Thats what says to me Eddy - I just read yr post before nearly x-posted - so here goes anyway
hmm...should just turn, even if it seems to turn forever.
But should not disappear, although just for a second...
And this for about 12 months you say at one point? I haven't been through all yr posts...
And both yr desktop and yr laptop, and off and on or always, or on only one of them...
Lets start with only one of them... the worse one..and include all the info of what it runs...
like...Avast 5 Free - Windows Defender - PC Tools Firewall Plus - SAS - Winpatrol Plus - MBAM - Firefox: WOT - No Script - Adblock Plus - IE8: WOT....just omit what does not apply - but so we only talking about one machine
Halley, I honestly think yr problem is with yr Microsoft, and most likely yr IE8 or yr update utility or ...
I suppose start somewhere simple - with yr Internet options - General - what do you have in yr search defaults Settings - Search provider (and disable all search suggestions for now) - make sure whatever is yr home page is also yr default Search Provider. make sure you have google and Opera also as Search Providers on yr list - find them with Find more search providers...at bottom left corner of inset screen
I will be back very soon - delete all yr browsing history and also go to Settings there and delete any temp internet files that may still be there in 'view files'...and finally for now, also open up 'view objects' and see if there is anything in there that is broken
Alsoyou might as well go here and run a test
- even just to check yr flashplayer is perform at optimum - checks java is up to date as well
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/ click Start Scanner - choose display only insecure, click start - scanner runs, generates report at finish
Alsoinfo about this - Netgear / Wirelesss Modem/Router - just what can for now, model number,etc..