Well I think that I finally narrowed down my problem with synthzone loading (well narrowed it to some extent).

I think the real problem is associated with IE. With IE you have the option of just clicking the icon to open the program.., OR you can right click the icon and choose another way of running IE and that's running it "without add-ons". Obviously you need add-ons to watch videos ect. When I run IE without add-ons I have NO issues at all and everything runs fine. IE only screws up on the Zone when IE is running with add-ons.

What I think is happening falls down to one or more add-ons failing and not loading properly. When IE is running efficiently with the add-ons the program is freakin huge when you look at it under task manager. When the program fails while add-ons is running however.., the IE program shows up MUCH smaller in size. So something is jacked with one of the add-ons, but I have a feeling that I won't be able to isolate which one is causing the problem.

So rather than continue to curse at this computer.., I'm just going to run IE without add-ons for when I'm not online to watch any vids...... I haven't the time or patience to narrow down which add-on is jacked up.

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 02-06-2009).]