why is edonkey so slow?
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Well from what I know, edonkey is a peer2peer based app, meaning that all files, pics, videos, are shared, the reasons of the "slow" could be because the PC your getting the file from has a slow internet connection, or too many people are downloading the same app, this way it effects the connection bandwidth, becasue it will be divided equally between downloaders.
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That may be the reason, but defragmenting the hard drive will help.\n\nRight click on hard drive > Go to Tools tab > click on the Defragment Button\n\nIt may take a while with a large hard drive
657848
Yup!\n     So many ways...... but depends upon your connection type if from modem then it's always slow.... in Comparision to others.... So varies\n \n-------- HOWEVER ONE THING IS COMMON FOR SLOW PROBLEM THAT INTERNET EXPLORER CACHES VISITED PAGE AND LOADS... THEM SO ALLL THE VISITED PAGES ARE RECORDED.... SO QUITE SLOW.... DUE TO THIS SO DELETE ALL HISTORY... GOING TO TOOLS AND INTERNET OPTIONS FROM INTERNET EXPLORER\n\nTHAT WON'T REMOVE TOTALLY.... SO DELETE IT FROM INTERNET OPTIONS.... FROM CONTROL PANNEL...... SO IF U DO THIS..... THEN IT'LL BE QUITE FAST THEN PREVIOUS ONE!...
997348
Are you running other programs while you defrag?  If you haven't done it for a long long time, it can take up to a day or so...but you're right. That does sound awfully slow.\n\nI'd try freeing up as much space on your hard drive as you can, deleting temporary files and the like, then restarting and running the degrag program by itself.\n\nOh, and also, sometimes anti-virus programs running in the background can screw with it. Good luck.
649740
Alot of things could be wrong.  I usually spend an hour or more running virus/spyware scans on computers, installing updates, optimizing boot programs, running boot and file system defrags, etc when people are having this problem.  If you don't know someone that can do this for you, then you should take it to Best buy or a local repair shop... assuming it's out of warrenty.  \nIf it's in warrenty... call Dell.\n\n(And for the fellow who thought it would be funny to say Windoze is slow... my computer which is getting on 3 years old with XP sp2 boots from cold poweroff in 16 seconds.  It could be faster but I allow for a 5 second OS delay just incase i want to boot a diff OS.  Slow is all a matter of how you manage your startup programs.)
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There can be a delay, and the problem is not limited to Debian GNU/Linux, as my work testing 821 iterations of 500 OSes proved.\n\nUbuntu handles it on their forums:\nhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=196159
98679
U cant. Maybe ur computer is just slow
706042
try deleting your cookies and temp internet files.  everytime you visit a page on ebay it gets stored temporarily.  which may cause it to run slower...also it's a large site, so it has so many things to load on every page.\n\ntools>internet options> delete cookies, and delete files
990932
I have the same problem. It is incredibly slow and i am using an ADSL line!
437692
I know that having a slow computer usually slowed my 7600.. But it won't make it any faster than it's fastest speed.  \n\nIf you don't care about quality, go into the Epson driver and change it from high quality to high speed.  Turn off the Microweaving (I think that's what it's called).
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Internet Explorer has always been slow; get a better, faster and more secure browser:\nGet Mozilla Firefox from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/\nIt works great for me.\nAnd for even more speed get the Fasterfox extention for Firefox here  https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/\n\nFirefox is the best !!!\n\nFor IE empty your cache ( right click on the icon on the desktop select Properties and from the dialog that comes up click Delete Files and ok.\nYou should also defragment your hard disk to increase your computer's performance.\n\nAlso you might be infected with adware and spywere.\nGet Spybot Search and Destroy here  http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-10122137.html?part=dl-spybot&subj=dl&tag=but\nand Ad-Aware SE here http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html\nand run scans as soon as possible
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Which version of IE you are using? I recommend to update to IE7. For the first time, IE has realized the need for tabbed browsing in IE7. The new pages will open inside the same window as tab. So, it is expected to be faster.\nNow, your opening link in new window can become slow due to many reasons. You should delete temprary internet files. You can do it from tools>properties within IE and can also use third party software like ccleaner(but not absolutely necessary). Also, your connection speed is important. Check your firewall and antivirus setting if it is causing any problems. Sometimes firewall slow down things. I recommed zonealram for this. You need to allow the browser full access. another thing is that reduce the number of background tasks(the icons you see in the right bottom corner in windows).\n\nThe best suggestion I can give you is to use alternate browser such as Opera(www.opera.com) or firefox(www.firefox.com). personally, I like opera as it is very small size, lighting fast(http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed), has all features bundled in and has best security record (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Vulnerabilities).\n\nHope you enjoy!
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If you have an old version, memory leaks can make it slower as you let it sit.  Also if you have lots of extentions, some of them may slow down.  Try removing some, or  upgrading Firefox.
969243
Try..\nDeleting temporary files\nDisc cleanup\nDefrag\nIf it still runs slow get an expert to look at it.
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Norton slow down the  performance of the PC. However you could try the steps in the link below to increase the performance of the PC.\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=us&docname=bph06569&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
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It's very possible that you have a virus, or spyware, or even more probable, a trojan.  Clean it out, and it should be faster.  Also try defragmenting the hard drive as well.
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