Hi Jo:

Well, I just went downstairs to check up on these people.
I first did a scan disc (no problems).

Now I'm doing a defrag. This will take a long time.

The thing that I think is happening is that they may have two security things going on.

They have Macafee (an icon on the desktop) and last night I saw it up on the screen indicating "updating" or something to that effect.

Then, when they go on AOL, the screen says "AOL security , blah blah.

Now I know you can't have two security systems working on a computer (this is what my computer genius son once told me, ...too bad we are not communicating any more, because I'd be on the phone with him.

But do you think this might be the problem.
That they have a Macafee thing and the AOL security thingl. Maybe these two things running is what is making the Emachine slow.

But then again, we are talking EMachines here. I have no clue.

Thanks,
Melody