Its not your laptop but your wifi router/access point that is blocking sites. Talk to the person who is in charge of networking on the campus,...
Run chkdsk to check for logical disk problems. Could also be spyware. Check thoroughly with anti virus/malware and/or post in Malware Removal...
There should be only one hosts file in the following location : C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc Open it in Notepad & copy contents over here.
One more reason to put off upgrading to Microsoft's latest & greatest IE. Let others do the debugging for you.
Can you ping hotmail.com ? Also check your hosts file in Windows directory for any redirection.
Creating folders/files on Desktop is a strict no no with me as it complicates the issue if Windows goes down & you have to backup the system to...
*nix has touch command. A Windows version is available here but I have no idea if it can handle directories. Worth a try.
As has already been posted by Rick_E, check the router DHCP table to see if anyone else is pigging back. Also turning on the security is a good...
Has she turned off & on the router when it slows down ? Does it make any difference ?
Yup, just a matter of chance I guess. Anyway, since I use FF I plan to put off IE9 installation for a couple of weeks & see how things pan out.
Downloading Microsoft Word from where ?
You should also check your RAM. I have also resolved this problem by disabling disk cache in Hardware properties. Try that too.
Installation of an Win 7 update KB2454826 is a requirement for installing IE9. I have heard a lot of horror stories about this update. Is it safe...
You should run thorough virus/malware scan to see if something is installed on your system & phoning back. Just in case.
Type "cmd" in RUN command & then "IPCONFIG /ALL" on DOS Prompt.
Your laptop may still be in warranty. Talk to Compaq/HP.
A wild guess - power supply ?
Have you also installed FF 4 ?
Why don't you just open the 2 folders in Explorer & copy from the old hard drive to the new ?
Hunt down the cds that came with your computer. They would contain the necessary drivers.
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