Internet speed is very slow

How long ago was Windows installed? Over time, the system will get slower. This is not unusual. It may be time to backup all your data and re-install Windows as a fresh build. This will improve things significantly. Depending on what hardware specs you are running, this could be impacting performance as well. Vista was always heavy on resources.

Steps to speed up your computer
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Operating system : Vista

1. Run Disk cleanup ( location : start> all programs> Accessories> System tools> Disk CLeanup )

2. Run Disk Defragmenter ( location : start> all programs> Accessories> System tools>
Disk Defragmentation )

3. Reset Internet Settings ( Start> Run , type : inetcpl.cpl and click OK)
- You will see internet properties.
- In the General tab> Brower history> Check delete history and click on Delete
> You see another window, check all the boxes, except : password and Form data.
- In the Advance tab> Click on reset ( make sure you have closed all the IE pages)

4. Delete Temp, %temp% and prefetch file ( junk files )

5. Visual effects settings : Right click my computer> properties > Advanced system settings
> under performance option click settings> uncheck all the boxes except the last two and then
click APPLY and OK.
6. If it's still working slow, need to change same settings in Registry and Msconfig

7. Reply back for more trouble shooting

mcdevito75 here, Many things can slow up yours or any internet, Try this, from your desktop, click on RE-CYCLE bin and emty it, form your home page, right click tools (top of page) now cerefully, CAREFULLY read every word and delete cookies, and other items you really don"t need right now, check the box next to each item, READ EVERY WORD BEFORE DELETEING ANY THING. After this, from your home page, type in search, Super Anti Spy Ware, they have a free version that I run every day to get rid of potential viruses and internet ads that slow up your computer, READ EVERY WORD BEFORE YOU DO ANTHING. If your not comfortable with doing these things with your computer You may be new to doing these computer functions, then from Start, lower left side of screen, click start, the Help and support, they too can help with internet speed. READ EVERY WORD BEFORE DOING ANY THING WITH YOUR COMPUTER.

Use Internet Optimizer Tool

The sole objective of an Internet Optimizer tool is to optimize your internetby making change in the operating system configurations. It modifies varioustypes of settings which are directly and indirectly related to your internetperformance.

Download a System Utilities software that includes Internet Optimizer feature.Follow its instructions. If your Facebook is running slow, using an InternetOptimizer tool will be of great help.

Reset Settings

By resetting your web browser settings, you may fix Facebook slow speed. Hereare the steps to do so:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools ' Internet Options.
3. Click Advanced tab.
4. Click Reset ' Reset.

Clean the Internet Cache

Facebook slow speed occurs when the contents stored in the internet cache arecorrupted. You can delete these contents using a System Cleaner application, orotherwise, through below steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools ' Delete Browsing History.
3. Click Delete button.

Disable Browser Extensions

The term browser extensions denote various add-on objects installed for yourweb browser. Many of us install the third party extensions to avail certainfeatures. This problem often results in Facebook slow speed.

Disable third party browser extensions as instructed below.

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools ' Manage Add-Ons.
3. Disable the extensions which you do not wish to have enabled.
4. Click Close button.

Clean and Defrag the Registry

Using a System Cleaner application such as RegInOut Cleaner, clean theseentries. In addition to this, defragment it completely.

Well, based on my PC fix experiences, there are a number of reaons might be responsible for the performance issues, some are dangerous while others not that serious.

You may learn why and how to speed it up easily from: http://www.whyismypcsoslow.net/

Hope this helps, good luck to you & your Eee computer!

Rose

The switches are not something that the average person would need to change. The BIOS can impact the speen but you don't say what you are doing that seems slow. Other things that can cause this are internet speed, lack of ram, too many programs open, antivirus software etc.

It isn't your Internet it's Vista. But there is some things you can do to help that bloated POS OS operate better.

1) In control panel go into the system and select the advanced tab. Under performance set it to optimize for performance. It'll take away all the bling and return those resources to your applications.
2) Use Chrome, Opera, Firefox, or any other browser then IE. Microsoft has openly stated that they are not designing for speed but appearance. That means slow Internet connections become lethargic on Vista.
3) Get rid of toolbars...Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar, Weatherbug, AOL Toolbar. They are all just slowing you down.

well mybe your system slow for the fallowing reasons your brother never cleans his cache two try a disk scan and a defrag three reboot your system the nice things about these pc is that you have the option to reboot to factory condittions I have the same pc and I have not kind of slowing issues with it but please this computer is made for vista only not xp cuse you wireless will not work with xp hope this helps if you need help rebootin let me know you can email me at [email protected] thanks bye luis

Here is the link to HP/Comaq that has the drivers for your pc model.

Have you installed the Vista SP1 service pack yet? It may help to speed things up.

You said that you downgrade your net speed from 6mb to
3-800kb. If you have 3-800kb of speed it's very slow, i would suggest to upgrade again.