1. Delete the cookies

1) Click Start, click Search and click For Files or Folders
2) Type "Cookies" (without the quotation marks) and click Search Now
3) Delete files in the cookie directory

2. Delete all the temporary files

1) Open Internet Explorer
2) Click Tools, click Internet Options and click Delete Files button in
the
General tab

3. Delete the downloaded objects

1) Open Internet Explorer
2) Click Tools, click Internet Options and click settings button in the

General tab.
3) Press View Objects.
4) Remove all the Objects there.

4. Remove the Plug-Ins in Internet Explorer

1) Close all the Internet Explorer windows.
2) Open a Windows Explorer window by right Click My Computer and choose

Explore.
3) Locate the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS
4) Remove all the files in this folder.

5. Delete SoftwareDistribution folder

1) Stop Automatic Updates service.
a. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc.
b. In the right pane, stop the Automatic Updates service.
2) Delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder.
3) Test the issue again.

6. Reset all settings of Internet Explorer

1) Under the General tab, click Clear history button.
2) Under the Security tab, click Default Level button.
3) Under the Content tab. Under Content Advisor the button default is
"Enable..."
Click on "Clear SSL" under Certificates, and click on "OK."
4) Under "Local Area Network (LAN) settings" click on the "LAN
Settings..."
button - remove all checkmarks and settings unless actually required to
use
a proxy and close the window
5) Under the Programs tab, click Reset Web Settings.
6) Under the Advanced tab, click Restore Defaults button.
Under Browsing put a checkmark into or remove the checkmark from
"Enable
third-party browser extensions (requires restart)".
7) Click on "Apply", then "OK"
8) Close Internet Explorer and restart the computer.

7. Disable all third party Add-ons

1) Open Internet Explorer.
2) Click Tools to select Manage Add-ons.
3) Disable all third party Add-ons.

Suggestion 2:
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Use the System File Checker tool to scan all of the protected files on
your
computer:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type sfc /scannow, and then click OK.
Note that you may be prompted for the Windows XP installation media.
3. Test to determine if the issue is resolved.

Suggestion 3:
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1.  If you're on XP SP2, try the suggestions in KB 870700, here:  How
to
troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with Internet Explorer
6
Service Pack 2, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700#9 first.

With XP you need to go (as an Administrator) to Start|Run and type "sfc
/scannow" (without the quotes and notice the space between the c and
the /.)
Have your XP CD handy and be prepared to go get a cup of coffee - it
takes a
while.  This will do the same thing as Repair IE6 for XP but a lot
more,
that is find any corrupt system files and replace them.  It does NOT,
however, re-register the various software components, and you will need
to
do this manually using    regsvr32.exe     if any are shown as replaced
in
Event Viewer|System.

Be aware that under certain circumstances (Win2k before SP4 - see mskb
814510,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q814510) sfc
can erroneously overwrite (restore over) previously installed files
from
certain "hotfixes" which will then need to be re-installed.  This may
also
apply to XP.  To check for this, after running sfc, open a Cmd window
and
enter "qfecheck /v /l:c:\" (without the quotes).  If you don't have
qfecheck
installed, it can be obtained for XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35468 and for
Win2k, obtain qfecheck here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35470 ; A
version
stated to be common to both is available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Family...
7C58-102E-47B0-A12A-BFAB8CFCCC03
Further information about qfecheck is available here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282784/EN/

2.  Another alternative for just IE6 repair if you don't have IE6
listed in
Add-Remove Programs, then in Start|Run then enter "rundll32
setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance" without the quotes, exactly as shown (it's

case sensitive), and select the appropriate entry.  More detailed info
is
available here:  Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

3.  If you find that you need to do a re-install of IE6 then you can
consider the following:

1) Insert the Windows installation CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2) Click Start, and click Run.
3) Copy the command prompt below in the Open box (exactly as show -
it's
case sensitive), and click OK.  (Assumes %System% is installed in
Windows
on your C:\ partition.  Change as appropriate for your particular
situation.)

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132
c:\windows\inf\ie.inf

4) It will display a "File Needed" screen, click "Browse.." and browse
to
<CD-ROM drive>\i386, (where <CD-ROM drive> is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM, For example, D:).

5) Click Open, click Ok, it should begin reinstalling Internet
Explorer.

(NOTE:  It has been reported, courtesy of Steve Wechsler, that if
you're on
Windows XP Pro SP2, it may prompt you for some files that it cannot
find in
the  WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386  folder, which you'll then need to
browse to.  It's thought that this may apply to XP Home also.  The
specific
files are    iexplore.exe    which actually IS in the i386 folder,
mswrd632.wpc, which is located in the   Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv    folder, AND,   INSTALL.IN_    ,
which
will be located on a slipstreamed XP Pro CD in the i386 folder and also

located in the i386 folder on an XP Pro SP1 disk.  So, copying the 2
files
above to the WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386   folder should allow you to
be
able to repair/reinstall IE on an SP2 system by right clicking ie.inf
in
the WINDOWS\inf folder and selecting Install or using the rundll32.exe
line
given above.)

4.  You can try this also:  http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

5.  Lastly, here is a link to a MSKB article about re-installing
IE6/OE6:

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
Windows
XP (Q318378)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;Q318378

I hope these suggestions can helps. If the problem persists, I suggest
you
collect some system information using Microsoft Configuration Capture
Utility , then please send the CAB (Zip) file to me. I will try my best
to
research it.

Please download the tool:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-...
15706/MPSRPT_SETUPPerf.EXE

For more information and overview, please refer to link below:

KB818742 Overview of the Microsoft Configuration Capture Utility
(MPS_REPORTS)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818742

Note: The CAB file will be generated for your convenience in the
%systemroot%\MPSReports\Setup\Lite\Cab directory called
%COMPUTERNAME%_MPSReports_.CAB. The CAB file will contain the reports
generated by the MPS Reporting Tool. If the CAB file isn't produced,
please
compress all of the result files under
%systemroot%\MPSReport\Setup\Lite as
a Zip file. (Note: %systemroot% is the folder where you install
Windows.)