Bruce,

>I've had a problem with IE5.01 startup lately, sometimes it just sits for 15-30 seconds or so before opening anything. If I keep clicking, it opens up 3 or 4 copies all at once :) This is on my home machine, and it's only been occurring since I downloaded every possible recommended upgrade/add-on for IE/Win98 over the TG weekend - 3 or 4 critical updates, plus about 6-7 optional things like DirectX7, etc.
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>I was just trying to stay state-of-the-art, and that's what I get for my troubles :( I guess at least one of the downloads was a bad idea...

Same exact thing happened to me after a refomat this weekend. Without looking into it too much, I'm thinking it's directx7. I know it's not the 5.01 update, cause it occured before I got that.