Hi David A simpler solution is to use something else Windows Essentials perhaps Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > If anyone has Windows 7 and uses Kaspersky Internet Security and has > recently been experiencing slow response times opening web sites, installed > programmes, files etc as I have, here is the answer. > > > > Windows updates are causing a conflict between Windows 7 and Kaspersky. The > short term answer is to uninstall/reinstall Kaspersky; you will notice a big > improvement. It is quite likely to reoccur, however, when the next Windows > update is downloaded. I understand that Kaspersky will be eventually > providing an update that permanently fixes the problem. > > > > David Railton