Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. No, the PC isn't on a network (I have a laptop and a desktop but they arn't connected). I've run C-Cleaner yesterday on the basis that thhis should clear out any extraneous junk, however the PC is still running slow. I've also updated my anti-virus (the database updates automatically, i.e. the virus database but I've updated the programme files manually). Do you or anyone else have any suggestions re programmes to detect and/or remove malware? Best, Kevin On Thu Oct 01 05:20:00 CDT 2009, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Are you on a network? Sounds like it may be looking or a network > device. > > This would take some tracking down, but could be done. > > All the best > > Steve > > _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Kevin Morris > Sent: Wednesday 30 September 2009 07:35 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] COMPUTER RUNNING VERY SLOW > > Hi all, I have a desktop running Windows Vista Home Premium and > Jaws 10. I'm finding > that, on logging in my PC frequently takes several minutes before > Jaws > starts voicing (it voices at the log-in screen), however after > logging in it > goes silent for several minutes. My wife tells me that the egg > timer is > running! On clicking on Internet Explorer 7 IE takes an eternity > to open and even > when it does open it often doesn't work with Jaws and I have to > close IE, > (Jaws then starts voicing again and, on clicking on IE again it > starts to > work with Jaws. Any suggestions as to what is happening hear > please? Cheers, Kevin > >