Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
across and I go to the linked page.

I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.

Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?

Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
appreciated!

Thanks.....
Sarah


---Causes of network slow responsiveness?

Sarah wrote:

> Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
> on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
> 10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
> across and I go to the linked page.
>
> I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.
>
> Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
> this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
> gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?
>
> Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
> appreciated!

Not really enough specifics to give you focused answers so start here:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

In cases of problems with the Internet like yours, start with The Second
Question first.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!