>
> Do you have the Developer Toolbar or the IE DOM Explorer installed? (these
> are Addons for developers)

Not those.

I did have IE Watch., but I uninstalled that and it made no difference.

>
> What happens when you disable Toolbars and Browser Helpers (Start>Control
> Panel>Internet Options - Advanced tab, uncheck "Enable third-party browser
> extensions") and restart the browser?

No difference.

It's very reproducible. I go to Microsoft.com and then to the download
center and then that download page hangs. Sometimes only the header
displays and sometimes, like now, nothing, just a white window with the
download progress bar at about 99%. And if I drag another window over IE
and then off, IE does not repaint it's window.

Gary

>
> If that solves the problem, then check for updates for the Toolbars and
> Browser Helpers that you have installed from their vendors.
>
> You can test and update your Flash components from
> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome
>
>
> Regards.
>
> "Gary Wardell" <nospam@sample.com> wrote in message
> news:#rhxk8NZJHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > A couple of days ago I went to the Windows Update site and installed all
> > of
> > the critical updates, several windows update and several IE updates.
> >
> > After doing that IE6 started hanging on various sites, including
> > Microsoft's
> > site. It will hang while showing that it's downloading something in the
> > status pane.
> >
> > Clicking the stop tool bar button has no effect. Trying to move or
close
> > the window has no effect.
> >
> > The task manager says Internet Explorer is not responding.
> >
> > The task manager will end the task, after putting up a dialog saying
that
> > it's not responding and asking if I want to terminate it now.
> >
> > I have tried reinstalling IE6 from a CD. No change. I have tried
> > uninstalling the critical updates that I had installed. Not all of them
> > are
> > listed in the add/remove programs. The ones that were had no effect.
> >
> > I am thinking that the only option left is to fdisk and reinstall
> > everything; which will be a long involved process and probably a total
> > mess.
> >
> > Why can't IE be a separate program that can be uninstalled and
> > reinstalled
> > like other applications, like say MS Word.
> >
> > Anyone have any less traumatic ideas?
> >
> > My configuration:
> > IE 6.0.2800.1106 SP 1
> > Windows 2000; 5.00.2195; SP 4
> > Did have all of the latest updates, see above.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >