I have Compaq Presario laptop with windows xp, dsl and plenty of memory. I am retired and an amatuer on computers. 'Simple explanations please.
You probably have been asked this a thousand time but I will go for once more.

When I go to open my browser (Mozilla Firefox) and homepage Yahoo from either standby or when computer is off, it takes a long time usually to open Firefox and the homepage. Once in a while they open right up but that is seldom. Samething for Outlook Express email. Usually I have to wait 3-5 min. to get going.

After they eventually open everything works fast and very good. I have run all the maintenance stuff I can find. Defragment, volume. thanks much.
from Nebraska.