OL 2003 Slow to open Http links

[Bob]

Installed 2007 did not like it. It started the slow linking to embedded HTTP
links in emails. Uninstalled 2007. Put 2003 back and the problem still
exists. I think I have removed all referenced in the registry to Office
12.0.

Any help would be appreciated.... TIA Bob

 

[Roady [MVP]]

These slowness issues are more likely to be caused by your browser or by a
feature of your virus scanner which scans the link before parsing it to the
browser. It's hard to tell what's going on with this level of detail.

 

[Bob]

Thanks for the reply.
XP Pro all the updates
Browser is IE8 with all the latest updates
Virus Scanner is MS Essentials and there is no difference if scanner is
enabled or disabled.

Also, this problem exists on 2 different computers.

Frustrated..

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Does opening links from other applications work faster for you?
Do you perhaps have a lot of sites added to your "Restricted sites" Security
zone in Internet Explorer?
Control Panel-> Internet Options-> tab Security-> select Restricted sites->
button Sites