I'm not seeing nothing wrong
Keep in mind, I want you too keep Zone Alarm running
You need at least one active firewall running, but you don't need both ZA and Windows firewall running
Try the following
Go to START>>>RUN>>>type in services.msc
Hit OK
In the next window, look on the right hand side for this service
name---- Windows Firewall
Double click on it--- STOP the service--If running
In the drop down menu, change the startup type to Disabled
Reboot the computer
Does that make a difference?
If not, what is the last program you remember installing before the slowdown
I would also get more RAM for this computer!