"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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I want to let every one know that I removed Norton for a few hours. The
problem still persisted. That means that Norton is not the culprit. After
I removed Norton, I went into windows mail. When I clicked the mail header
to open the mail, I saw the message on the top task bar that windows mail
stopped responding. After about 10 seconds the mail opened and worked as
if nothing has happened.

Now, what next?

Noor:

Your patience to persist is laudable and appreciated.
Since Norton can be ruled out and your mail showed the same symptoms, the
finger points towards a connectivity problem.
It may originate with the server, or can be local. Your ingenuity will help
you to figure this one out.
Best of luck,

Harry.


Noor
"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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How about anti virus?

I am using Avast, but there are others, if you'd like, even paid ones.

I remember uninstalling Norton once when I was upgrading from 2009 to
2010 and I received message that my system is not secure. Anyways, I
will try it.

"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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Since this is intermittent problem, I have to leave Norton uninstalled
for a few days and that would be highly inconvenient.

What does Norton protect, which is not protected by windows firewall
and defender? And how 'intermittent' is your problem? I had the
impression it occurred at least once a day.


"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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You both have noted "Norton" in your response.

To test it, uninstall Norton and see what happens.
If no change, reinstall and investigate further.
Does that sound plausible?

As for System Mechanics, this service is not always running. I run
it manually when I want to. So does Malwarebytes.
Thanks
Noor
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
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Noor Motani wrote:
Recently I have noticed that what ever application I am in, often
it stops responding for a few seconds and then it starts
responding. I am operating Vista Home Premium 32bt. and have
Norton Internet Security 2010 running. No other programs running
at startup except sidebar.
I appreciate help on this matter. I have run full NIS scan, full
Malwarebytes, and full tune up in system mechanics 9.


There's not really much to go on here. Have you watched the Task
Manager to see what else is happening during the pauses? Though,
if I had to guess, I'd suspect the Norton bloat-ware of bogging the
system down, and there's also a fair chance that the use of a snake
oil product like System Mechanic caused some sort of damage.


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