Hi techno-peeps, hoping someone can help me before I have a nervous breakdown! I am not very technologically minded (but I like to press buttons) so Im sorry if this is a stupid question!.......
Ok so I have an eMachines laptop running on Windows Vista 32bit, few months ago it started going seriously slow when starting up, opening programs, loading internet pages.... basically it was slow doing everything, so after researching (and some button pressing) I managed to figure out that it was probably riddled with viruses. I backed up my files and used the recovery disks to strip it down then reinstall everything to new! For the actual desktop/programs etc it worked fantastic, the laptop was running fast like brand new.
However, when connecting to the internet the problem starts again... if I connect to a network it slows everything down, opening the browser, loading web pages and opening files/programs on the desktop takes 5 or more minutes or freezes (even with no browser open). I have tried different networks/connections such as my home WiFi, mums WiFi, work WiFi, Internet cafe's WiFi and the Ethernet cable. I have also tried using different browsers.
I have another laptop, an Ipad and an Android phone that all connect to all the above networks without any problems and load web pages really quickly so it must be a problem with eMachines laptop! I'm totally baffled as to why the desktop slows and freezes while connected though? if I disconnect the network when it goes waaaay too slow it takes maybe 15 minutes for the laptop to return to its normal desktop speed?!?!?!
I have updated the drivers from the manufacturers website (they were up to date though I think), I ran in safe mode with networking which didn't make a difference, it was still just as slow when connected. I have reinstalled the whole damn laptop 3 times but that doesn't make a difference either!
Please can someone help meeeee???
Ok so I have an eMachines laptop running on Windows Vista 32bit, few months ago it started going seriously slow when starting up, opening programs, loading internet pages.... basically it was slow doing everything, so after researching (and some button pressing) I managed to figure out that it was probably riddled with viruses. I backed up my files and used the recovery disks to strip it down then reinstall everything to new! For the actual desktop/programs etc it worked fantastic, the laptop was running fast like brand new.
However, when connecting to the internet the problem starts again... if I connect to a network it slows everything down, opening the browser, loading web pages and opening files/programs on the desktop takes 5 or more minutes or freezes (even with no browser open). I have tried different networks/connections such as my home WiFi, mums WiFi, work WiFi, Internet cafe's WiFi and the Ethernet cable. I have also tried using different browsers.
I have another laptop, an Ipad and an Android phone that all connect to all the above networks without any problems and load web pages really quickly so it must be a problem with eMachines laptop! I'm totally baffled as to why the desktop slows and freezes while connected though? if I disconnect the network when it goes waaaay too slow it takes maybe 15 minutes for the laptop to return to its normal desktop speed?!?!?!
I have updated the drivers from the manufacturers website (they were up to date though I think), I ran in safe mode with networking which didn't make a difference, it was still just as slow when connected. I have reinstalled the whole damn laptop 3 times but that doesn't make a difference either!
Please can someone help meeeee???
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