Hello again,

I've solved the problem with a google search and found that Windows Live 
Toolbar was causing the problem. Once I disabled it IE no longer freezes 
on opening a new tab.

Later, Ray Parrish

Ray Parrish wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For the past two days my IE has started to act up. When I click a link
> in an email to open a new tab in the browser, IE stops responding. It
> will open the first window no problem, just won't open a new tab without
> freezing.
>
> I'm using IE 7.0 and my email client is Thunderbird. Previously I have
> been able to open multiple tabs with no problem, it just started
> freezing yesterday.
>
> I'm on XP Home SP2 with all current updates installed.
>
> Thanks for any help you can be.
>
> Ray Parrish
>

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