Due to recent changes requiring a signin for "Completed Items" search on eBay guess this page needs to be updated... To return your ability to view "Completed Items" you will need to remove http://search-completed.ebay.com from your previous Internet Explorer tweak. The instructions below will still speed up page loads on category and search results pages... It will suppress many eBay errors that interfer with your daily activities here... It will have no adverse affects on any other site... The only possible interference you may experience will be if you click the "Refine Search" link from a search results page... Clicking that link will take you to eBay's Advanced Search located at search.ebay with the original search keyword(s) already prepopulated in the text field... An identical Advanced Search exists on pages.ebay and can be used without problems.

FIRST, clear the browser's cache:
A. Click on "Tools" in the IE toolbar...
B. Scroll the drop-down menu to "Internet Options" and click...
C. The Internet Options dialog box pops up with the "General" tab on top...
D. Click "Delete Files"...
E. In the next pop-up put a check mark in the box for "Delete all off-line content" and click "OK"...
F. Once the cache purge is finished click "OK"

SECOND, stop the JavaScript downloads on the search results pages:
1. Click on the "Tools" button again in your toolbar.
2. Click on "Internet options" again in the dropdown.
3. Click on the "Security" tab in the pop-up window.
4. Click on the "Restricted sites" icon (red w/white dash).
5. Click on the "Sites..." button.
6. Add the following URLs one at a time... Clicking the "Add" button after each:
http://www.admarketplace.net
http://*.admarketplace.net
http://ads.web.aol.com
http://ar.atwola.com
http://*.doubleclick.com
http://ad.doubleclick.net
http://ebay.doubleclick.net
http://*.doubleclick.net
http://banners.ebay.com
http://bibo.ebay.com
http://include.ebay.com
http://include.ebaystatic.com
http://listings.ebay.com
http://*.listings.ebay.com
http://search.ebay.com
http://search-desc.ebay.com
http://search.ebaymotors.com
http://search.stores.ebay.com
http://keyword.ebay.com
http://attr-search.ebay.com
http://www.ebay.com
http://adfarm.mediaplex.com
http://altfarm.mediaplex.com
http://*.mediaplex.com

7. Click "OK" when finished...
8. You should be back to the "Security" tab... Double-check that you have remained in the "Restricted Sites" zone then CLICK "Custom Level"
9. Now adjust your browser settings in the "Restricted sites" zone to these levels:
Download signed ActiveX controls (Disable)
Download unsigned ActiveX controls (Disable)
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe (Disable)
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins (Disable)
Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting (Disable)
***There may be a cookies setting here if you are still using IE5.x***
File download (Disable)
Font download (Disable)
Java permissions (High safety)
Access data sources across domains (Disable)
Don't prompt for client certificate selection when... (Disable)
Drag and drop or copy and paste files (Enable)
Installation of desktop items (Disable)
Launching programs and files in an IFRAME (Disable)
Navigate sub-frames across different domains (Disable)
Software channel permissions (High safety)
Submit nonencrypted form data (Enable)
Userdata persistence (Disable)
Active scripting (Disable)
Allow paste operations via script (Disable)
Scripting of Java applets (Prompt)
Logon (Prompt for user name and password)
10. Click "OK"...
11. Click "OK" on the "Security" tab.

AND THIRD, turning off script debugging:
Z1. Click on the "Tools" button again in your toolbar.
Z2. Click on "Internet options" again in the dropdown.
Z3. Click on the "Advanced" tab in the pop-up window.
Z4. Under "Browsing" put a check-mark next to "Disable script debugging"...
Z5. Un-check "Display a notification about every script error"...
Z6. Click "Apply"...
Z7. Click "OK"...

NOW, eXit (close) all browser windows... Start a new browser session... Try surfing eBay again.
 
Good Luck!