IE8 with XP Chews up CPU with hyperlinks

I use IE8 with Windows XP. I have a real performance problem when I click on
a hyperlink, open or close Tabs. The CPU usage goes to 100% and the
explorer.exe and the multiple iexplore.exe processes (usually 4 or 5) all
start using CPU. They are all at 00, but will quickly jump to a combined
total of 100 if I click on a hyperlink. It takes sometimes 3-5 minutes to
open the hyperlink in a new Tab. Additionally, they jump when a Tab is
closed and stay at 100 for about 40 seconds; similarly jump to 100 when a Tab
is closed for 50 seconds. Right now I have 6 Tabs in 2 windows with 5
instances of iexplore.exe running. One last point, I closed all of the Tabs
except one and clicked on a hyperlink. It took one minute to open the new
Tab. Turning off add-ons had no effect. I would appreciate your help on
this.

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) when posting to
this newsgroup.

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE in No Add-ons mode:

=> Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
Add-ons; or

=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!

3. Does the behavior persist if you boot into Safe Mode with Networking?
[Careful! Only remain in Safe Mode just long enough to test!]

4a. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
IE8?

4b. Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

5. Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you
have an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Carlken wrote:
> I use IE8 with Windows XP. I have a real performance problem when I click
> on a hyperlink, open or close Tabs. The CPU usage goes to 100% and the
> explorer.exe and the multiple iexplore.exe processes (usually 4 or 5) all
> start using CPU. They are all at 00, but will quickly jump to a combined
> total of 100 if I click on a hyperlink. It takes sometimes 3-5 minutes to
> open the hyperlink in a new Tab. Additionally, they jump when a Tab is
> closed and stay at 100 for about 40 seconds; similarly jump to 100 when a
> Tab is closed for 50 seconds. Right now I have 6 Tabs in 2 windows with 5
> instances of iexplore.exe running. One last point, I closed all of the
> Tabs
> except one and clicked on a hyperlink. It took one minute to open the new
> Tab. Turning off add-ons had no effect. I would appreciate your help on
> this.

I went straight to IE reset and it worked...as far as I know. I will post
agian if I see any recurrence of these symptoms. Thanks.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) when posting to
> this newsgroup.
>
> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode? To start
> IE in No Add-ons mode:
>
> => Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
> Add-ons; or
>
> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
> Explorer (No add-ons).
>
> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>
> 2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
>
> 3. Does the behavior persist if you boot into Safe Mode with Networking?
> [Careful! Only remain in Safe Mode just long enough to test!]
>
> 4a. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
> subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
> applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
> Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
> IE8?
>
> 4b. Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
> (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
>
> 5. Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you
> have an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> Carlken wrote:
> > I use IE8 with Windows XP. I have a real performance problem when I click
> > on a hyperlink, open or close Tabs. The CPU usage goes to 100% and the
> > explorer.exe and the multiple iexplore.exe processes (usually 4 or 5) all
> > start using CPU. They are all at 00, but will quickly jump to a combined
> > total of 100 if I click on a hyperlink. It takes sometimes 3-5 minutes to
> > open the hyperlink in a new Tab. Additionally, they jump when a Tab is
> > closed and stay at 100 for about 40 seconds; similarly jump to 100 when a
> > Tab is closed for 50 seconds. Right now I have 6 Tabs in 2 windows with 5
> > instances of iexplore.exe running. One last point, I closed all of the
> > Tabs
> > except one and clicked on a hyperlink. It took one minute to open the new
> > Tab. Turning off add-ons had no effect. I would appreciate your help on
> > this.
>
>

YW

Carlken wrote:
> I went straight to IE reset and it worked...as far as I know. I will post
> agian if I see any recurrence of these symptoms. Thanks.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) when posting to
>> this newsgroup.
>>
>> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode? To
>> start
>> IE in No Add-ons mode:
>>
>> => Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
>> Add-ons; or
>>
>> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
>> Explorer (No add-ons).
>>
>> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>>
>> 2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!
>>
>> 3. Does the behavior persist if you boot into Safe Mode with Networking?
>> [Careful! Only remain in Safe Mode just long enough to test!]
>>
>> 4a. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
>> subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
>> applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
>> Were any of these applications running in the background when you
>> installed
>> IE8?
>>
>> 4b. Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
>> machine
>> (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
>>
>> 5. Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you
>> have an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> Carlken wrote:
>>> I use IE8 with Windows XP. I have a real performance problem when I
>>> click
>>> on a hyperlink, open or close Tabs. The CPU usage goes to 100% and the
>>> explorer.exe and the multiple iexplore.exe processes (usually 4 or 5)
>>> all
>>> start using CPU. They are all at 00, but will quickly jump to a
>>> combined
>>> total of 100 if I click on a hyperlink. It takes sometimes 3-5 minutes
>>> to
>>> open the hyperlink in a new Tab. Additionally, they jump when a Tab is
>>> closed and stay at 100 for about 40 seconds; similarly jump to 100 when
>>> a
>>> Tab is closed for 50 seconds. Right now I have 6 Tabs in 2 windows with
>>> 5
>>> instances of iexplore.exe running. One last point, I closed all of the
>>> Tabs
>>> except one and clicked on a hyperlink. It took one minute to open the
>>> new
>>> Tab. Turning off add-ons had no effect. I would appreciate your help
>>> on
>>> this.