I find the full scan of MSE fairly fast. Are you sure that your disk is not badly fragmented as that would slow it down quite a bit.

H,

It might be. I'll look when the run finishes.

Does it get faster with familiarity of the disk?

TP

Opti, we use NTL (Virgin) business broadband across our network, and it works fine. We have a couple of Netgear Firewall routers connected in to the NTL modem, and this provides broadband to around 10 PCs.

I haven't a clue about how it's set up though, as our tame PC / network man did it all, but I don't think it was particularly difficult to set up - other than when he tightened the security on it up so much it was slower than dial up! I'm happy to have a look at setting when I have a mo if it's any help.

You may need to degragment it a couple of times in a row if you have large files that it hasn't manged to defragment.

H,

What defragger do you use? I'm using Defraggler.

I'm on Vista and the MS one with it does not have a nice coloured chart - which made me wonder what, if anything, it ever did.

TP

I use Smart Defrag.

H.

Thanks.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Still scanning. 16hrs 23 mins!!

TP

If most of your disk is files that you know are free of viruses, e.g. photo files, then there is probably a way to tell it not to scan those files. It is probably going through gigabytes of quite safe files.

Thanks K,

I have masses of web photos and music so I can tell it to avoid those. And presumably the Acronis replicas of the C drive.

TP

Yep :-)

K,

Interesting how the map from Defraggler and Smart Defrag looks totally different.

And golly, my USB backup is a real mess. S D says it has six hours work there.

TP

SC

Thanks for your comments.

I don't mind setting a firewall up but NTL settings are another matter as NTL provide zero information. Did the Netgear units connect staight away to the NTL modem? Have you any idea what model you are using?

TP

I normally use the quickscan option which takes only a few minutes.

If you want a good defragmenter, buy Diskeeper which is availible on trial.

Crocodile any idea what is causing this.

Nov 2009 new Dell 64 bit desktop, 4 processor, 8 gig ram, Windows 7

With IE 8, Google Chrome, Firefox browsers Moneyam stockwatch appears very small with streaming on, without streaming appears OK. rest of the page OK, Opera Browser performs OK with stockwatch normal size.

Tried everything still the same problem.

IE8 has a 'Status Bar', which you can activate as follows:

Right click on a blank part of the Tool Bar at the top of the IE8 browser screen.

Up pops an information bar with various selections ticked.

The selection we are looking for is 'Status Bar'. Ensure it is ticked.

If you now go down to the bottom of the screen to the RHS you will see something like '+100%' with an additional selection arrow to the RHS of that. A click on it will allow you to zoom the screen graphics In and Out from 400% to 50% or even Custom as well.

You need to look for something similar with whatever other browser you choose.

You should also check to see that you have the correct and most uptodate JAVA installed. (See the link at the top of the Stockwatch screen)

PS. Welcome to MoneyAM. Very sadly and unfortunately, 'Crocodile' (David Andersen), the originator of this thread and lots, lots more besides, died in his sleep back in 2004. He was a friend to many on here and is still greatly missed. His memory lingers on when users take advantage of this greatly used thread.

Thank,s Execline but all that does is expand the money AM screen it does not alter the streaming prices watchlist part of the screen which stays the same very small.

Have you tried Tools, Compaitbility View Settings in IE 8. Then tick 'Display all sites in compatibility view.

Yes tried that, also tried Windows 7 run previous versions of windows facility

Are you uing a zoom factor other than 100%?

The Java applet may not be affected by the zoom setting.

ctrl +

??

No now at 100%