Thanks Milady, Did you ever have a problem with Earthlink Total Access hogging too many resources? christy ----- Original Message ----- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:05 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: programs opening slow or hanging up/total earthlink access > You CAN get into Earthlink without use of their software..if you want..I > used to use it that way..you just set up a network link with one of their > phone numbers and get in without any use of their software. Which means > you > don't even NEED the software loaded.. > ml > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:54 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- programs opening slow or hanging up/total > earthlink > access > > > Hi, > I am having a problem on my "newer" computer the Dell. Basically seems > its > been this way since I have had it for less than a year. Most programs I > seem to open, opens sooo slowly it drives me insane and sometimes the hour > glass thing hangs and I have to end it. It happens on my microsoft word > documents, my photo LE Suite program, even sometimes like opening a folder > in a directory. I was thinking that something must be hogging my memory > or > something maybe. I did the cntl, alt , delte and 46-47 processes are > running. Is there a way for me to see what programs are starting up when > I > cut the computer on and perhaps what I can rid of to speed up my computer? > I have I think about 512 mg memory, something like that. I use Total > Earthlink Access dial up and wondered if that was making other programs > sluggish. > > thanks, > cristy > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/