I'm happy to report things are still working fast on Acutiva so it appears whatever was making things slow down so much is no longer a problem.
thanks for the tip on flashblock monsta053...just donwloaded it and will try it out today.
I switch between IE, Firefox and Google Chrome for browsing as they each have things I like. i.e.: For some reason IE is the fastest for loading images to Auctiva. I like Chrome but there are a few sites that are not compatible.