"HaroldSJS" <Harold***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06339DB5-4FE1-4729-92D7-F76CA2DE9DA3@microsoft.com...
> My situation is as follows;
>
> I have IE 7.0.5713. I am running a internet connection between my systems
> and a router, which is a D Link 1310 and a broadband connection with a cable
> modem. There are two other systems on my network, one is running Vista and
> the other is running XP. I am running XP Pro with SP3. The other two PC's are
> running wireless connections and do not seem to have issues with slow
> connectivity and slow performance with IE 7.
>
> I have tried running software to remove adware and tracking cookies from my
> system. The software I am, and have used are; Ad-Aware 2008, AVG Anti-virus
> and Windows Malicious software tool. The success of these software tools are
> sporadic, Sometimes after running Ad-Aware 2008 and then restarting my
> system, I get excellent response via IE7. However, depending on the website,
> the good performance of IE7 may not last until, the next time I start up my
> system. I notice that sometimes, tracking cookies seem to appear and I have
> to run through the process of using Ad-Aware 2008, AVG Anti-virus and Windows
> Malicious software tool to get the performance back to IE7.
>
> I even have to sometimes turn off my cable modem and my router and restart
> them to get the performance back.
>
> I also have a sporadic problem of the Internet Connection icon appearing in
> the taskbar. Sometimes it is there and sometimes is not. I notice that when
> it is not there, the performance of IE7 suffers because of it.
>
> At this writing, I have excellent performance. I have also tried turning off
> Windows XP firewall because of the firewall capabilities of my router; think
> that maybe the dual firewall (software and hardware) may have a contribution
> to the slow performance. This has not yielded a benefit. I currently have
> removed my PC from behind the router firewall and turned back on the Windows
> firewall, and it seems to have helped.
>
> I have also tried to use Firefox and run into the same issues. I have
> deleted Firefox and I noticed a resulting problem from this deletion is; my
> “Quick Launch” tool bar (just to the left of the “Start” button, has
> disappeared, even when I right click on the taskbar and go to “Toolbars” and
> make sure that the menu choice is checked for  “Quick Launch” is checked, it
> does not reappear.
>
> However all of these trails seem to be that I am holding together my IE7
> performance with spit and a prayer! Can anyone help to get my IE7 to be more
> dependable and predictable? Also can anyone advise me on getting back my
> “Quick Launch” toolbar on the taskbar?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Does this issue still happens if you disable your Add Ons ???
>
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> Peter
>
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> "HaroldSJS" <Harold***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06339DB5-4FE1-4729-92D7-F76CA2DE9DA3@microsoft.com...
> > My situation is as follows;
> >
> > I have IE 7.0.5713. I am running a internet connection between my systems
> > and a router, which is a D Link 1310 and a broadband connection with a cable
> > modem. There are two other systems on my network, one is running Vista and
> > the other is running XP. I am running XP Pro with SP3. The other two PC's are
> > running wireless connections and do not seem to have issues with slow
> > connectivity and slow performance with IE 7.
> >
> > I have tried running software to remove adware and tracking cookies from my
> > system. The software I am, and have used are; Ad-Aware 2008, AVG Anti-virus
> > and Windows Malicious software tool. The success of these software tools are
> > sporadic, Sometimes after running Ad-Aware 2008 and then restarting my
> > system, I get excellent response via IE7. However, depending on the website,
> > the good performance of IE7 may not last until, the next time I start up my
> > system. I notice that sometimes, tracking cookies seem to appear and I have
> > to run through the process of using Ad-Aware 2008, AVG Anti-virus and Windows
> > Malicious software tool to get the performance back to IE7.
> >
> > I even have to sometimes turn off my cable modem and my router and restart
> > them to get the performance back.
> >
> > I also have a sporadic problem of the Internet Connection icon appearing in
> > the taskbar. Sometimes it is there and sometimes is not. I notice that when
> > it is not there, the performance of IE7 suffers because of it.
> >
> > At this writing, I have excellent performance. I have also tried turning off
> > Windows XP firewall because of the firewall capabilities of my router; think
> > that maybe the dual firewall (software and hardware) may have a contribution
> > to the slow performance. This has not yielded a benefit. I currently have
> > removed my PC from behind the router firewall and turned back on the Windows
> > firewall, and it seems to have helped.
> >
> > I have also tried to use Firefox and run into the same issues. I have
> > deleted Firefox and I noticed a resulting problem from this deletion is; my
> > “Quick Launch” tool bar (just to the left of the “Start” button, has
> > disappeared, even when I right click on the taskbar and go to “Toolbars” and
> > make sure that the menu choice is checked for  “Quick Launch” is checked, it
> > does not reappear.
> >
> > However all of these trails seem to be that I am holding together my IE7
> > performance with spit and a prayer! Can anyone help to get my IE7 to be more
> > dependable and predictable? Also can anyone advise me on getting back my
> > “Quick Launch” toolbar on the taskbar?
>
>