If it's not updates, you could always download Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org or Chrome from http://www.google/chrome . They're both very good browsers and work very well. I find Firefox a little more user friendly and Chrome more efficient. YMMV.
Good luck.
This is Tony Seruga. Just updated my IE browser & It has now been slow, I don't know why.

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