I have verizon DSL and whenever I try to go to AOL mail. My computer takes about a minute before anything happens. I have deleted my temp int files and cookies. What else could be causing my comp. to start running so slow?

First guess - spyware and othre rubbish like that.

Download the spyware programs in my signature and give those a shot. Ad-Aware & Spybot: S&D will work best if you run the scans in Safe Mode. Give us a shout if you don't know how to get into Safe Mode and we'll post some instructions.