I have 2 PC that I networked P2P with a Hub, One is XP the other is Win 2K both pro. Both comp connect to the internet through an external modem. Win 2K connects through the Win XP Which works fine when I am suffing the the net(I mean opens fast enough). But after awhile it starts to take a very long time for the web browser to open this also affects the Win 2K comp. But when I do RESTORE on the Win XP comp to a previous day before the slow down, the browser will start to open the way it is suppose to. DOES ANY BODY HAVE AN IDEA WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM OR WHAT I SHOULD DO TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING?

Try this 1st . ( It may not apply ) Slow IE . 4) Better Than Rogaine http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-04-28.htm Start > Find > Files or folders , type into the top space > Hosts (no extension, just Hosts . Make sure you are in C drive ) & press Enter . You may have 2 hosts files , 1 is a sample ( SAM ) file . The other is associated to this > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip http://technoerotica.net/mylog/hostfile.html SpyBot have a Host file list . http://beam.to/spybotsd If you would like to completely disable your Hosts file, rename it to "Hosts.txt". When you want to use it again, change it back to "Hosts". http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/how_to_use_hosts.html http://www.sover.net/~whoi/Security1.html http://members.rogers.com/hfc/HostFileChecker.zip Host File Checker Searches through your System's Host file and removes duplicate entries from the Host file. Your Host file allows you to block sites of your choice by IP or name. Ensure that comments have been taken out of the Host File since it will most likely include that as part of the duplication check. ------ Make sure the cable connecting your phone line , is as short as possible . ------------------- http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=958 Another way to fix IE6 slow page load with XP . Here's an easier way to get to index.dat file as addresse in another tweak submitted here. 1. click on Internet Explorer 2. go to to your root dir (usually C:) 3. open Documents and Settings folder 4. open "your username folder" 5. open UserData 6. **close IE if you have it open** rename index.dat to index.old logoff and log back on (don't need to restart) open up IE and go to a web page or site that always seemed to load slowly. It should load a lot more quickly now. NOTE. Always rename or backup .dat or other system files before deleting. ------------------ http://www.subdiv.net/articles/xp/xp3.htm Internet Explorer 6 Starts Running Slow If Internet Explorer (IE) 6 is slowing to a crawl and/or hanging and starts to use 100 percent of CPU time it may well be a corruption of the "Temporary Internet Files folder". In particular, trying to delete Temporary Internet files via Tools, Internet Options or other privacy software seems to trigger this behavior. Also, attempts to view files in the Temporary Internet Files folder may show the folder as already empty when it is not. This behavior occurs because the Temporary Internet files database is corrupt. The Temporary Internet files aren't really files but entries in %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat. Deleting that file solves the problem. This same problem has occured for NT users and the fix works for XP. 1. Open a command prompt window on the desktop (Start/Run/command). 2. Exit IE and Windows Explorer (iexplore.exe and explorer.exe, respectively, in Task Manager, i.e - Ctrl-Alt-Del/Task Manager/Processes/End Process for each). 3. Use the following command exactly from your command prompt window to delete the corrupt file: C:\>del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat" 4. Restart Windows Explorer with Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del/Task Manager/Applications/New task/Browse/C:\Windows\explorer.exe[or your path]) or Shutdown/Restart the computer from Task Manager. IE should now work properly. ---------------------- If the above do'nt help , give it a good clean out & speed up your Internet browsing . http://shellcity.net/cgi-bin/DB_Search/db_search.cgi?setup_file=alphapage.setup.cgi&submit_search=yes&alpha=0-9 http://www.1cleanup.com/ http://www.1cleanup.com/download.cfm 1CLEANUP.......... And / Or , http://www.fsm.nl/ward/ Spider finds hidden Url's that other mean's don't . Cleans > 1 . Hidden Url's . 2 . Temporary Internet Files . 3 . History Files . 4 . Cookies . Click on Spider , not Spider Bite . And / Or Index.dat Delindex works in Win98 and WinME . http://www.burzurq.com/forum/delindex.html The primary purpose of Delindex is to delete Index.dat files which are never resized, and only get bigger. These files contain all your web surfing history since they were (re)created, and large index.dat files can cause performance issues with browsing. Index.dat files cannot be deleted if Explorer is running. The secondary purpose is to delete junk files for reasons of space, privacy, and performance. Delindex is "stand-alone" program and requires no installation and no other files to run. All notes are within the program, so there are no separate ReadMe or Help files. ---------- Not networking , this will help . 1) Tools -> Internet Options 2) Connections tab 3) LAN Settings 4) Uncheck "Automatically Detect Settings" ------------ You can protect your comp from Spyfiles by using these 3 programs . http://beam.to/spybotsd What does SpyBot-Search & Destroy? SpyBot-S&D searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display. But many of these modules also transmit information about your surfing behaviour and more to the net. If SpyBot-S&D finds such modules, it can remove them - or replace them with empty dummies in case their host software won't run with its bot removed. In most cases, the host still runs fine after removing the bot. For a list of 'supported' bots see the feature lists below. The Spybot-S&D interface is so easy, that updates just require replacing a file of about 80k in size. Those updates are distributed by my software mailinglist, over this page and are also available from inside the programs update section. Another feature of Spybot S&D is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Opera. Make sure you use the SpyBot > Online > Update button regularly . ----- http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. How? By setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. 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