OK, I'll send a trace-path thingy to you. I know I lack some understanding of the process but I don't understand how this will be helpful .. as I said, I connect to the site instantly, and the top frame loads right away. It's just that for the rest of all the graphics and text frames, etc .. it takes forever, and then they load slowly one at a time ... and the problem is intermittent .. for example, when I submitted the two posts above ... ZOOOM .. instant. Then, trying to open the page to read your reply .... got the frames and banners at the top and had to wait ages for the icons to load then the messages frame to open.

Thanks for your time to check this out, I really appreciate it. I have no doubt it's my browser that's the whole problem. I have double-checked all my settings, connections, security settings etc ... , scanned and ran the IE repair program, just in case there was a damaged file or something. I am not experiencing this slow load problem at any other website.

Doreen