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    Webpages loading slow..

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hardcorp, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. hardcorp

    hardcorp Notebook Consultant

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    I have a laptop...10 mb up 1.5 mb down connection Vista sp2 4 gig. ram ... Wireless router.

    About 3 weeks ago webpages like facebook and hotmail starting taking twice as long to load. Doesn't matter if i am using FF or IE.

    I'm not sure what happened to start this.. I have checked my connection settings my DNS settings .. nothing has changed.

    I wonder if something got corrupt in my Internet settings, if so How can i reset them?
     
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  2. Christoph.krn

    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you install/change any security software three weeks ago?

    Do you have any other computers on that network? Can you use them to determine whether the problem is specific to your computer or caused by something else? You can also use the "Network" tab of the Taskmanager to observe the network usage of your computer while you are not actively using the internet connection.
     
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  3. hardcorp

    hardcorp Notebook Consultant

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    No changes in security software and i have two other computers one wired and one wireless and they are running good.

    Network utilization is at 0% while I am not actively using the Internet....
     
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    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    That is weird, hmm. As your setup didn't change, I'm heavily leaning towards some kind of malicious software, but I'm not at all sure at that.

    Did the slowdown happen on all websites or just particular ones?
     
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  5. tuηay

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    Have you tried to "tweak" your OS by disabling services? If you have disabled wrong service, it can make your "buffer" slower...
     
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    Mooly Notebook Evangelist

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    Try this from a command prompt, right click and run as admin,

    Type,
    ipconfig /flushdns and press enter. This will flush the DNS cache
    Then type,
    net stop dnscache and press enter.
    followed by,
    net start dnscache and press enter.

    Note the spaces.
     
    Mooly, Jun 12, 2009
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