>>>>Everytime I wanted to add a label to a conversation (or any other functionality in Gmail that used User Prompts) using the new IE7, I got a popup that said "This websited is using a scripted window to ask you for information. If you trust this website, click here to allow scripted windows..." Didn't matter if it was added to the IE Popup list or not. Found this solution online and worked perfect:
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>>>>Tools, options, security, chose internet and click custom level options.
>>>>Scroll down (a ways) to scripts and enable "Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows"
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>>>Switch to FireFox.
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>>No.
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>Read Re: Poll on people using IE7 Thread #1205261 Message #1205282 and the whole thread. I use both and sometimes IE7 is very slow. Especially if you're running awast scan in the meantime <g>

Actually I used Firefox until IE7 came out, and then I switched back. The only thing that Firefox had that I missed in IE were tabbed groups. I run AVG and see no slowdowns at all. Very quick. But I have really good utilities to keep everything nice and clean too, so maybe that makes a difference.