Is your Windows XP installation completely up to date? And what browser are you using? If you are using IE 6 then it's NOT the latest browser from Microsoft and you should download IE 7 from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
I would also suggest installing Firefox 2 as your default browser from
www.mozilla.com
If you've read many of the threads on OTS you also know that the majority of us know Norton SUCKS!!! I would suggest going to
www.avast.com and downloading the free version of Avast! for an antivirus or installing AVG Free from
http://www.free.grisoft.com You can get a fairly decent firewall from
www.ghostsecurity.com It may even be your security software that is causing problems. Norton sometimes prevents stuff from working
without asking about it and uses too many resources on PCs anyway. It will sometimes even be inconsistent - allowing something to work for 1 user but not another.