Safari really slow lately!!! (sometimes wont load a page at all)

I've been using Safari for about 2 years and it's been my favourite browser because its been the fastest and most reliable. Within the last few weeks, however, I can't seem to get a page to load entirely unless I press the Stop button myself. And even then I'll get a page with most of the links and a few question marks for pictures. This is the case for basically every site I visit. In addition, flash sites are painfully slow. I've reset Safari, the computer, repaired permissions, run basic maintenance operations and nothing seems to work. I've started using my Windows PC running AOL Explorer instead, at least a page loads without fail. AND the flash pages work 10 times as fast. What could be the problem here? (using safari 2.0.3)

Your steps so far are OK but you may want to try:
1 Trash your user library Caches folder (House Icon with short name in Finder window (hard drive window)GOTO:House icon > Library folder > caches folder
2 Trash the com.apple.Safari.plist file in User library > preferences folder > Safari.plist as well as removing the library Safari folder its self.
3 you can selectivly re-install Safari 2.0 from your OS Tiger Install disk 1, (see Knowledge base article 301229 for how to just select the Safari Application) without doing a complete system Archive and Install.
4. Create a new Test user account on the system and test how Safari responds in the Test user.
5. Still no Safari response? have to do an Archive and install (not preserving user and network settings)article 107120

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