Hotmail Pages Slow to Load
Anyone else experienced this annoying problem?........
Sony VIAO Desktop, P4, 2.4Ghz, 80G H.D., Windows XP, IE6, cable fed, behind a router hardware firewall and a software firewall.
Everything was working great until I downloaded a multitude of Critical Updates, Security Updates and Recommended Updates, a Cumulative Patch IE 6, SP 1 & SP 1 (Express) as well as a few other peripheral upgrades.
The e-mail server is MSN Hotmail.
Ever since the downloads, every time an e-mail message in Hotmail is selected, the status bar shows a rapid page load to about 99%, then it freezes the computer for exactly 2 minutes before the page loads and other functions and page selections become available.
This only happens with Hotmail. All else works fine.
Tried adjusting the various 'options' and all the settings I could think of. No Joy! Ran a virus check & it comes up clean. Disconnected & reconnected the firewalls. No change.
I'm stumped.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.