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Originally posted by wwfc_barmy_army
You don't have a firewall?!?!? Thats is now-a-days a must while surfing the internet. A hacker will track you down in no time. I suggest you get a firewall and quick.
Pete.
Anyways here is the thing. This is going to sound strange but Plus! Plugins can cause a PC's signin time to greatly increase if they have a huge initilization routine. Try this, Press CTRL+ALT+DEL since you are running Windows XP click the Processes tab. Look for msnmsgr.exe and click End Processes > yes. Do the same for MsgPlus.exe. Then open MSN Messenger again (Pluls! will not hook at all because the process for hooking is not running.) Is your signin time still slow?
If you are using MSN Messenger 7 then goto Tools > Options > Connection > Test Connection (Note you cannot be signed in. This will give you an idea of how fast it is actually connecting at)
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