IE7 and Firefox 3 slow esp. in Yahoo Mail

[penciline]

I am experiencing slow responsiveness between the mouse hovering over a
hyperlink and it changing to a hand icon (which means that the browser is
ready to receive a click on the hyperlink). This does not happen on my
Windows Vista machine.

I am running a dual proc 3GHz XP Pro SP2 machine and I don't know why all of
a sudden it is slow with the internet. I have scanned and removed ad-ware
using LavaSoft AdAware 2008 (free edition).

Does anyone know what could be the cause of my problem?

Sincerely,
penciline
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[sgopus]

Software running in the background taking up cpu time, ie antivirus and or
other such items.

 

[penciline]

I am seeing constant network activity in my taskbar icon (computer monitor
blinking on and off) although I am not using any network-requiring software.
I think there is a service for my printer which is constantly seeking the
printer since I have the printer connected via ethernet to my router. Could
this be the culprit? I didn't have this problem a few weeks ago before
installing my printer.

I also wouldn't know how to disable the antivirus software without opening
the window to threats by trojan horses, etc.

 

[Paul]

I am seeing constant network activity in my taskbar icon (computer monitor
blinking on and off) although I am not using any network-requiring software.
I think there is a service for my printer which is constantly seeking the
printer since I have the printer connected via ethernet to my router. Could
this be the culprit? I didn't have this problem a few weeks ago before
installing my printer.

I also wouldn't know how to disable the antivirus software without opening
the window to threats by trojan horses, etc.

You can use Wireshark, to debug what is coming out the Ethernet port.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark

Install the software, run it, then View:Name_Resolution:Network_Layer to get
the IP addresses resolved (if possible), then Capture:Interfaces and
click the Start button next to your actual network interface. (The
one with the valid looking IP address.) Even if you cannot read the
traffic itself, you can see what IP addresses are involved.

HTH,
Paul

 

[penciline]

Thank you Paul:

It's just as I suspected. The printer is being requested by the operating
system and/or the router. I was told, however, that I should not interrupt
these services by the printer's manufacturer support. So I guess I just have
to deal with it or connect my printer via USB instead.

Sincerely,
penciline
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