Slow IE and automatic WU 0% for long time

The article you couldn't see has this in it:

Method 1: Register the Wups2.dll file in Windows
To register the Wups2.dll file in Windows, follow these steps:

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
net stop wuauserv
2. Register the Wups2.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll
Note For a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
2. Click OK on each verification message that you receive.
3. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
net start wuauserv
4. Exit the command prompt. To do this type exit, and then press ENTER.

Method 2: Download and install the Windows Update Agent
For more information about how to download the latest version of Windows Update Agent, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 949104 How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent to help manage updates on a computer

Easy way to see if Windows Script is causing the problem is to uninstall it. 5.6 is the latest available for XP as far as I can see.

Also, give FireFox a try, see if it has the same problems IE has.

You could also try uninstalling IE8 which will bring IE7 back, see if that clears up the performance issues. You can always reinstall it if there is no change.

Hi Ztruker Many thanks for helping me! I managed to get the updates installed by going through the things in your post. Then I uninstalled IE8 and installed it back again. THis fixed the problems with IE I got recently. Puhh. Now I'm back to my original problem with a slow computer. Best regards Mats

Your computer should fly! 3 Ghz processor, 3 GB ram, 2x160GB hard drives. Take a look at the hard drive memory access mode as follows: Start / Run type devmgmt.msc and press Enter Expand IDE/ATAPI Controllers Double click on Primary IDE Click the Advanced Settings tab. Transfer mode should be DMA if available Current Transfer Mode should be Ultra DMA Mode 5 or 6 If it's set to PIO mode then that would make your system crawl. If it is DMA then you should consider doing a Repair Install of XP.

Hi Ztruker Many thanks for helping me! I totally agree my computer should fly! But it doesn't! It started to slow down when I installed Adobe CS3 a long time ago. Now it's worse. Primary IDE is set to DMA if available and Current Transfer Mode is Ultra DMA Mode 2. Can I change this to Mode 5 or 6 as you said? As an alternative to doing these checks I have format c: and a total reinstall of everything. Since this takes long time I avoid it. But if nothing else helps……… Best regards Mats

Ultra DMA Mode 2 is low for your system. Should be 5 or 6. There is no way you can change it though since it's set by the Operating System based on some indicators it uses, like # of errors the drive has thrown.

Some of the articles from this Google search are interesting reading: what is ultra dma mode

Instead of formatting and starting over again, though that is the most likely way to solve this, how about removing Adobe CS3, see if that makes a difference. You can reinstall it if you still use it, but check for updates or a later version first.