Ok, I was not sure where to post this, but hopefully someone can help me. About 3 months ago, I reformated my computer because it was really messed up and people on here decided that I should just reformat it. Well, I did everything alright, and it was fine. But now, after about 1 month and a half, there are some problems goin on. It takes about 2 minutes to logon. The computer I'm tryin to fix, is a 56k modem, and it takes a long time to log off. I have Earthlink on it. And then, when I go to log out, that also takes about 2 minutes, and there are like 4-5 programs that need to be closed by windows. There is also a big problem with pop up adds, and it doesn't seem like anything is saving preferences. For instance, I do not want the computer to dial a connection if there isn't one present, and even when I tell it not to and apply it, it still does it the next time I log on. We have a Dimension 4500, with a pentium 4 and 256 MB of memory with 40 gigs of space. If anyone could help, I would very much appreciate this, and agian, I was not sure where to post this.