Hi Sens, thanks for the quick response.
are you running anything like smiley central...etc? hotbar? etc...my search bar ??
No, nothing like that at all. The problem started about a week ago when the whole thing started to slow and then jam up. Whenever I switch on my PC a box appears saying that the shortcut to updater can't be found, and occasionally Internet explorer jumps in. I'm on AOL, BTW.
Englishman.