Do you have the phishing filter enabled?
I am seeing similar issues,
I'm also considered turning off the checkbox for "Automatically detect proxy
settings"
"Jim Easton" <eastonfamily@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have tried everything to figure out why vista is taking so long to
> access websites on the internet. I have another machine on the home
> network using XP and it does not have any problems. So I am pretty sure
> it is not the ISP or DSN Server. I experience the same problem on both IE
> and Firefox. I have disabled the firewall protection both in Windows and
> the third party software I have and nothing changes. In looking at the
> status message on the browser, the delays seem to occur while "Looking up
> www.xxx.com". Also, I have to stop and refresh the page because the
> loading hangs up.
> Its almost like something is examining the site before allowing it to
> connect.
> Can someone please help me as I really like Vista but this really sucks.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim