Hulda wrote:
>"IE, or Firefox or Opera depending on what I am using, is trying to=
>  communicate with C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe">>


It's a common misconception that this file belongs uniquely to Ms Office. 
Although it's part of the Office installation, it has other functions and 
does not get removed when you uninstall Office. I've never had Office not 
any part of it installed on this computer, yet Ctmon.exe is in my Windows 
folder. I'm pretty sue it's actually part of XP.

It's removal may, but probably won't, impact on other programs. It might be 
a protected system file, in which case you may not be able to rename or 
remove it easily. Try renaming it (which will effectively disable it). Run 
MsConfig or any good startup manager, and make sure it's not set to run at 
startup.  Make sure also that no part of Office is set to run. Reboot and 
see what happens.

You might find some help here:
http://www.actualtools.com/forum/read.php?FID=9&TID=63

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

Whether it is the actual cause of your problems or not remains to be seen 
by trial and error.

Possibly it's simply that your satellite system does not download data 
quickly enough to keep pace with streaming video, especially if it is 
high-quality video. Hi-Definition video, for example, is still beyond what 
most internet pipelines are capable of. It's coming, but probably only to 
those lucky enough to have fibre-optic cable direct to the house.

Don Penlington


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