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Internet explorer takes 45 seconds to open

HI,
I am the admin for our network. I have one user that every time he clicks on IE it takes 40 to 50 seconds to open up. Now everyone else is ok except him. I have done all the windows and explorer updates but same thing. We have a network with a domain and this happens to gim only when loged on to the domain. If he logs on on the local machine explorer works fine. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
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see if he has any different setting on the proxy server setting on his browser..

i would first log him into the domain.. then go to the internet options.. click on "connections" tab on the top..then on LAN setting button on the right hand bottom.. in the following window.. set him up the same way like a machine that is working fine.. let me know..
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u dont want to uncheck the that option. that enables the code signing if any for the third party software...
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all the settings are the same like everyone else. we have dhcp and everything is assigned by the server.
dhcp does not change the IE options.. do u have a domain wide GPO that prevents the changes made by the user?
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That innocent checkbox also allows third party apps and plugins to run in IE.  I have fixed a dozen browser AND explorer problems by simply unchecking that box.  There is also a place in the registry that tells you all of the plugins running in IE.  You might be suprised by how many are running.  That checkbox is my number one fix for any IE problems.  Are you POSITIVE about your comment on the code signing, you might want to check that???
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we do have a domain but i don't think that i have a GP to prevent any changes by the user
i'm 100% sure about code signing.... and by default that check box is checked.. i haven't seen even a single time that it takes 40 sec to load cos that box was checked..
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so u r postive that proxy setting on Jim's is same as other machines?
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Did you try my fix??  onesquin
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I have also NEVER had IE take 40-45 seconds to load because of Proxy/DHCP/Whatever settings.
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i have not tried Onesquin's solution yet. The user is not there at the moment and it a remote location. I will try it in about 1 hour. I have to admit i have never heard of this fix but ill give it a try. The proxy setting is not checked ....we do not use a proxy. Again once the ie openes.. webpages load just fine....it takes a long time to open the actual program.
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by the way it is IE 6 with all the patches
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i tried to run the msconfig and it tells me it can't find the win.ini , autoexec , config.sys and system.ini files but then it openes. However i don't see an option to hide microsoft services. all i see is is the startup tab.
thats ok.. neglect the error messages.... try uncheckin the items under startup tab.. and see if it speeds up the ie load
Athila -

this is a msconfig utility for win xp but runs on windows 2000.. download it to the system folder...

http://www.insideproject.com/downloads/msconfig2k/msconfig.zip



here is the link to the referring page..

http://www.insideproject.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=0

let me know how it goes..
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well i could not get the msconfig file from those guys but i did get a chance to change the setting about the 3ed party stuff....it seems to have worked. I had the user test IE and it opened up fast. I will wait till tomorow to give the points just so i can be sure it worked for good. Thank you everyone for all your help. BTW Adonis i would like to give you 500 points too...you worked hard  lol, any way i can transferr some points to you?
I knew it would...  There is some BAAAADDDD stuff out there and that setting allows it to run.  That setting will not allow any third party toolbars like googlebar to run though...  Still not sure about the signing, but I have not had any users complain and I have that setting unchecked on a lot of users and will soon implement it through policy when I set my XP SP2 policy settings.
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i did not even know about this setting....if it does stop the browser form running all those 3rd party apps like toolbars i will implement it too on my network. got to be sure thou about that signing. thanks for the help.
Try logging onto the users machine with an admin account, rename the users profile under docs & settings and get the user to log back on - see if IE is still slow...
I would say that it was spyware of some variety https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20975384/Standard-response-material-re-Spyware-Adware-BHOs-and-other-Malware.html take a look at these resolutions and run scans. They will fix your problem up.
How is Adonis right???

Those plugins don't start with the computer.  They start when internet explorer is started.  He also had you running around changing settings that had nothing to do with your problem.

I answered the question first post, one sentence.  I do thank you for accepting my answer as an assist.  I just can't stand admins like adonis who can't troubleshoot problems correctly or understand the question to begin with.

This was my first day of posting to EE EVER...  Really haven't been back yet.  On that day I posted to 10 questions.  I had the accepted answer on 7.  It is not worth my time to argue with other admins because they THINK they are right and shut out everybody elses answers as being possible.  I will just stick to fixing my few problems and hoarding my knowledge to myself.

Sorry-
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This site is screwed up. I think i did give you 400 points for your help. Your solution was what helped me with the problem but somehow it became assisted answer. I did think you would see that in the point distribution.