Last time my PC is very slow. I have an ADSL-connection. What to do? Thanks?
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Please have the patience to read ALL of these:\n\n1.Download CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ and run it once daily before shutting down your computer. It removes all the trash files that are created while surfing through the net. Use its Issues section once every 2 weeks to delete all the unused registry keys. If you have a lot of Auto Start entries, then you can remove them from its Tools>Startup. But keep the important ones like firewall and the real-time protection shields of your anti-virus and anti-spyware.\n\n2.Keep a decent anti-virus, a strong firewall and two anti-spyware in your computer. Always keep the real time protection shield(or resident shield) of the anti-virus and one of the anti-spyware active. Update them and scan your computer once every week with both the anti-spyware and once every 2 weeks with anti-virus. I have given the links to some free and good anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall; get them all:\nAVG:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/set...\n\nAdAware SE:- http://www.download.com/ad-aware-se-pers...\nSpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...\n\nComodo Personal Firewall: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d...\n\nNever keep two anti-virus or firewall on a single system. If you are already using a good anti-virus or firewall, then you need not download the corresponding one.\n\n3.Keep a virtual memory booster as an auto-start entry. It frees the clogged RAM. I use RAM Booster, which is very effective. Here is the link to download it:\nhttp://www.download.com/rambooster/3000-...\nAfter downloading it, follow the steps:\n*.Cilck on Edit>Options and tick the follow options:\n1.Set auto optimisation on\n2.Show CPU usage\n3.Start minimised\n4.Launch automatically at start up\nAlso, increase the auto optimisation level and 'Mb of RAM to free at auto level' as per your requirement.\n\n4.Keep at least 35% of your C: free. Transfer all the music, image and video files to other drives.\n\n5.Defragment your hard drives(especially C:) once every month. To defrag, go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Defragment.\n\n6.Get the free Google Web Accelerator to boost up your computer speed. \n   http://webaccelerator.google.com/\n\n\n\nAll these will most certainly speed up your computer. Good Luck!\n:-)
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I think the most important thing to take care of are the Spywares and the Adwares, which greatly slow down the internet connection as they keep on downloading data from the internet without your knowledge .\nSome Adwares and spywares removal tools :\nhttp://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=ad-aware\nhttp://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor/3000-8022_4-10377263.html\n\nZone Alarm FireWall .\nThis is a Firewall which helps in the blockage of intrusions and spywares . :\nhttp://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1043_zl/zaasSetup_65_700_000_en.exe\n\nThere may be some other problems concerning your operating system for example..
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Run a virus scan from one of the online guys, get a anti virus program and keep it up to date, run a virus scan. Does the PC seem slow, does it seem to do things on it's own, do you notice network activity when your not doing anything?
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It's probably both solutions mentioned, slow ISP and memory.\n\nGoto http://www.4allmemory.com to do a free live online check to see what memory you have, and what is available to add, it works good! :)
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faster internet connection ie. DSL\nmore RAM
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if you are on adsl, try turning off your modem/router, then unplug all cables. then reconnect everything again.
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Are you gettin slow speed with yo computer? If so, it might need to be upgraded.
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download.com\n get counterspy\nand adware\nrun scans\nthen remove spyware\nget some thing at download.com\nthat will make your computer go faster\nactually get dsl
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http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/\n\nThe only true way to know if your connection is slow is to run a free bandwidth test. Click on the link (above/below) to run this test. Answer two simple questions (connection type and location) and hit test.\n\nIf your connection is considerably slower than what your ISP states it should be, then you need to call their tech support people and open a service ticket with them. \n\nHope this helps.\n\nPS - I have Comcast Hi-Speed Internet (cable) and these are the results from my test.\n\nCommunications 1.5 megabits per second\nStorage 184.9 kilobytes per second\n1MB file download 5.5 seconds\nSubjective rating Great
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http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html
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DSL reports speed test:\nhttp://www.dslreports.com/stest\n\nMany things affect your bandwidth though. Usually the Cable/DSL modem is your only real limiter, but if your computer has spyware/nagware installed, that'll make your connection feel slower. \n\nTry downloading microsoft Anti-Spyware, ad-aware, and many other tools to fix your computer. I'm a fan of trend-micro pc-cillan which comes with virus software and all the anti-spyware software too. \n\nYou didn't install Kazaa did you? ;-)\n\nIf you have kids, they can install programs from the internet that install malware.
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you can do ping tests and give them the results...\nstart, run, type "command" on black screen type "ping www.whatever.whatever" <-- not a real url and don't use the " " marks\ndifferent pages will give you different results, in theory the further away it is the longer it will take to ping back.\n\nbut just a note, don't be too hard on the tech support people, they can't really do much to help you with this, and get yelled at all day by people upset that they aren't actually pulling pages as fast as their connection or modem claims to be.  its very frustrating for us...ah, them, sorry about that, not one anymore, but it dies hard.
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Switch to Cable.\n\nCable downloads for me about at 8,000kbit/sec\n\nDSL  756kbit/sec\n\n\nOther than that make sure you are spyware and adware free\n\nwww.lavasoft.de is a good program to make sure of that
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are you using dial-up? if you are i wouldn't know anything about it. but if you are using dsl i find it helpful to turn of the modem, wait a while, turn it on, and reconnect to the internet. i've noticed that some downloads go a lot faster than others. try the modem trick and if that doesn't work contact your interent service provider. i had slow dsl and i called my isp and there was a problem (they had to have a repairman fix it). i hope that helps. :-)
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Freeware only solutions?  Well, I have a couple, but if the settings or problems aren't there that normally cause the reason for slow-down in internet speeds, they won't do much in the end.\n\nFirst off, check for spyware and other software that uses up bandwidth.  Spybot S&D is my recommended choice for this.\n\nIf you want to mess with the various TCP/IP optimizations and possible DNS archiving, try looking through various Freeware downloads from PCWorld.com in their Downloads section.  Webcelerator is an example of such freeware software(released 2002).  If you are using older OSes like Win95 to WinME, it may add minor performance but nothing for certain.  I would not advise using such software on more recent OSes like XP, but thats out of inexperience with any changes they may have incorporated since I haven't bothered with those settings on XP myself yet.
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You dont mention how fast it currently connects at but there are a couple things you can try doing.  Depending in what OS you are using, going into the phone/modem options you can try setting your port speed to 57600 and adding extra initilization commands (dependant on hardware brand/type).  It could also be noise on the phone line as well that is causing slow connection speeds, even if you dont hear any noise on the line, it could still be there.  You can also request your phone provider to run a check on the line.
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Ur internet speed is very slow. Use dsl connection instead of dial up. Such problems will never end on dial up connection.