slow internet surfing

[Guest]

I just bought a gateway with window vista premium has an intel e 4400 with
2048 memory, the problem that it has is when I surf the internet pages loadup
slowly, what can I do to speedup the internet? My ISP is cable.

 

[Richard Urban]

Uninstall everything that has to do with McAfee.

Oh, you say you have Symantec/Norton crap on your computer, and not McAfee.
Just as bad. Uninstall that.

There are plenty of freeware apps that will give you the same protection
without bringing your computer to it's knees.

Avast antivirus http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html 100%
Vista compatible

Ad-Aware Free at
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-20...045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
to get a handle of you unwanted adware/spyware. Not listed as 100%
compatible, but it does work fine. It just changes your computer to reduced
color mode while running. When you close the program, everything returns to
normal.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[David]

Uninstall everything that has to do with McAfee.

Oh, you say you have Symantec/Norton crap on your computer, and not
McAfee. Just as bad. Uninstall that.

There are plenty of freeware apps that will give you the same protection
without bringing your computer to it's knees.

More nonsense! Even though i wont be renewing the McAfee software now
that the free trial has expired, i've had no slowdowns on 2 vista
laptops using it. Neither machine has been brought to "it's knees".
They both run smoothly and swiftly. Grow up, Richard and stop whining
incessantly about how bad Norton and McAfee are. They arent perfect,
but they are no where near as universally bad and the cause of every
computer ailment that posters here inquire about. You only manage to
come off as a whacko with your comments. If that is your intent on
posting to this forum, then let me tell u right now, u have succeeded
admirably. You've been admonished numerous times by others ,but i
thought i'd put my two cents in as well. Chill out!

Dave

 

[Richard Urban]

Sorry. I now admonish you. There are general software classes ( ant malware
suites) that are KNOWN to bring computers to their knees. So sorry to burst
your bubble.

And please, go back to an earlier post and quote the text where someone has
admonished me for stating this. Gee, maybe you will find one person who had
just renewed his subscription and didn't want to be informed he had made a
wrong choice.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Richard Urban]

So, why don't you offer advice to the original poster? Can't?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[David]

Sorry. I now admonish you. There are general software classes ( ant
malware suites) that are KNOWN to bring computers to their knees. So
sorry to burst your bubble.

And please, go back to an earlier post and quote the text where someone
has admonished me for stating this. Gee, maybe you will find one person
who had just renewed his subscription and didn't want to be informed he
had made a wrong choice.

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough--I didnt say admonishment occurred in this
thread. Remember the saying, never say never or always? The two
leading virus checkers aren't as bad as u portray them. My bubble is
fully intact, btw. Just keeping it real.

DAve

 

[David]

So, why don't you offer advice to the original poster? Can't?

He didnt provide enough info to make it feasible to GUESS, like you
mistakenly did.

DAve

 

[mikeyhsd]

turn off the phishing filter.



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I just bought a gateway with window vista premium has an intel e 4400 with
2048 memory, the problem that it has is when I surf the internet pages loadup
slowly, what can I do to speedup the internet? My ISP is cable.

 

[Guest]

Gee, they have let you out for a couple of days again; keep taking your
medication, you bad boy, Richard!

 

[Daave]

I just bought a gateway with window vista premium has an intel e 4400
with
2048 memory, the problem that it has is when I surf the internet pages
loadup
slowly, what can I do to speedup the internet? My ISP is cable.

In the event your PC is fine and your broadband connection is
problematic, you should go to:

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

I would begin with the Speed Tests and the Tweak Test.

 

[Guest]

mra8,

If you're using Avast, the webshield might slow each navigation (clicks to
another website).. to test it, go to this website (internet performance)...

http://performance.toast.net/

Select F-16, then a provider then click on 'Run Test'.

once done, go back and REDO the test to see if you get the same result or if
it's much faster. if it's faster, then it might be your webshield on your
Anti-Virus. (it was the case on my setup). terminating it solved the issue.

good luck

Regards...

 

[Guest]

from sue my labtop is a windows xp an it freezes alot and it run slow