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Anonymous   10-27-2009 at 09:25:46 PM

I have tried just about every thing to speed my computer up. I have ATT High speed ,but it acts like dial-up . I have talk to att and they said every thing is work fine but i know its now it freezes up have of the time or it crashes .I have spend 200.00 dollars to have it debug. I need help

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daviduk109   10-27-2009 at 10:06:53 PM
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is your pc just slow with internet connection or is it slow with other things as well?

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   10-27-2009 at 10:26:13 PM
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A little more info is needed. There's a difference between network slowness and local slowness.

What are you doing when it's slow?

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Anonymous   10-28-2009 at 02:37:18 PM
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aford10 wrote :

A little more info is needed. There's a difference between network slowness and local slowness.

What are you doing when it's slow?


Iam just trying to log on and then try to browes the web and it takes so long to load up. I have high speed internet from att.

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   10-28-2009 at 03:43:45 PM
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So the slowness is in the boot process (loading windows)?
What are your hardware specs?

A good start would be to download ccleaner and do some cleanup on your PC.


Message edited by aford10 on 10-28-2009 at 03:44:59 PM
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deadjon   10-28-2009 at 04:48:03 PM
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I could diagnose the problem for you if you ran "cmd" from the Run box, typed "PING google.com" and then report back the number before the letters "ms"
It could be anything. Broadband bandwidth is shared among users in an area, and at peak times you will be limited.
If its your PC, try Disk Cleanup or Defragment.

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sophieking   11-09-2009 at 09:05:14 AM
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aford is right.
Even slowness of internet browsing and that of PC running is different, the firts work you need to do is to use a system optimizer to scan you system for errors and junks.
Good luck!

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btk1w1   11-09-2009 at 10:57:21 AM
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If you must use a system optimzer, Giveaway of the Day is offering a $50 utility for free today.

Might be worth it, might not, but definitely worth a try.

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/winutilities-9-1/

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number13   11-10-2009 at 02:55:53 AM
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I agree with deadjon, do that first, then decide what to do, sounds like the internet is the problem not the computer

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   11-10-2009 at 06:36:33 AM
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Anonymous wrote :

Iam just trying to log on and then try to browes the web and it takes so long to load up. I have high speed internet from att.



This would imply slowness of boot time, not network access.

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