Hello - I tried following the 'optimizing directions' but those did not work. This started a few weeks ago in hotmail - I've never had this problem before. Everything is so slow. I click on New Message and it takes 10 seconds or more to even open - to write a new e-mail, it takes 10-15 seconds trying t even get a cotact person on the To line and then once you type, the typing is totally delayed.... you can type 4-9 words before they actually show up. This is only happening on hotmail account websites - no other ones. So it is hotmail related. Is there a patch I should be looking for or a fix for this as it seems common.

Hi slowspeed.

Try to optimize your browser to make sure that this slowness is not contributing to your issue. Check out the link below for info on how you can do this:

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/accounts/archive/2009/03/03/How-to-optimize-Internet-Explorer-browser.aspx

I suggest that you also close all the other programs that are running aside from your e-mail, and verify if you’ll still encounter this slowness.