XP and Internet Explorer problems

[D.Bennett]

Here's the scoop,

We have systems acessing webpages such as google, canoe, etc on an NT
4.0 system with IE 5.5, access times are roughly 15 secs, 40 secs
(slow link). However, from a Windows XP system with IE 6 the same
pages take 1 min 25 secs and 2 mins +. Both systems are accessing the
same backbone, DNS, WINS, etc servers. Has anybody else ever seen
this? Is there anything I could look at to try and tweak or bring down
that loading time on the XP system? Network performance with the LAn
ihas alreadybeen looked at and it's fine and the same goes for the WAN
connection. One of the original thoughts was QoS, but I think that has
been ruled out now.

Thanks for any help and to anybody who might have any ideas.

D

 

[Guest]

I cursing about the same thing. I did tweaked everything one can tweak on my system to
no avail, so I checked with my ISP no help there!
My suspicion is IE 6, I notice some redirections with in IE 6, no it is not spooft, it i
Redmont's way of fixing things. They will fix this in SP2, so hang-on and hope they will?

 

[Guest]

I had the same problems earlier, where my internet browsing became excruitiatingly slow. I ended up doing the following things, as advised by people on this board

1) Deleting Cookies, History, and Temporary Internet Files. (Tools > Internet Options). Also limiting the Temporary Internet Files folder to only a few megabytes

2) Scanning for possible spyware, adware, scumware, and trojans. The programs Ad-aware, Spybot - Search and Destroy, and Spyware. Found two dozen on my P

3) In my Norton Anti-Virus, changed my Auto-Scan properties to scan only "program files and documents" rather than "all files". This speeded up my computer greatly in general but did nothing for my internet

4) Did a Windows Update scan to find any possible updates to my modem drivers. Found and installed a driver which was 6 months more recent than the one I was using. Internet browsing speed didn't change much though

4) Uninstalled some of the Windows XP hotfixes (KB828028 and KB823980) that I had downloaded and installed the previous week, and I read that some of Windows XP service pack updates could slow down your internet. Now I'm not sure which one was responsible, but after un-installing those hotfixes, my internet browsing is quick again. It no longer takes minutes at a time to load up a simple webpage. Could be either file, or could be both maybe


----- bravehart6 wrote: ----

I cursing about the same thing. I did tweaked everything one can tweak on my system to
no avail, so I checked with my ISP no help there!
My suspicion is IE 6, I notice some redirections with in IE 6, no it is not spooft, it i
Redmont's way of fixing things. They will fix this in SP2, so hang-on and hope they will?

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

Cookies, Internet history, antivirus programs and adware/spyware all have no
relation to the speed of your Internet connection, and neither does clearing
out TIF. Reducing the size of your cache unduly will slow down your
browsing, if anything, not speed it up.

Uninstalling hotfixes that you obtained from Windows Update exposes your
computer to the security threats that these hotfixes were designed to
prevent.

It's admirable that you tried to help yourself - I wish there were more
users with your initiative - but you aren't doing yourself any good by
performing procedures without understanding what you're doing, and you could
be doing harm.

Rocky

I had the same problems earlier, where my internet browsing became

excruitiatingly slow. I ended up doing the following things, as advised by
people on this board:

1) Deleting Cookies, History, and Temporary Internet Files. (Tools >

Internet Options). Also limiting the Temporary Internet Files folder to only
a few megabytes.

2) Scanning for possible spyware, adware, scumware, and trojans. The

programs Ad-aware, Spybot - Search and Destroy, and Spyware. Found two dozen
on my PC

3) In my Norton Anti-Virus, changed my Auto-Scan properties to scan only

"program files and documents" rather than "all files". This speeded up my
computer greatly in general but did nothing for my internet.

4) Did a Windows Update scan to find any possible updates to my modem

drivers. Found and installed a driver which was 6 months more recent than
the one I was using. Internet browsing speed didn't change much though.

4) Uninstalled some of the Windows XP hotfixes (KB828028 and KB823980)

that I had downloaded and installed the previous week, and I read that some
of Windows XP service pack updates could slow down your internet. Now I'm
not sure which one was responsible, but after un-installing those hotfixes,
my internet browsing is quick again. It no longer takes minutes at a time to
load up a simple webpage. Could be either file, or could be both maybe.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rocket

The way I see it, I've had this new computer for about 3 weeks. The first week, browsing on the internet worked really well and fast. It was slowing down drastically by the second week for what seemed like no apparent reason. I've been looking for the past two weeks for a way to get my internet connection back to normal again, through newsgroups such as these. Trying to download a 1.3 megabyte file just yesterday took me 55 minutes, and 25 minutes to check my emails. That's how slow it's been. But for whatever reason, removing those hotfix installs seems to have done the trick. My internet connection is no longer extremely slow like it's been these past two weeks

Plus I figured that, just because Microsoft releases a so-called 'fix', to me, doesn't mean that it would be totally bug-free. Now that my internet connection is working well again, I'm just hoping that any sort of security issues can be picked up by the updated Norton Anti-Virus or some other programs


----- Rocket J. Squirrel wrote: ----

Cookies, Internet history, antivirus programs and adware/spyware all have n
relation to the speed of your Internet connection, and neither does clearin
out TIF. Reducing the size of your cache unduly will slow down you
browsing, if anything, not speed it up

Uninstalling hotfixes that you obtained from Windows Update exposes you
computer to the security threats that these hotfixes were designed t
prevent

It's admirable that you tried to help yourself - I wish there were mor
users with your initiative - but you aren't doing yourself any good b
performing procedures without understanding what you're doing, and you coul
be doing harm

Rock

I had the same problems earlier, where my internet browsing becam

excruitiatingly slow. I ended up doing the following things, as advised b
people on this boardInternet Options). Also limiting the Temporary Internet Files folder to onl
a few megabytesprograms Ad-aware, Spybot - Search and Destroy, and Spyware. Found two doze
on my P"program files and documents" rather than "all files". This speeded up m
computer greatly in general but did nothing for my internetdrivers. Found and installed a driver which was 6 months more recent tha
the one I was using. Internet browsing speed didn't change much thoughthat I had downloaded and installed the previous week, and I read that som
of Windows XP service pack updates could slow down your internet. Now I'
not sure which one was responsible, but after un-installing those hotfixes
my internet browsing is quick again. It no longer takes minutes at a time t
load up a simple webpage. Could be either file, or could be both maybe

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

My friend, you've got some things to learn, and it looks like you're going
to learn the hard way. Just remember that you're always welcome to ask us
your questions. You can profit from the mistakes I've already made. Heck,
you can practically make a living.

Rocky

Thanks Rocket.

The way I see it, I've had this new computer for about 3 weeks. The first

week, browsing on the internet worked really well and fast. It was slowing
down drastically by the second week for what seemed like no apparent reason.
I've been looking for the past two weeks for a way to get my internet
connection back to normal again, through newsgroups such as these. Trying to
download a 1.3 megabyte file just yesterday took me 55 minutes, and 25
minutes to check my emails. That's how slow it's been. But for whatever
reason, removing those hotfix installs seems to have done the trick. My
internet connection is no longer extremely slow like it's been these past
two weeks.

Plus I figured that, just because Microsoft releases a so-called 'fix', to

me, doesn't mean that it would be totally bug-free. Now that my internet
connection is working well again, I'm just hoping that any sort of security
issues can be picked up by the updated Norton Anti-Virus or some other
programs.