messenger typing delay

From: Randy Stiles (stilesr_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:26:05 -0800

What causes a delay between keyboard entry and the text showing up in the dialog box for Windows Messenger? Sometimes the delay is up to a minute between the actual keystroke and the text displaying. My wife is getting really annoyed with the delay and I've tried everything I can think of. I've checked background processes during her messenger sessions, nothing seems to be taking an extreme amount of resources from the system.

system: pentium 2Ghz w/448Mb ram
os: windows XP
modem connection @ 44kbps