Windows 7 running so slowly it appears to be hung up

You might want to try disabling IPv6: Not much use for it and it just wastes bandwidth and cpu time as far as I can tell. MS says you need it for Homegroup but I'm not convinced.

https://support.micr...S?wa=wsignin1.0

I would do the one that says: Disable IPv6

If you need to go back you can bookmark the page and then come back and do: Re-enable IPv6

You might also try changing your DNS to a static entry of 8.8.8.8,and 75.75.75.75

See:http://www.opennicpr...s-in-windows-7/

8.8.8.8 is google's public dns. 75.75.75.75 is Comcasts which you have now.

I am seeing a lot of Received Address Errors. Expect you are connecting to Comcast cable with just their modem. I would add a cheap router. (Just got one from Newegg for about $25). This would isolate you from the rest of your local cable network. I expect if you type:

arp -a

in the command window

that you will see a lot of dynamic addresses. (Ignore the Static ones. They are the same on all PCs). I only have two, my router and a network printer.

C:\Windows\system32>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.1.106 --- 0xb

Internet Address Physical Address Type

192.168.1.1 68-1c-a2-01-af-6a dynamic

192.168.1.101 b0-10-41-4b-fa-f1 dynamic

192.168.1.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static

224.0.0.2 01-00-5e-00-00-02 static

224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static

224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static

224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static

239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static

255.255.255.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static

You have more connections that I do in netstat -an. Get TCPVIEW:

http://live.sysinter...com/Tcpview.exe

Download, Save, and Right click and Run As Admin. Then File, Save As, to your desktop, tcp OK. This should create a file tcp.txt on your desktop. Open it and copy and paste (or attach the file) to a reply.

OK, I got all of that except where to change my DNS to static entry. Side note, I opened up and vacuumed out my computer. I'm ashamed I put it off this long. I know better. There may have been a small puppy hiding in there among the dust bunnies. And only two dynamic connections in the command window you asked for. But if that shows how many connections are using my internet, no one has devices online right now.

And I have a pretty decent (at least I thought it was) netgear router in my garage. We have had tons of trouble with our internet and wifi since moving into our home several years ago. So the last time we contacted comcast they gave us this "super spiffy" two in one modem router that is supposed to be better for PS3's, gaming and streaming. We don't do a lot of gaming but tons of netflix streaming to the PS3 so they gave us this device to specifically address that. Should I grab my router anyway?

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc icslap 10.0.0.1 1566 TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP HarrisHome-PC wsd localhost 49297 TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 49286 r-057-040-234-077.ff.avast.com http TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 49287 r-057-040-234-077.ff.avast.com http TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 49294 10.0.0.1 ssdp TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 50002 harrishome-pc 49296 TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 61049 harrishome-pc 49298 TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 49305 hp57781c 3911 TIME_WAIT

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 50002 harrishome-pc 49302 TIME_WAIT 8 2,560 1 162

[System Process] 0 TCP harrishome-pc 61049 harrishome-pc 49303 TIME_WAIT 8 1,689 1 162

[System Process] 0 TCP HarrisHome-PC wsd localhost 49306 TIME_WAIT

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1748 TCP HarrisHome-PC 27015 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1748 TCP HarrisHome-PC 27015 localhost 49193 ESTABLISHED

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1748 UDP HarrisHome-PC 61516 * *

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1748 UDP HarrisHome-PC 61517 * *

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12025 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12110 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12119 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12143 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12465 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12563 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12993 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 12995 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP HarrisHome-PC 27275 HarrisHome-PC 0 LISTENING

AvastSvc.exe 1204 TCP harrishome-pc 49163 r-062-041-234-077.ff.avast.com http ESTABLISHED