IE7 Not Working

Ihave WinXP Pro. running on a Dell Dimension E510 Intel Pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology 2.8 GHz 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz.

He's my problem I can open IE7 once it opens my home page doesn't load. It sits there then when I open the task mgr. It showing that IE7 not responding. Besides IE7 other of my programs haven't been working properly.

He's the kicking if I wait aboy 5 min. or more the IE7 will load. Can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP

Thank You

Welcome to the forums Bippy.

Is there a reason you are still using Internet Explorer 7? IE8 is now out (via Windows Update) and this may well fix your problem However, if you are reporting that other applications are also failing then you'll need a bit more diagnosis.