Scott,

A couple of things you might want to check before you go crazy. Your anti-virus software may be checking and /or cleaning web pages prior to loading into your browser. Also, some pop-up blockers have been known to affect performance. Thirdly, you may be loading pages which are heavy with Javascript/java applets and your Java/Javascript settings within the browswer may have changed. Check your status bar to see if your getting Java errors.

One last thing you may want to do is clear out your temporary files, prefetch files, and your browser history. This could be causing the browser to search for cached copies of web pages you are visiting and thus taking much longer than necessary if your cache is abnormally full!

Hope some of this helps and cures your problem. Please keep us posted on your progress.

Al