Internet Explorer 6.0 "hangs" at each web site I visit

Hello!
Please help.
Internet Explorer 6.0 "hangs" for me whenever I go onto a new web site. There is a 10 to 60 second delay after the page has loaded before I am able to click on anything on a particular web site.
The blue bar on the bottom left almost goes completely to the right and it says "done ". However, there is this lag time in which I am not able to do anything. Once I am inside a site, sometimes I am able to navigate without delays, often times there is a delay at each new page I click into.
It happened on IE 5.0 and 5.5 as well.
I have followed advice to clear cache, delete cookies, clear history etc. None of this works.
Often when I have two web sites up, one minimized, I am able to continue to navigate on the original site I was on without delay, but there is always this "hang time" on the other site I'm on.
I connect to the internet with a 56 k modem.
My ISP is earthlink.
Will a faster connection help this? Or will there still be the problem, only it will be corrected faster?
Please help!
I consider myself to be a beginner to intermediate in terms of computer knowledge.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

 

Hi jimmybCT

Welcome to the boards!
What version of windows are you running? A few more system specs such as Ram would help? Have you disabled any unneccessary apps from running in the background through msconfig?

Daizy

 

thanks for replying

Thanks for replying!
I am running windows 98.

Perhaps I am closer to a beginner. Are you talking about realplayer, a scanner etc. as system specs? If not, please let me know.
Somebody once mentioned more ram to me too. How would I go about adding ram?

Thanks so much.

 

Hi again jimmybCT

Before you go about the process of adding more ram, whow about you tell us how much you already have?

As for the msconfig thing:

Remove programs from start up in msconfig:
Go to start
Run
Type in
msconfig
Press OK
A new window will open
Click on the startup tab
Remove all checks or ticks from program you don't need at startup
There is a list of most of the program that you will find here listed Msconfig entries
and
More of the same
Click Apply
Click OK to reboot

Daizy

 

63.0 MB Ram

I have 63.0 MB of RAM.
System resources are 73% free
File system 32 bit
Disk compression: Not installed

I removed a couple of checks from programs like you said. Still gets hung up.
Jimmyb

 

Hi again jimmybCT
Additional ram would most definitely help you. Perhaps as little as another 64?

Daizy

 

Startup microsoft office startup

Daizy, thanks for the links concerning what is needed and not needed in startup. I disabled microsoft office startup in msconfig, but whenever I restart the computer it is enabled again. Is there something that overrides the disable in msconfig?

Thanks,

Marvin

 

Steve, No I don't have a ethernet card installed on my computer.

Marvin

 

Steve, Is it the same as a network adaptor,In devices I see a dial up adaptor, under network adaptor. I do not use a network.

Marvin