My advice would be to format the hard drive and start out fresh. Internet Explorer isn't making your system sluggish.Internet Explorer isn't configured right or there are missing files.Over time the system just gets clogged up no matter how much you defrag. Also get rid of one spyware. Spybot and Adaware work against each other. Good Luck.
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  From: Jacquelyn Baker<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:33 PM
  Subject: [PCBUILD] Error messages trying to open IE


  My present problem:  My computer (OS=98SE;700AMD;512MB)has been running slower over the past several weeks.  I also was having problems when trying to open a web address from an e-mail...the computer would freeze, and when I pressed: Ctrl+Alt+Del several times a box would come up saying that Explorer wasn't responding.  As a result, I would lose any unsaved information, and I would have to start all over again.  This has been getting worse over the past two weeks.  Today whenever I try to open IE, the error message comes up and IE won't open.  I've cleaned my discs, scanned & defragged...run Spybot, Adaware & AVG scans my system when it boots up.  I also only keep the bare minimum on my start up and I went through my programs just today and removed all that I don't use regularly.   Help!  Do you have any insight into what may be causing the error messages from Explorer and the sluggishness in the system?  I have cable service and I spoke with a tech today and he said it wasn't the service, it was my computer.  I did search through the archives, but no info came up on error messages...if I overlooked a solution, I apologize.  Thanks!  Jacquelyn Baker

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