Internet explorer running slowly. To do list pls. Update: still causing trouble.

For your video use vlc media player, it's free and i've yet to find something it won't run.

 

Right, this computer seems to decline rapidly over time, to a point where it's getting ridiculous.

I reformatted it in November, and I had to reformat it again in February.

It's now slowing up again, and the fan is on full-time. I either reformat it yet again, or I find the damn problem.

Problems:

• when I start the computer up, it claims that internet explorer had an unexpected close down, despite being closed properly.
  
• Google sidebar (news and weather thing) has glitched (as on previous occasions). Use for a while, then it dies. No reason known.
  
• a dialogue box pops up after a while, saying something like com.dll not found. No idea what it relates to.
  
• Lots of add ons in IE. Which of these can I disable without worrying about screwing the thing up:
  
  
  • CBrowserHelperObject
    Shockwave Flash Object
    
    Adobe PDF
    Adobe PDF Link Helper
    Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar
    SmartSelect Class
    
    Google Toolbar
    Google Toolbar Helper
    Google Toolbar Notifier BHO
    Google Side Bar
    
    McAfee Phishing Filter
    scripyproxy
    
    Windows Live Sign-in Control
    Windows Live
    Groove GFS Browser Helper
    Windows Live Sign-in Helper
    Groove Folder Synchronisation
    Research
    
    Send to OneNote
    Research
    Discuss
    
    SSV Helper Class
    Sun Java Console

Can someone give me a hand? I paid 400 for this POS, and "4,000" mile service intervals wasn't what I signed up for.

 

Strange problem Chris The fan is on full time...Have you taken it apart and cleaned it out?
Its possible the CPU is caked in dust which would make it slow down.

I think if you were to reinstall again i would put windows 7 on, Anyone agree?

 

All memory is being used up so I think it's software playing up.

Sat at 70 - 80% CPU when doing nothing to it.

IE is open in 4 windows and is eating 200,000K of memory.