jbuchanangb
Technical User
Using W98SE. IE 6.0.2800 SP1 + other updates. Macafee AV V7.0. ZAPRO firewall. ADSL connection to ISP via USB modem.
On random occasions while browsing IE stops responding.
After suitable delay, CTRL-ALT-DEL shows list of tasks including IE - not responding. "End Task" results in IE closing, but at same time all icons disappear from Systray except Macafee and ZAPRO.
IE will restart and operate apparently normally, but other tasks on system seem hampered. For example MS Word will not start up. Response times for everything seem slow
On system shut down, using "Start - Shut down" long delay ensues followed by pop-up of "task is not responding" for an un-named task.
Have run Ad-Aware and removed all detected data mining cookies. Have ZAPRO set to block web-bugs, 3rd party and persistent cookies.
any suggestions to possible cause or way to diagnose?
On random occasions while browsing IE stops responding.
After suitable delay, CTRL-ALT-DEL shows list of tasks including IE - not responding. "End Task" results in IE closing, but at same time all icons disappear from Systray except Macafee and ZAPRO.
IE will restart and operate apparently normally, but other tasks on system seem hampered. For example MS Word will not start up. Response times for everything seem slow
On system shut down, using "Start - Shut down" long delay ensues followed by pop-up of "task is not responding" for an un-named task.
Have run Ad-Aware and removed all detected data mining cookies. Have ZAPRO set to block web-bugs, 3rd party and persistent cookies.
any suggestions to possible cause or way to diagnose?