You didn't tell how your speed was upgraded, but one option would be to ask the same person to do it again (and maybe explain how he did it, so you can do it yourself next time).
And what always works, unless there are hardware issues, is to go back to factory conditions. Then it's as fast as it was when it was new 7 years (or more, so old is Vista already) ago.
Personally, I have no icons on my main screen to go to a site. Only an icon (in the task bar) to run a browser. Then there is no need to start it again for every site I want to see, but I can just type a few characters in the address bar and press enter. That's much faster.
I have Windows Vista. I had my speed upgraded, but now it has become very slow. When I click on an icon on my main screen to go to a site it may take minutes before I am at the site. Any suggestions?
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