"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

Turning off and/or blocking a lot of things helps there - certainly ad.s
(ABP or the other one), and probably a good hosts file.

I googled for a "good hosts file" and found this "WINHELP" hosts file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

I just installed it so I won't know if it works or not, so I thank you for
that suggestion. I already don't see some ads, so that's a bonus right
there.