X205-downloading issue?

this is my first laptop x205 s9359 320gb 5400rpm dual hd,i got it 1 month ago......im trying to download short movies of size about 480mb/25 minutes long.....................each movie takes about 3 hours to download............the only other program im running while downloading seem to be mcafee internet security......is this normal???/ what can i do to speed it up?

 

What is your internet connection?

 

using belkin n1 wireless router thru att dsl modem....belkin shows the conection is excelent...i dont know how to check the speed.....

 

Its not the laptop's fault, its the <s>porn</s> internet sites connection, or maybe firewall issues.

Is it bittorent?

 

i dont know anything about it,what is bittorent???....its downloading from amazon unbox....any other good sites for legal..movie/music downloads?

 

Bittorent is usually used for illegal downloads, but there are plenty of legal downloads on there.

Legal movies/music? Hmm. Maybe a subscription to yahoo music or whatever the company that doesnt use DRM is.

DRM = Satan

 

90% likely that it's your internet connection. You cant do anything other than upgrading to a faster speed with your internet provider.

 

Run this: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1

and tell me your download and upload speeds.

 

Get rid of mcafee! I had nothing but problems with mcafee internet security all it did was screw up every single download and made it near impossible for me to work on my Cisco wireless network gear. See what happens if you disable it and than try downloading your stuff. Personally I would get Symantec Antivirus if you don't want any problems like that.

 

I've used McAfee for 5 years... no problems at all, never had to restore my PC even once!

Laptop came with 90 day Symantec trial, I uninstalled it straight away and installed my McAfee 2008, works fine.

Just remember that when you install McAfee on a Vista PC, you HAVE TO HAVE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION AVAILABLE! there is a specific download you need to install it. I noticed that my CD only spun for the duration of starting up the installation, the rest of the installation was online and it downloaded everything it needed for a Vista Installation.

 

Hmm..that is odd because I have never had any problems with Symantec and nothing but problems with McAfee. Of course 90% of the problems I had was with it not being very compatible with using the web based setup for my Cisco wireless routers.

 

i will do that soon as i get home from work....as for mcafee,there is another blog on thgis site about internet security and they all said only bad thigs about symantec and mcafee.......i will def try to get rid of it or at least disable it for the downloads....thanks guys....happy new year

 

Tony Z is officially the first happy customer with McAfee!!! *loud fanfare and music*

Jk...ish.

But seriously, I work for my college in computing services, I get people all the time with slow internet or it not working at all, and alot of the times it has to do with McAfee (or any other "intrusive" type anti-malware)

 

I've known a few people who have had trouble with slow sluggish McAfee before. Its usually because of 1 or more of the below;

1. they have never used a firewall/ virus scanner before and decided to install it after finding out they had viruses to get rid of them
2. they had a different virus scanner / firewall and uninstalled it and then installed McAfee in place of it
3. they have installed an old 2005 or 2006 version on a new computer and tried to register for DAT file updates
4. they had problems with the package due to the fact that a trojan / worm had infected most .exe files including the McAfee run ones, therefore eating up memory anyway and McAfee cant get rid because its not working!

and many other causes...

I have had in the past, problems with Norton, it ate alot of memory even without having anything else open. Back in the day, booting up 'windows ME' took ages due to the fact that it run a scan everytime before it came to the Login Screen. It also wanted to ask permission for every picture, box and word when opening a webpage! (these where with the DEFAULT! settings too! pretty annoying).

I guess everyone has their own opinions and at least one user-friendly anti-virus company suitable for their needs, McAfee does the job for me

 

Well put. Personally I dont run any anti-virus. Windows firewall, and careful browsing/downloading does it for me. Plus the fact that I usually wipe my HDD clean every month or two probably helps.

Lol, to each their own.