IE5(W95) freezing at Internet logins

Whenever I try to login to my Internet E-mail, the screen freezes for app. 30 seconds before answering. The problem started when I uninstalled a Lexmark printer. Now, I have reinstalled but that did not fix this annoying problem - what to do?
(PC is Compac Prolinea 575e)

 

Hi Nilus, Welcome!
Try empting your temp internet files. Also see what is running at startup. If you need helpon how to do this ill be here.

 

Thank for your advice.
The ctrl-alt-del operation shows the following:

Zone Alarm
Explorer
Mic. Office
Loadwc
Loadqm
Osa
Systray
Qttask

Another facility shows idle load of 4-8% which is not bad at all.
The problem also shows when logging in to this page: I write my login but no letters shown in the box until 10-20 sec. later. The "login" button does not appear to be pressed when I hit it with the mouse-arrow.
Have deleted all temporary Internet-files and got a small increase in speed.
Thanks again for your help - I am not an amateur but this is just not my ballgame!

 

Hi Nilus,
Go to start, run, type in msconfig click on starup tab. Uncheck the following:
Mic. Office
loadqm
If possible try and post anything else that is checked

 

Hi Nilus,
Im sorry you cant use msconfig.I dont think it is in win95. Open windows explorer and find your startup folder. Should be under C;\windows\startup

 

Hi Nilus,
Go here: C:\windows\startmenu\programs\startup. Post what is listed here.

 

In the mentioned folder, I find

Mic. Office Programmes
Mic. Office Start
ZoneAlarm

- doesn't seem to be a lot, does it? Shall I delete something?

Thanks for staying with me.

 

You can delete the two MS Office entries.

And go to Start/Run, and type Regedit.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Run
Delete the string value LoadQM.exe in the right pane.

Close Regedit, and reboot.

 

But however useful all this may be, I don't know whether it'll help you with this particular problem.

Try emptying your caches in MS-DOS:

Start up in Ms-DOS.
Type the following lines, each one followed by clicking enter:

cd windows (unless you're in C:\Windows already, obviously)
smartdrv
deltree history
deltree tempor~1
deltree cookies
exit (to return to Windows)

Good luck,

 

I have done all the excercises now - but still, search and login functions on the Internet are "freezing" for 10 - 20 seconds before something happends. I have even installed software to clean the Win. registry which is now perfect.
Can it have anything to do with the Internet supplier quality? I am running a DSL-connection at 256 kbit.
When it happends, I also experience a halt in the green display in the tray which comes with ZoneAlarm and which usually flashes when the connection signals are running....