I uninstalled AVG, CPU usage dropped to around 2%, yet loading is still slow.
Re. DNS settings, think I have them at what the ISP originally set them at or said to set them at. Still can't use IE, which used to be fast when had this problem with FF before. Guess I should re-install AVG? But what else can I do or try? Call the ISP tech support, which means not getting anyone until maybe Monday? Randall On 11/26/08, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I hate to sound ungrateful on Thanksgiving eve, but my computer is once >>again taking forever to load every page. This, with FireFox, including >> with >>creating a new profile. Last time, creating a new profile seemed to help; >>now it doesn't. Further, can't even seem to use IE as alternative which >>worked previously. > > Some people are complaining about the virus scanner that FF just added, > but since your IE works crappy too the problem is probably at the system > level. > > I recently fixed such sluggishness by changing the DNS servers I was > using. I had been using OpenDNS -- as I and many others on the list have > recommended. But recently OpenDNS has been very sluggish. So I switched > to my ISP's DNS. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
