemps]

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"

> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

> Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

 

[Big_Al]

Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:

> Hi,

> What's the homepage?

> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?

> -

> Don

> [MS MVP- IE]

>

> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>>

>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>>

>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing

>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>>

>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

>>

>>

>> Thanks: And here is the script:

>>

>> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

>> ;

>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list

>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

>> ;

>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

>> ;

>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

>> ; Select Install from the Menu.

>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

>>

>> [version]

>> signature="$CHICAGO$"

>> <snip>

>



The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I

think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that

did no good either.

 

[rob^_^]

Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"



It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web sites in

the Trusted Zone.



Regards.



"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:

>> Hi,

>> What's the homepage?

>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?

>> -

>> Don

>> [MS MVP- IE]

>>

>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>>>

>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>>>

>>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

>>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing

>>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>>>

>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why

>>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

>>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

>>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

>>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

>>>

>>>

>>> Thanks: And here is the script:

>>>

>>> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

>>> ;

>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list

>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

>>> ;

>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

>>> ;

>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.

>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

>>>

>>> [version]

>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"

>>> <snip>

>>

>

> The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I

> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that

> did no good either.

>

 

[Big_Al]

rob^_^ said this on 6/21/2010 7:05 PM:

> Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"

>

> It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web

> sites in the Trusted Zone.

>

> Regards.

>

> "Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

> news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:

>>> Hi,

>>> What's the homepage?

>>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?

>>> -

>>> Don

>>> [MS MVP- IE]

>>>

>>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

>>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

>>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

>>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>>>>

>>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

>>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>>>>

>>>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

>>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

>>>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

>>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus

>>>> removing

>>>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>>>>

>>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is

>>>> why

>>>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

>>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

>>>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

>>>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

>>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

>>>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Thanks: And here is the script:

>>>>

>>>> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

>>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

>>>> ;

>>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list

>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

>>>> ;

>>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

>>>> ;

>>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

>>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.

>>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

>>>>

>>>> [version]

>>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"

>>>> <snip>

>>>

>>

>> The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I

>> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that

>> did no good either.

>>



I just did that but I'm sure I've done it before. No harm doing it

twice.



I've been playing with IE for 10 minutes now (or so) and it seems to be

working. Your reset suggestion and the run with no add-ons were the

last two steps. I'm not jumping for joy yet, I'm going to give it to

tomorrow but so far 8 to 10 restarts (of IE) and it opens okay each

time.



............Time will tell........!

 

[Big_Al]

Big_Al said this on 6/21/2010 8:11 PM:

> rob^_^ said this on 6/21/2010 7:05 PM:

>> Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"

>>

>> It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web

>> sites in the Trusted Zone.

>>

>> Regards.

>>

>> "Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:

>>>> Hi,

>>>> What's the homepage?

>>>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?

>>>> -

>>>> Don

>>>> [MS MVP- IE]

>>>>

>>>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

>>>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

>>>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

>>>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

>>>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

>>>>>

>>>>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

>>>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

>>>>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

>>>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus

>>>>> removing

>>>>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

>>>>>

>>>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is

>>>>> why

>>>>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

>>>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

>>>>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

>>>>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

>>>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

>>>>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks: And here is the script:

>>>>>

>>>>> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

>>>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

>>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

>>>>> ;

>>>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list

>>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

>>>>> ;

>>>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

>>>>> ;

>>>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

>>>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.

>>>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

>>>>>

>>>>> [version]

>>>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"

>>>>> <snip>

>>>>

>>>

>>> The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I

>>> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that

>>> did no good either.

>>>

>

> I just did that but I'm sure I've done it before. No harm doing it twice.

>

> I've been playing with IE for 10 minutes now (or so) and it seems to be

> working. Your reset suggestion and the run with no add-ons were the last

> two steps. I'm not jumping for joy yet, I'm going to give it to tomorrow

> but so far 8 to 10 restarts (of IE) and it opens okay each time.

>

> ...........Time will tell........!



Rats.... Spoke too soon.

 

[Don Varnau]

> > "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

> > news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I

> >> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a

> >> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

> >>

> >> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,

> >> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.

> >>

> >> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a

> >> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called

> >> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few

> >> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus

removing

> >> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.

> >>

> >> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is

why

> >> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I

> >> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty

> >> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on

> >> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched

> >> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just

> >> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.

> >>

> >>

> >> Thanks: And here is the script:

> >>

> >> ; DelDomains.inf ? 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06

> >> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP

> >> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/

> >> ;

> >> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list

> >> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

> >> ;

> >> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key

> >> ;

> >> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)

> >> ; Select Install from the Menu.

> >> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

> >>

> >> [version]

> >> signature="$CHICAGO$"

> >> <snip>





> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:

> > Hi,

> > What's the homepage?

> > Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?





"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message

news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...> The home page or blank makes

no change. Being my personal home page I

> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that

> did no good either.





If you have no sites in Restricted Sites or Trusted Sites, it makes no sense

that DelDomains.Inf would help. Resetting IE settings, BTW, also clears out

security zones.



Prevent AVG from loading at startup just long enough to see if the

situation improves with AVG disabled. Or uninstall AVG and give Microsoft

Security Essentials a try.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/products/mse.aspx



Try another malware scanner. Go to

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/athome/security/update/windows_live_safety_center.mspx

and run the Customized scan- Protection only- no tune up, no cleanup.

-

Don

[MS MVP- IE]

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Don Varnau wrote:

<snip>

> Prevent AVG from loading at startup just long enough to see if the

> situation improves with AVG disabled.



Or uninstall AVG & reboot, then do a fresh install of AVG: This time select

the CUSTOM install option and do NOT install (i.e., uncheck) Linkscanner,

Search-Shield, Active Surf-Shield, Security toolbar, or any of the email

scanning components.



? Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email

http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

 

[Rob]

PA Bear [MS MVP] <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

> To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous

> message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you & good luck.



When reading and replying to usenet newsgroup, it helps immensly if

you use software that is up to the job. Then you can page back and

forth between messages easily and you don't need to bother others to

do the things the way you like (and others dislike).

 

[Duane Hebert]

"Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message news:slrni20tuo.jel.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...

> PA Bear [MS MVP] <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>> To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous

>> message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you & good luck.

>

> When reading and replying to usenet newsgroup, it helps immensly if

> you use software that is up to the job. Then you can page back and

> forth between messages easily and you don't need to bother others to

> do the things the way you like (and others dislike).



And breaks most of the guidelines here

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

Number 4 in this case.



I don't mind people that don't follow these, just people that insist

that no one does.