JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 computer is getting painfully slow over the last few weeks its getting to the point where I have to refresh a few times to get a page to load up. tonight Im trying to list items on ebay and as i go to the sell page it stops and doesnt download the full page so I cant continue, does the same for photobucket, some things I cant get on at all boardroom isnt so bad and 95% of the time page loads up ok as do other sites Ive just defragmented and deleted temp int files. this is about the extent of my knowledge on computers going slow. what else can I check ? tia Quote
JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 cant make head nor tail of that just done a speed test what do the results mean is it good or bad QUOTE Speed Test Results Date 07/07/08 22:25:33 Speed Down 1806.90 Kbps ( 1.8 Mbps ) Speed Up 239.57 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps ) Port 8095 Server speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk Quote
zoso Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Speed Test Results Date 07/07/08 22:25:33 Speed Down 1806.90 Kbps ( 1.8 Mbps ) Speed Up 239.57 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps ) Port 8095 Server speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk 2 ish Mbps ain't too shabby... Get Ad Aware and run that, have yougot lots of things in the icon tray (bottom right next to the time).. Quote
Stuart Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Not fantastically fast but OK and shouldn't be as noticeable as you say at those speeds. Windows Prefetch can cause issues like this I believe. Download a utility from here to sort it. Ccleaner clears all the temprary crap that gets stored. If they don't sort it then could be spyware or a virus. Have you got any anto-spyware and anti-virus software? Or a firewall? Quote
zoso Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Another good point to remember is if you don't shut your computer down fully (sleep, hibernate etc) it can run slow... After a while. A restart is a wonderful thing... Quote
JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 have yougot lots of things in the icon tray (bottom right next to the time).. in the left corner there is 9 things Ive restarted it a few times and no different, when I first got this computer it was really quick Quote
zoso Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 have yougot lots of things in the icon tray (bottom right next to the time).. in the left corner there is 9 things Ive restarted it a few times and no different, when I first got this computer it was really quick 9 is quite a few. If there is stuff like tom tom update, channel 4 od, and other programs in there you can right click and close them... frees things up a bit... But nothing that you are using... Quote
JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 Not fantastically fast but OK and shouldn't be as noticeable as you say at those speeds. Windows Prefetch can cause issues like this I believe. Download a utility from here to sort it. Ccleaner clears all the temprary crap that gets stored. If they don't sort it then could be spyware or a virus. Have you got any anto-spyware and anti-virus software? Or a firewall? tried to open both those links and it only opens half the info then seems to stop think it has antivirus avg Quote
danmo Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 do you use internet explorer or firefox? unless u have an apple, if so saffari is it? They should have options to clear private data, i.e. cookies, temp files, cache etc.. - try that. Whats the spec of the computer? Also do a windows update maybe, and get the latest version of the browser you are using. which broard band you use? if using virgin media do you have the old "big" box. the new ones are smaller and say virgin media instead of ntl on them. these tend to break, if you keep getting cut off then it's on it's way out too. How are you connected to the net? Wireless? whats the router, and card you use? Hope that helps, Dan Quote
zoso Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Best thing to do with a computer is ask a friendly geek to have a look... very difficult to do anything over the net... Quote
JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 in the bottom left it has java updates nokia pc suite avg free messenger not signed in safe remove hardware quicktime adsl modem not plugged in Quote
Stuart Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 If its the latest avg then it has a spyware check too. Do a scan Quote
JeffC Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 do you use internet explorer or firefox? unless u have an apple, if so saffari is it?They should have options to clear private data, i.e. cookies, temp files, cache etc.. - try that. Whats the spec of the computer? Also do a windows update maybe, and get the latest version of the browser you are using. which broard band you use? if using virgin media do you have the old "big" box. the new ones are smaller and say virgin media instead of ntl on them. these tend to break, if you keep getting cut off then it's on it's way out too. How are you connected to the net? Wireless? whats the router, and card you use? Hope that helps, Dan internet explorer done that (well did int files not cookies as im sure last time I lost passwords etc !) dell 9200 just done updates orange philips adsl connected by wire to computer kids computer wireless but turned off tonight Quote
zoso Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 in the bottom left it has java updates nokia pc suite avg free messenger not signed in safe remove hardware quicktime adsl modem not plugged in Well the nokia thing probably doesn't need to be on... but apart from that there is nothing sapping there... No firewall tho? Quote
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