Oh dear God there's a thread right under this one!
Does it always take forever for 1.7 games to loadYou know, on second thought, I probably lashed out too quickly. I'm very frustrated with my own game being so damn slow ever since I installed WA. After reading your post again, I can see how the problem might not be related. Then again, it might. It always helps to post in an existing thread rather than start a new one, if the problem is connected.