My guess is that it's the IE update OR the 'crypto' update (I don't remember what it was literally called).

Why on earth are they checking every keystroke??? On my 1.8 ghz P4, if I type really fast, I simply do NOT see ANY characters until I stop typing... lines and lines worth! That sucks.

I actually hope a few million users experience this major slowdown so the gripe goes straight up the food-chain.

Bring back DOS !