Safari 5 hanging after install...

Our internet started hanging and took forever to load pages after installing safari 5.0. We took it into Geek squad, they checked it out and said it was a software problem not a hardware problem and told us to reinstall the operating system. We did and everything worked fine (until we did the updates that included safari 5.0) then same problem again. Slow page loading...so We reinstalled the operating system without doing safari 5.0 update (currently running safari 4.02) and internet is fine but we cannot log onto the iTunes store because it says that we need safari 4.03 or higher. Tried to download safari 4.05 but it said that I could not install because I do not have Mac OS X 10.6!! So does having Mac OS X 10.6 keep you from having hang up issues with Safari 5.0?

HI and welcome to Apple Discussions...
First, right or control click the Safari icon in the Applications folder then click "Get Info". That should tell you exactly which version of Safari you have installed.
Check to see if you have third party Safari plug-ins or input managers installed. Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem. Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
Install the v10.5.8 Combo Update This includes updates that were not part of the original v10.5.8 update.
Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari and see if that makes a difference. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.
And repair permissions.
Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
One more thing. Open System Preferences/Accounts the select the Login Items tab. If you have any apps listed there to launch when you startup your Mac, delete them. And go to /Library/Startup Items. Remove any items there also.
Carolyn

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