[boydphoto]

this is a fast computer; opening things on my hard drive is instantaneous and when i check verizon's online speed test it says i have 4-6 mb, yet it takes a while to open the simplest webpage. thanks, boyd.

Edited by boydphoto, 04 October 2007 - 08:20 PM.

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Couple of things that may help--

Open DNS: http://www.opendns.com/

MVP Hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/...p2002/hosts.htm
(Prevents most ads from loading. Redirects to 127.0.0.1)

[1101doc]

Couple of things that may help--

Open DNS: http://www.opendns.com/

MVP Hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/...p2002/hosts.htm
(Prevents most ads from loading. Redirects to 127.0.0.1)

[boydphoto]

thanks for your reply. i think i've stumbled on a solution. i appreciate your taking the time to write. boyd

[1101doc]

Care to share?

[boydphoto]

of course. i went into "add and remove programs" and found some stuff i didn't think i needed. i checked it out and found it to be malware. i removed it there and then went to "c drive" program files and removed it there, too. seems to have made it much faster. thanks, boyd.

[1101doc]

To make sure, you may want to do this stuff: http://www.geekstogo...-Log-t2852.html

[boydphoto]

thanks, doc. i will do that when i return this evening. thanks for all your help. boyd

[1101doc]

That's why we're here! :-)