Slow internet

[Guest Korea92]

recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site. there

is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to fix this?

thanks :P

 

btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly, but

there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

internet.

btw btw i have comcast :)

[Guest Mick Murphy]

RE: Slow internet

 

http://www.speedtest.net/

 

Use the above to check your Broadband speeds, against what your ISP is

supposed to be suppling you.

--

Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia

 

 

"Korea92" wrote:

> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site. there

> is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to fix this?

> thanks :P

>

> btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly, but

> there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

> internet.

> btw btw i have comcast :)

[Guest Plato]

Re: Slow internet

 

=?Utf-8?B?S29yZWE5Mg==?= wrote:

>

> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

 

clean out cache, temporary internet files, delete all windows temp/tmp

files. Defrag. Make sure you have enough space left on C: as you always

want at least 10 gig free on C:

 

 

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[Guest Gerry]

Re: Slow internet

 

Plato

 

Having a reasonable amount of free disk space helps towards good system

performance but how do you fix on a figure of 10 gb? The volume might be

any size from 20 gb to 500 gb. I doubt that performance would be good

where 490 gb of the volume was being used?

 

 

 

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Gerry

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FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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Plato wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?S29yZWE5Mg==?= wrote:

>>

>> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

>

> clean out cache, temporary internet files, delete all windows temp/tmp

> files. Defrag. Make sure you have enough space left on C: as you

> always want at least 10 gig free on C:

[Guest nass]

RE: Slow internet

 

 

 

"Korea92" wrote:

> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site. there

> is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to fix this?

> thanks :P

>

> btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly, but

> there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

> internet.

> btw btw i have comcast :)

 

Can you tell us more about your operating system version +SP?, software,

updates recently installed..etc

Do you do your housekeeping by cleaning temp, scan for malware/viruses and

uninstall the old games which you played and not available anylonger.

How much Disk space you have got and how much RAM installed.

HTH,

nass

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website: http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[Guest Alias]

Re: Slow internet

 

Plato wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?S29yZWE5Mg==?= wrote:

>> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

>

> clean out cache, temporary internet files, delete all windows temp/tmp

> files. Defrag. Make sure you have enough space left on C: as you always

> want at least 10 gig free on C:

>

>

 

No, you want 15% free. I have XP on a ten gig drive and it works just

fine. I have a client with a 20 gig drive with 5 gigs free and it runs

like silk.

 

Alias

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Slow internet

 

Have you removed the Registry Cleaner?

 

Have you installed any memory optimisers? If yes remove them.

 

How much RAM?

 

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance

Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Korea92 wrote:

> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site.

> there

> is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to

> fix this? thanks :P

>

> btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer

> directly, but there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it

> isnt using any internet.

> btw btw i have comcast :)

[Guest Korea92]

RE: Slow internet

 

well.. i have service pack 2, and there was an update for sp3, but i didnt

get it because i thought my computer wuldnt be able to handle it.. my

internet has been slow before this update so im pretty sure its not my SP. I

regularly scan for virus/spyware, defrag and clean registry+temp internet

folders. i have more than 50% free harddrive space. and i have 448 mb of ram.

thanks for the reply guys

 

"nass" wrote:

>

>

> "Korea92" wrote:

>

> > recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> > whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site. there

> > is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> > also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to fix this?

> > thanks :P

> >

> > btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly, but

> > there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

> > internet.

> > btw btw i have comcast :)

>

> Can you tell us more about your operating system version +SP?, software,

> updates recently installed..etc

> Do you do your housekeeping by cleaning temp, scan for malware/viruses and

> uninstall the old games which you played and not available anylonger.

> How much Disk space you have got and how much RAM installed.

> HTH,

> nass

> ---

> website: http://www.nasstec.co.uk

>

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Slow internet

 

Do a Chkdsk on C: for an inconsistent state. Also verify your hard drive

channel is operating at it's optimal mode ( UDMA ) and not PIO. Either

of these conditions will cause a noticeable loss of performance.

 

"Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:C0410AC8-FE0B-4431-A227-CD4EA601011D@microsoft.com...

> well.. i have service pack 2, and there was an update for sp3, but i didnt

> get it because i thought my computer wuldnt be able to handle it.. my

> internet has been slow before this update so im pretty sure its not my SP.

> I

> regularly scan for virus/spyware, defrag and clean registry+temp internet

> folders. i have more than 50% free harddrive space. and i have 448 mb of

> ram.

> thanks for the reply guys

>

> "nass" wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> "Korea92" wrote:

>>

>> > recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

>> > whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site.

>> > there

>> > is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

>> > also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to

>> > fix this?

>> > thanks :P

>> >

>> > btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly,

>> > but

>> > there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

>> > internet.

>> > btw btw i have comcast :)

>>

>> Can you tell us more about your operating system version +SP?, software,

>> updates recently installed..etc

>> Do you do your housekeeping by cleaning temp, scan for malware/viruses

>> and

>> uninstall the old games which you played and not available anylonger.

>> How much Disk space you have got and how much RAM installed.

>> HTH,

>> nass

>> ---

>> website: http://www.nasstec.co.uk

>>

>>

[Guest Korea92]

Re: Slow internet

 

i am at 437M/1054M for commit charge, sorry i dot know where to find peak.

 

ok ill try to remove my registry cleaner.

btw i did the speedtest, i got download speed: 680 KB/s, i tried to

download something and i got 4 KB/s :(

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> Have you removed the Registry Cleaner?

>

> Have you installed any memory optimisers? If yes remove them.

>

> How much RAM?

>

> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance

> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

>

>

> --

>

>

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> Korea92 wrote:

> > recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> > whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site.

> > there

> > is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> > also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to

> > fix this? thanks :P

> >

> > btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer

> > directly, but there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it

> > isnt using any internet.

> > btw btw i have comcast :)

>

>

>

>

[Guest nass]

RE: Slow internet

 

 

 

Go through these cleaning steps:

1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet

Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window

you will see these Options:

General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs

| Advanced .

 

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called

[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on

[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [

Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

 

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your

browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:

Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable

the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one

later and see which is the culprit .

How to manage Add-Ons:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

 

Scan for malware from here:

SuperAntispyware - Free

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

 

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/

Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html

How to speed your PC:

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

 

Run disk clean up and then run this command:

sfc /scannow

 

448 MB of RAM not bad for normal not accessive workload on the machine, but

if you play a lot of Games you will need more RAM about 1GB!

 

 

"Korea92" wrote:

> well.. i have service pack 2, and there was an update for sp3, but i didnt

> get it because i thought my computer wuldnt be able to handle it.. my

> internet has been slow before this update so im pretty sure its not my SP. I

> regularly scan for virus/spyware, defrag and clean registry+temp internet

> folders. i have more than 50% free harddrive space. and i have 448 mb of ram.

> thanks for the reply guys

>

> "nass" wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > "Korea92" wrote:

> >

> > > recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

> > > whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site. there

> > > is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

> > > also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to fix this?

> > > thanks :P

> > >

> > > btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer directly, but

> > > there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so it isnt using any

> > > internet.

> > > btw btw i have comcast :)

> >

> > Can you tell us more about your operating system version +SP?, software,

> > updates recently installed..etc

> > Do you do your housekeeping by cleaning temp, scan for malware/viruses and

> > uninstall the old games which you played and not available anylonger.

> > How much Disk space you have got and how much RAM installed.

> > HTH,

> > nass

> > ---

> > website: http://www.nasstec.co.uk

> >

> >

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Slow internet

 

What type of internet connection do you have? What type of downlead

speed are Comcast supposed to be providing you?

 

My reaction is you need to call Comcast technical support:

1-800-266-2278

http://comcast.highspeed.com/support/

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Korea92 wrote:

> i am at 437M/1054M for commit charge, sorry i dot know where to find

> peak.

>

> ok ill try to remove my registry cleaner.

> btw i did the speedtest, i got download speed: 680 KB/s, i tried to

> download something and i got 4 KB/s :(

>

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> Have you removed the Registry Cleaner?

>>

>> Have you installed any memory optimisers? If yes remove them.

>>

>> How much RAM?

>>

>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance

>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>>

>> Hope this helps.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>>

>> Korea92 wrote:

>>> recently my internet connection has been getting slow..

>>> whenever im watching a youtube video.. or some other streaming site.

>>> there

>>> is always a pause every 3 seconds, because the video wont load.

>>> also whenever i play games.. i usually have high latency. any way to

>>> fix this? thanks :P

>>>

>>> btw i use a router.. and i tried to connect modem to computer

>>> directly, but there is no connection. + my 2nd computer is down so

>>> it isnt using any internet.

>>> btw btw i have comcast :)

[Guest Daave]

Re: Slow internet

 

"Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:CF84E452-1541-4B11-9C04-1C047AA44A4F@microsoft.com...

> btw i did the speedtest, i got download speed: 680 KB/s, i tried to

> download something and i got 4 KB/s :(

 

Correction:

 

You tried to download something *else* and got 4 KB/s. When you ran

SpeedTest, you actually *did* download a (test) file

 

Please give us the link for your slow download. Perhaps there's

something wrong on the other end.

[Guest Korea92]

Re: Slow internet

 

it was http://www.speedtest.net the link the first poster gave me,

on that site I pressed "Turbo charge your your internet and PC performance"

i thought this was part of speedtest..

 

Gerry, i will try to call Comcast

"Daave" wrote:

> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:CF84E452-1541-4B11-9C04-1C047AA44A4F@microsoft.com...

>

> > btw i did the speedtest, i got download speed: 680 KB/s, i tried to

> > download something and i got 4 KB/s :(

>

> Correction:

>

> You tried to download something *else* and got 4 KB/s. When you ran

> SpeedTest, you actually *did* download a (test) file

>

> Please give us the link for your slow download. Perhaps there's

> something wrong on the other end.

>

>

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: Slow internet

 

"Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:14F9112C-8F23-4A7B-86AF-D85963DD7AEE@microsoft.com...

> "Daave" wrote:

>

>> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:CF84E452-1541-4B11-9C04-1C047AA44A4F@microsoft.com...

>>

>> > btw i did the speedtest, i got download speed: 680 KB/s, i tried

>> > to

>> > download something and i got 4 KB/s :(

>>

>> Correction:

>>

>> You tried to download something *else* and got 4 KB/s. When you ran

>> SpeedTest, you actually *did* download a (test) file

>>

>> Please give us the link for your slow download. Perhaps there's

>> something wrong on the other end.

> it was http://www.speedtest.net the link the first poster gave me,

> on that site I pressed "Turbo charge your your internet and PC

> performance"

> i thought this was part of speedtest..

 

Do you mean that site was for both things you described? (The 680 kbps

*and* the 4 kbps downloads?) I had asked for a link to the site where

you had "download[ed] something and... got 4 KB/s." If speedtest.net

showed your download speed to be 680 kbps, I'd say that's decent

(assuming you have DSL).

 

By the way, when I went to http://www.speedtest.net , I didn't see anything

about Turbo charging. It sounds like you clicked on an ad. And that

tells me you need to be more careful in your Web surfing. Clicking on

links without realizing what they are is the number one cause of people

getting malware on their PCs, and malware is one of the top causes (if

not the number one cause) of PC slowness. What is the malware status of

your PC? I seem to recall previous threads of yours, and I do remember

potential malware issues -- pro.exe being one.

[Guest Plato]

Re: Slow internet

 

Gerry wrote:

>

> What type of internet connection do you have? What type of downlead

> speed are Comcast supposed to be providing you?

>

> My reaction is you need to call Comcast technical support:

 

As an aside, I have both cable broadband and dsl broadband. cable got

really slow when using win98SE. but when I put the cable on Vista it was

fast as heck.

 

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