The main point about this thread (which I can't find any more either, even with a crafty search) is that be uninstalling BONJOUR, the Error 1603 went away. It looks like they purged stuff pre...

That is so.

To answer your question we need to know:

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The full model name of your computer

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The original RAM model details

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The new RAM model details

@Adamsappleone

First, let me say that the advice you are providing to the OP is entirely valid and I'm not challenging that, especially the stuff I omitted (defragmentation etc).

Second, on...

Disagree - partly. The second sentence above is quite correct. The first sentence I dispute.

To form a balanced view, one does need the CPU/RAM/Disk information to set off against the startup...

Didn't he say he'd done that in post #3?

He's not very clear, is he?

Great. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.

RAM, CPU speed and disk RPM are the three factors affecting load times as much as what to load.

Rather than keeping it vague which makes our replies vague, you should do the following:

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Tell...

So, is it back to normal or do you have a problem still?

It wasn't clear from your first report what "it" meant - the router port or the PC port.

There's many things it could be and not a hardware fault. A setting may have gone adrift, like the device...

What about another port on the linksys router/modem? Does that work with your PC?

Yes - your theory is correct. 64 bit programs reside in Program Files and 32 bit programs in Program Files(X86).

This structure supports the virtual machine mode used by 32 bit programs.

Hope...

Don't be stupid! These are your prejudices. Each browser has its set of problems and FF is no exception (Google Firefox problems).

And your security point is absolutely ridiculous. FF is as...

The Registry entry is correct for the device.

Can you boot off the CD/DVD? If the light comes on and it behaves "correctly" at POST then if it boots off a CD/DVD we can rule out a hardware...

How about uninstalling it in Device Manager. Then reboot and let Windows rediscover and reinstall the hardware.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

How about the above link?

All I can suggest is that you go to Device Manager, alight on the CD/DVD device, check its status and in any case re-install the drivers.

Then report.

You're welcome. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.

You can download from Microsoft a 32 bit version of Internet Explorer and you run that instead of IE 64 bit.

Also, to back up kaninelupus' rant, these boot up time threads are useless unless firm measurement rules are set. It only matters if we have benchmark conditions and one person could volunteer to...

So you can mark this thread as SOLVED!

If it happens with the FireFox browser as well, then it's likely to be a JavaScript error which could be the fault of the other end; you execute their Javascript.

The easiest way of not letting it...

Could you please describe the sequence of what you do and when it happens?

i.e What were you trying to get IE to do.

Also your PC specification.

Yeah - the simple solutions are the best solutions!

It might be asking too much for others to tell you the risks of using specific OCX controls under Windows 7.

The questions you ask about replacements for the unsupported OCXs is reasonable. Have...

Exactamundo. When I googled it, I came across some potentially interesting offerings.

Wonder what the OP thinks.

Didn't you Google "opensource windows file explorer" and then try one/some of the offerings? And THEN let us have your recommendations.

Too kind.

Anyway, that damn sig website is all in Danish - so of limited use to our forum members!

Maybe rajuguru really meant it. In which case, thanks. LOL.

Nice one, balaiz.

You could go back to the system restore point before Vista was updated and see if it works (as it presumably did before)
You would go into Control Panel/System/System Protection

Then go forward...

It was the "No action taken" that bothered me.

Did you checkmark all the found items and specify remove selected? If not, that needs to be done and the PC restarted. Then you can report on the symptoms again.

It may be necessary to do a...

Again, your wording is slightly confusing, but I have read your words as meaning this:

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With router connected to the modem and PC wired to the router, internet works ALL THE TIME.

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With...

It's not clear what you're saying. I read the following:

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If you connect directly to the DSL modem, you're fine with the internet.

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If you reset both modem & router and connect via the...

LOL. I'm just Mr. Slightly Nicer Guy than you!

It looks like Mcafee or something might have detected and removed a trojan, the evidence being:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

The trojan may have done...

To reinforce what kaninelupus has said - you are posting a load of rubbish. Utter b*llox.

XP(32) recognises up to 4GB of RAM of which 2GB is available to any one application; multiple...

Nice to see you again.

You didn't reply to any of my suggestions but I'd like to add one more (although we still don't know how you define "sluggish" - where it happens and how it manifests.

If...

In your case, I believe that there was a coincidence of events; like something caught in the fan that eventually blew away or something like that - ish. Windows won't have anything to do with the...

Yeah - but you thought of that first. So I had to come up with something else!