I second that.
You may also wound up with a lot of “addons”, spyware, etc.
Have you run any spyware checks lately.
This is very often the problem with slow computers.
For example:
http://spybot.com/en/index.html
Also, if your problems are mostly occuring during browsing, you might consider using Firefox instead of IE.
The install is easy.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
John is a good man.
John was trying to be GENTILE,? Too late!