Did Windows Update Cause Your Page Loading to Slow to a Crawl?
Having Internet Issues lately? Did you do the latest Windows Update recently?
I did...and apparently it enabled the Windows Firewall with no apparent way to turn it off. I already run a firewall that is part of my a/v, and dueling firewalls make your internet slow to a crawl.
What worked for me was disabling the firewall portion of my a/v completely for about 15 minutes. Then I re-enabled it from within my a/v program. When I went back to check the state of my Windows Firewall again, it had now shut itself off, deferred to my already installed and active firewall, and I was able to load pages again.
If you are having issues after the latest Windows Update, check to ensure you are not suffering from dueling Firewalls.
