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OT slow newsreader.. can anyone help?
For the past couple of months my newsreader has been much slower than
normal. It can take up to 10 seconds to load a message now whereas before it was almost instantaneous. And the few times I've tried to post to the newsgroup I thought it was going to time out. I'm presently using the newsreader inside Netscape 7.2. I wondered if I had added a Windows XP update that messed things up but when I did a system restore there was no change. I've tried tweaking every option available but no luck. Thought I'd check and see if anyone had any ideas about what has happened. Thanks for any help you can give. Allison |
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Since I don't have a newsreader, I read it from Google Groups and it's
always pretty fast. Once in awhile it is a tiny bit slow to respond when I post something. Liz A. Kent, WA |
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Don't know, but the Windows XP updates have screwed up my 'puter more than
once. Linda "Allison" wrote in message ... For the past couple of months my newsreader has been much slower than normal. It can take up to 10 seconds to load a message now whereas before it was almost instantaneous. And the few times I've tried to post to the newsgroup I thought it was going to time out. I'm presently using the newsreader inside Netscape 7.2. I wondered if I had added a Windows XP update that messed things up but when I did a system restore there was no change. I've tried tweaking every option available but no luck. Thought I'd check and see if anyone had any ideas about what has happened. Thanks for any help you can give. Allison |
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I do not know what I'm talking about, worse than usual this time. My
neighbor wiped the pounds and pounds of cookies off my computer and it is reading faster now. It may be totally unrelated. Polly "Linda Sweigart" wrote in message news:QRWAe.2219$%b4.1359@trndny08... Don't know, but the Windows XP updates have screwed up my 'puter more than once. Linda "Allison" wrote in message ... For the past couple of months my newsreader has been much slower than normal. It can take up to 10 seconds to load a message now whereas before it was almost instantaneous. And the few times I've tried to post to the newsgroup I thought it was going to time out. I'm presently using the newsreader inside Netscape 7.2. I wondered if I had added a Windows XP update that messed things up but when I did a system restore there was no change. I've tried tweaking every option available but no luck. Thought I'd check and see if anyone had any ideas about what has happened. Thanks for any help you can give. Allison |
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My guess would be that you've picked up some spyware somewhere, rest assured
that it isn't gone yet. T "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... I do not know what I'm talking about, worse than usual this time. My neighbor wiped the pounds and pounds of cookies off my computer and it is reading faster now. It may be totally unrelated. Polly "Linda Sweigart" wrote in message news:QRWAe.2219$%b4.1359@trndny08... Don't know, but the Windows XP updates have screwed up my 'puter more than once. Linda "Allison" wrote in message ... For the past couple of months my newsreader has been much slower than normal. It can take up to 10 seconds to load a message now whereas before it was almost instantaneous. And the few times I've tried to post to the newsgroup I thought it was going to time out. I'm presently using the newsreader inside Netscape 7.2. I wondered if I had added a Windows XP update that messed things up but when I did a system restore there was no change. I've tried tweaking every option available but no luck. Thought I'd check and see if anyone had any ideas about what has happened. Thanks for any help you can give. Allison |
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Maybe that's what I have to do...find a different source for reading
newsgroups. I'll see if I can figure out Google Groups. Thanks Allison Liz A. wrote: Since I don't have a newsreader, I read it from Google Groups and it's always pretty fast. Once in awhile it is a tiny bit slow to respond when I post something. Liz A. Kent, WA |
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Polly Esther wrote: I do not know what I'm talking about, worse than usual this time. My neighbor wiped the pounds and pounds of cookies off my computer and it is reading faster now. It may be totally unrelated. Polly FWIW, I tried that and cleaning up my cookies made no difference for the newsgroups (did feel good getting rid of all that junk tho G!) Allison |
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Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote: My guess would be that you've picked up some spyware somewhere, rest assured that it isn't gone yet. T I thought of that and ran Spybot. Any others I should try? Allison |
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I adore Ad Aware - it works even better than the one my ISP provides.
-- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "Allison" wrote in message ... Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote: My guess would be that you've picked up some spyware somewhere, rest assured that it isn't gone yet. T I thought of that and ran Spybot. Any others I should try? Allison |
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Allison wrote:
Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote: My guess would be that you've picked up some spyware somewhere, rest assured that it isn't gone yet. T I thought of that and ran Spybot. Any others I should try? Allison Microsoft AntiSpyware is actually surprisingly good if you're running Windows. Can't hurt to give it a try. -- the black rose Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human Relations http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts 2005 BOMs: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blackrosequilts/my_photos -------- __o ----- -\. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- |
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