On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:43:51 -0400, Skip Press wrote
(in message <010820030746328733%skippress[at]earthlink.net>):

> I know I did something but I can't remember what. Suddenly my internet
> programs - Eudora and Thoth newsreader, have slowed typing speeds, like
> I'm typing through molasses or something. Is this an extension thing? I
> encountered this a long time ago and forgot what the fix is. Any help
> would be appreciated.

Slow typing speeds can result if there are too many applications open at the
same time, taxing virtual memory. The cure is to either add more real memory
or too cut down the number of concurrent applications.

-- James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

In article <0001HW.BB8B2E3F00315413F0284600[at]news.east.earthlink.net>,
James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft[at]mac.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:43:51 -0400, Skip Press wrote
> (in message <010820030746328733%skippress[at]earthlink.net>):
>
> > I know I did something but I can't remember what. Suddenly my internet
> > programs - Eudora and Thoth newsreader, have slowed typing speeds, like
> > I'm typing through molasses or something. Is this an extension thing? I
> > encountered this a long time ago and forgot what the fix is. Any help
> > would be appreciated.
>
> Slow typing speeds can result if there are too many applications open at the
> same time, taxing virtual memory. The cure is to either add more real memory
> or too cut down the number of concurrent applications.

Another thing is Norton Anti-Virus. If you install that it just screws
with Internet apps for some reason. I had the same one and the same
problems - I lost Norton and everything was normal again.