Internet Explorer V. 6.0 Freezing Up

I am running XP with IE 6 with the latest service pack and all
patches.

When I initially access a page there is normally no problem it is when
I attempt to click on a link to another page it freezes.  The pointer
changes to the hand, signifying that it recognizes it as a link but
then just hangs like that.  This happens virtually every time that I
attempt to click a link which leads me to believe that this is not a
bad link or a website issue.

The only way to get out of it is to ctrl-alt-del and end the process
that way.  If i let it hang long enough I will finally receive a
"program not responding" message.  Normally then if I try and access
this page again (via the same link) it freezes.  Most of the time I
need to actually reboot the computer all together.

I have deleted cookies, Deleted File, Raised the disk space to 500 MB.
 I have downloaded all the latest from MS website.

Even tried to uninstall IE V.6 and reinstall but each time it tells me
that a current V.6 is already available.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated as I am about to toss the
laptop out a window...

Thanks, 
Tom