Slow performance bring up web sites via cable modem

scan for viruses!! defrag your drives, do you have enough
RAM? is your drive filling up? disable all that automatic
updating checking for this and that XP is doing for you,
check how much system restore is using on your drives, in
general performance declines over time because your system
is bogged down with a bunch of crud, like my arteries
>-----Original Message-----
>I am a subscriber to internet via comcast broadband cable
>service. About a month or two ago In noticed that the
>speed of the service had gotten signifigantly slower. I
>believe the problem is with my computer in that tests of
>comcast line indicates that they are performing okay. In
>addition, when I hook up a friends portable to my service
>performanc is as peppy as it once was on my computer.
>This convinces me that the problem is not with Comcast
>but within my computer. Can anyone recommend fixes for
>my computer that will make it perform as it once did in
>accessing the internet of lead me to a location where
>this information may be found. I would sure appreciate
>it. Thanks, .
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