Computer problem--speed & browser trouble

[Bestbank Tiger]

I've already defragged and run Checkdisk, and it's still running slower than tech research under Fundamentalism.

The worst part is that I have a page bookmarked that has other ways to deal with this, but I can't get to it. When I try to open Opera, the hourglass cursor comes up for a while, then it goes back to the arrow, but Opera doesn't open. If I try to open it again, it tells me Opera is already open. I searched trhough the Opera folder but couldn't find my bookmarks.

Anything I can do to fix Opera and the overall slow pace of the computer?

 

[ainwood]

I would suggest running a virus scanner, and a spyware remover.

For spyware, try AdAware.
For virus scanner, try AVG - they have a free trial version (which I believe you can renew indefinitely - so its basically free).

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Thanks for the quick reply!!

I have the McAfee security suite and am running it right now. That shouldn't be a problem because it's always up to date, but I'm doing a full scan just to be sure.

I did a little more poking around, and Opera shows up on the Processes tab but not the Applications tab when I hit CTRL-Alt-Delete. I also disabled the modem and tried to open Opera but got the same result. Didn't think that would make a difference but sometimes strange things happen.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Another followup--wasn't spyware. :banghead:

 

[Shadylookin]

i recommend uninstalling opera and then reinstalling it to see if that improves anything

 

[ainwood]

Is it only Opera that is slow? What about other applications? If its only Opera, then I suggest you try a different browser.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Everything's slower than normal, especially the browsers (both Opera and IE).

Defragging, checkdisk, disk cleanup, spyware check, virus check all done--none of it fixed the problem.

This is weird. Thanks for all the dieas...let me know if you think of anything else it might be.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Everything's working again...