Maybe it's your anitvirus. My Internet was very slow using McAfee, but when I changed to AVG it's much better now. Could give it a shot and see.
When using Vista and either internet explorer 7 or foxfire, after using it for a short time (10 minutes) the browser either becomes very slow or freezes and I must exit and get back in. Any suggestions?

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