Could someone explain this to me with IE6

[Guest]

Hi... I now found out that what I was experiencing with my computer had
nothing to do with my ISP provider or how my network is set up , Also as to
whether if I had any viruses / malware / trojan ... Here my problem and I
would appreciated if someone can explain why does IE6 every now and then act
at moments really sluggish , I mean there is time when webpages take some
time to load , Even the computer itself seem to be dying , Now this doesn't
happen to often but when it does , it really sucks , What causes IE6 to act
like this ? I have my caches files and temp files deleted often , I have scan
with spyware programs ( ad aware se pro / spybot serach/destroy /microsoft
beta , I have spywarestopper /blocker , I have an third party firewall
software / hardware as well , NOD32 anti-virus program ... So my question is
why does IE6 at moments act this way ? Thanks

 

[Daniel]

What is your internet connection--dialup, cable, or dsl?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Debbie

If it is only a few Webpages that this happens with, then it would seem to
be a problem specific to those webpages, and not an overall problem. I have
had to wait a good while for some webpages to load as well. I agree...it
can be irksome.

Why do some webpages take so long to download?

Many factors affect how fast a Webpage travels from its Website to your
computer, thus. Webpages may load slowly for various reasons:

Your modem transmits data slowly.
Traffic on the Internet is heavy.
The page's file is large. Some of webpages can contain several graphics,
thus, the files are quite large and will take a while to download. So you
should be patient.
The server and connecting lines used by your online service, your Internet
service provider, or the Web site may transmit some data slowly.

To decrease download time, try the following:

Get the latest version of your browser software.
Buy a faster modem that transmits at a rate of at least 56,000 baud.
If a page is loading so slowly that you think it may be stuck, click the
Stop button on your browser's toolbar, and try to load the page again in a
few minutes.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Jim Byrd]

Hi Debbie - As Jan pointed out, there are a variety of possible causes for
this. Some additional information would be helpful in trying to pinpoint
the cause in your particular case. Can you provide some of the specific
URLs - exactly as you use them - that give you this problem? Is the problem
consistent - that is, does it only happen with these URLs and does it always
happen with these URLs? Who is your ISP? Are you on cable or ADSL, or on
dial-up?

 

[Guest]

Hi ... Thanks for the help people .... Ok I have high speed cable and the
webpages usually loads within 1 or 2 seconds , also when its loading slow its
not from a certain site , it can happen on any site at any time of the day ,
What I mean is that somedays if I visit a website it will load normally
within 1 or 2 seconds but , then there is times when trying to load the same
website it takes forever , and this don't just happen with my browser only
but the whole computer seem to be acting up , When i try to reboot it takes
some time to shut down and restart , This doesn't happen to often , maybe 3
or 4 times in a week , Most of the time its working great , its almost like i
have a malware/trojan/ virus but , I know that I don't from all my scans that
I have done and , I try to keep this computer running smooth with all the
right programs that I mention in the above post , If anything its more a
Windows problem then anything else , but I don't get any errors or what not ,
Everything is usually updated when it comes to the drivers / hardware , I
even have a few services that I will never use set at disable , Its just
something that is driving me nuts trying to figure out why it happens ....

 

[Guest]

Should also mention my Windows is , Its xp pro retail version with sp2 , Had
sp2 when it came out awhile ago ...

 

[Guest]

Hi... I now found out that what I was experiencing with my computer
had
nothing to do with my ISP provider or how my network is set up , Also
as to
whether if I had any viruses / malware / trojan ... Here my problem
and I
would appreciated if someone can explain why does IE6 every now and
then act
at moments really sluggish , I mean there is time when webpages take
some
time to load , Even the computer itself seem to be dying , Now this
doesn't
happen to often but when it does , it really sucks , What causes IE6
to act
like this ? I have my caches files and temp files deleted often , I
have scan
with spyware programs ( ad aware se pro / spybot serach/destroy
/microsoft
beta , I have spywarestopper /blocker , I have an third party firewall
software / hardware as well , NOD32 anti-virus program ... So my
question is
why does IE6 at moments act this way ? Thanks

Do you see "n of m items downloading ..." at the left end of the status
bar at the bottom? If so, you're still waiting for the server to
deliver the rest of the page content. You can't the server deliver its
content faster. Maybe it is very busy with lots of other users. If it
has images that haven't been compressed, those are huge files so it will
take time to download them. You could try hitting the Stop toolbar
button to cancel those downloads if enough of the page has been painted
for you to use it.

When looking in Task Manager's Performance tab (or when you minimize it
to the system tray), is there a lot of CPU usage at the time? If so,
which process listed under the Processes tab is using it all (you can
sort by clicking on the column header)?

Since you are on broadband cable, a neighbor on the same network segment
might be downloading huge files. Bang on their door and tell them to
knock off downloading all the porn. ;-) You compete for bandwidth on
that segment just like you compete for it on a LAN.

There might be a lot of packets getting lost. If a packet is lost, it
gets retried. With more retries, more time gets used up waiting for the
packet(s). These delays will make the connection slow down. Run the
following to see if you have a lot of packets getting lost:

ping -n 100 www.yahoo.com

This will ping Yahoo one hundred times. You need a decent sample size
to give you a reasonable average of lost packets, if any (the default of
4 pings is way too small). If you start seeing an average loss over 8
to 10 percent, call your ISP and report the lossy connection. I'll
notice timeout problems with e-mail with just 5% loss and the browser
will distinctly slow down at 14% loss.

Don't know what cable modem you have. You might be able to reach its
internal web server but navigating to http://192.168.100.1/. Then check
the signal strength and noise-to-signal ratio. Mine is currently -3dBmv
for downstream (inbound) and 45dBmv for upstream (outbound). I'm not
sure what is considered critical but something like -40dBmv is probably
too big. Call your ISP and have them test the line to the cable modem.
Every splitter that gets inserted in the cable between you and the pole
adds another -3dBmv, or more, so you need to minimize how many splitters
you have in the cable. If you have splitters with unused connectors,
put a 50-ohm terminator cap on each (you can get them at Radio Shack).

 

[Guest]

Hi Vanguard , Thanks so much with your tips !!! ... Okay first off I do see
the "n of m " items downloading but , thats not what taking so much time , it
does take some but , its mostly at the beginning trying to open the website ,
Now in the Performance tab show just my system idle processes using most of
my time in the 90ties , CPU Usage is usually around 1% or 2% , nothing that
stand out using to much ... I ping yahoo and recieved 98% ok and just 2 loss
connection or 2% loss ... As for modem strength Mine was at 0dBmv inbound and
45dBmv outbound , I'm using a Motorola SB5100 Surfboard cable modem ... My
computer specs : P4 2.8 , 2x512 rams , 2x120 HDD which I have windows xp pro
retail sp2 on the whole 120 HDD , power supply Antec 550 watts true blue with
about 5 fans in the case not including the motherboards and CPU

 

[Guest]

I meant to say " not including the motherboard and CPU "

 

[Guest]

Hi Vanguard , Thanks so much with your tips !!! ... Okay first off I
do see
the "n of m " items downloading but , thats not what taking so much
time , it
does take some but , its mostly at the beginning trying to open the
website ,
Now in the Performance tab show just my system idle processes using
most of
my time in the 90ties , CPU Usage is usually around 1% or 2% , nothing
that
stand out using to much ... I ping yahoo and recieved 98% ok and just
2 loss
connection or 2% loss ... As for modem strength Mine was at 0dBmv
inbound and
45dBmv outbound , I'm using a Motorola SB5100 Surfboard cable modem
... My
computer specs : P4 2.8 , 2x512 rams , 2x120 HDD which I have windows
xp pro
retail sp2 on the whole 120 HDD , power supply Antec 550 watts true
blue with
about 5 fans in the case not including the motherboards and CPU

When you navigate to a site, you'll see the handshake status of trying
to find the site, then connect to it, and then "opening page" followed
by the "n of m items" downloading to get the page. Is the big lag
between trying to find the site and then connecting to it, or is the big
lag after connecting to the site and then "opening page"?

 

[Guest]

Its a bit of both but , its mostly lag after connecting to the site and then
opening page

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

....

Its a bit of both but , its mostly lag after connecting to the site and then
opening page

If there is a redirect involved you may be misled by those external
symptoms. The best diagnostic would be a TCP-IP packet trace.

If you have a firewall it may also have diagnostics which you could
invoke which would give you a more accurate picture of your real
symptoms.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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