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  • Internet Explorer Is Slow or Does Not Perform Like It Should
    1. Disable Plugins, Addons, or Bars one at a time to try and determin if one of these is causing the problem.
    2. Reset the Internet Explorer Setting by browsing to a button under tools -> internet options -> advanced called "Reset Internet Explorer Settings".
    On IE 6.0 it is the "restore defaults" button
  • English is my second language.  Is there a way to change the language on my computer?
    Micorsoft has a great article on this topic.  Check it out here !
  • Tweak Firefox to make it run and browse faster:
    In your address bar, type "about:config" without quotes
Change the following settings:
network.http.max-connections: 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6
network.http.pipelining: true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining: true
exit firefox and restart it, you will see a real increase in speed.