Hey Bert! thanks for coming to my rescue!
I got on to the system Monitor on the server, after Neal from AC said he didn't think it was a primary AC problem. I had seen where all of my 8 GB of server Ram was being consumed. Even when AC was opened on the server, it was as slow as pouring maple syrup outside during a maine winter.
AVG was eating up 50 -60% of the RAM, and it was not in the middle of a scan. I temporarily suspended AVG onthe server and the system monitor immediately showed 2 GB being used and the CPU usage was down to 5-12 %. I don't know why after 2-3 months on the server, AVG would act up and command so many resources.
Thanks for responding,
Tom