IE very slow to open.Opening IE might take 3 minutes. Might try 4/5 times, and after 4 or 5 min, all

I've run Webroot's Spy Sweeper. Also have Norton anti-virus, and have run Dell's troubleshooter, but to no avail. Been acting like this for months. For some time, if I went to MY COMPUTER and clicked on the C: drive, it would just never open. Looking at the task manager, the CPU would be at 100%, and nothing else would be running. Running XP Home Addition and have lots of RAM (640) and disk space.

IE very slow to open.Opening IE might take 3 minutes. Might try 4/5 times, and after 4 or 5 min, all are open.internet explorer update

There is a known conflict with Webroot Spysweeper and IE, if you haven't updated it the newest revision fixes this issue. I had the same problem and one of the update emails I got addressed this issue, I updated and the problem was gone.

UPDATE:

Don't listen to the lower post...Webroot Spysweeper is the industry leader in spyware protection. I have also used Spybot and yes it is a good product but free is free. Only Spysweeper can address Rootkits and eliminate them.

IE very slow to open.Opening IE might take 3 minutes. Might try 4/5 times, and after 4 or 5 min, all are open.web browser internet explorer

First thing... Uninstall Webroot and dell's trouble shooter. Go into services under admin tools and turn off Remote Registry. Go download Spybot S%26amp;D. Update it. Then reboot into safe mode. Run Spybot S%26amp;D. Reboot. Go download Firefox. NEVER USE IE AGAIN!
Something may be consuming your PC speed. RAM is not a lot (I have 2G), but it should be enough. If you set Norton AV to scan everything with the highest level of protection it really impacts the PC (nomatther which one).

Also too many services running at once can affect the computer, try disabling those you don't really use.

Search for errors and defrag your HD.

Remove temporary files, cookies, and the like.
also download http://www.ccleaner.com/ and run all scans to clean out your HDD for temp files. Also visit http://updates.microsoft.com/ %26amp; http://office.microsoft.com/ to update your windows to latest version.
i have a new computer,and it still made mine quicker on everything to defragment my hard drive. what this does is group all the files that work together in tight,neat orders on your hard drive. it can free up more space,but the important thing it does is arrange files in a manner to make your hard drive spend less time searching for what it needs. you can click 'start'(low left), 'control panel', 'permformance and maintenence', then click 'rearrange items on your hard disk to make programs run faster' then click 'analyze'... after it diagnoses the best way to arrange your files it will prompt you, then click 'defragment'. I'm telling you this will help speed up your computer,but there are things you may want to check beforehand. if there are alot of programs in your startup on your computer, it can lock it up to a standstill. you should be able to click 'start', hold your mouse on 'all programs' and see 'startup' in that long list. if you hold your mouse on that,you can see what loads automatically when your computer is first turned on. these are SHORTCUTS.. not the actual programs themselves,which are stored in other locations (like program files), you can delete all these shortcuts,and your computer will load these in a specific order,and as needed, instead of all of these at startup. also,if you havent checked for updates for your computer,its good to do so before defragmenting. and it doesnt hurt to just take 20 minutes and research. trial and error is the biggest teacher on here. type any question u have about doing something to you computer,and phrase it 5 different ways in yahoo searches. youre bound to get 5 different lists of links to research how u can do it. I have no doubt you can clean it up and make it faster. be patient, and if you get frustrated,leave it for awhile.stepping back from it can help u clear your mind to see it in a different perspective. have a great day,and i know you can handle it!! ;-) babyface p.s.- i see that someone also posted to update your webroot. though your updates may be set to come on automatically for windows, that would not update your webroot also. updating everything on your computer that are regular programs you use is something you should try to at least do every other week. good luck, and have fun with it girl!