Unbelievably slow

[tarawalsh_lfc]

I'm having a problem with IE6, I'm not sure what it is, but here are the "symptoms":

Pages are kind of fast enough to load because I have a good internet connection, but when they have loaded, if I want to click on a link, it takes ages to actually go to the next page, or when I'm typing (for example posting a message on here) it takes ages for the text to appear, there is like a 20 second delay between everything I do. When I scroll down it takes about 20 seconds after I have pushed down for it to actually go down. It's just on the internet, the rest of the computer is okay, can anyone recommend something for me to do or whats causing the problem?

thanks in advance.
Tara!

PS - It's so slow, I had to wait 2 minutes after I had finished typing this post for it to actually finish on the computer (if this is making any sense, lol)

[CMT]

Kinda outta the sort of question but sounds like computer bogging down to me..Meaning how many items do u have running when surfing the net...Sounds like low resources to me atleast

[jmatt]

Try this 1st .
Start > Find > Files or folders , type into the top space > Hosts (no extension, just Hosts) & press Enter .
Right click & rename Hosts.txt

If the above dos'nt help , give it a good clean out & speed up your Internet browsing .
http://shellcity.net/cgi-bin/DB_Sear...=yes&alpha=0-9
http://www.1cleanup.com/
1CLEANUP..........

You can protect your comp from Spyfiles by using these 3 programs together .
http://beam.to/spybotsd
What does SpyBot-Search & Destroy?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareguard.html
SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition
to SpywareBlaster's protection method.

Not networking , this will help .
1) Tools -> Internet Options
2) Connections tab
3) LAN Settings
4) Uncheck "Automatically Detect Settings"

[tarawalsh_lfc]

I'm at a different computer now, Yesterday I checked the computer for spyware, there was 44 (I know thats bad) items and I removed them all. I'll try what ye said when I go home.

When I'm on the internet I don't have any other programs running, I think it could be a general problem with my computer now though, coz it's starting to act up aswell.

Thanks for your help

[jmatt]

Iv'e reworded this part of my post .

Start > Find > Files or folders , type into the top space > Hosts (no extension, just Hosts . Make sure you are in C drive )
& press Enter .
Right click & rename to > Hosts.txt

[mike breck]

If you don't use an Anti-Virus program while browsing the net, then you should get one - either Norton Anti-Virus or the free AVG .

http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_faq.php#

what Anti-Virus are you running? Do a full scan for Virii.

If you don't have an Anti-Virus installed at the momment, then try the online Housecall

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

What Windows version are you running?

If Win98 or Me, have you just upgraded to IE 6 recently?

[glc]

if you are running Win2K or XP, one of the recent updates can cause problems like this - Q811493. The workaround is either uninstall it or disable your antivirus's autoscan files when opened.

[reboot]

I got Q811493, until I realized I don't need it being behind a router. Huge difference in browsing speed.

[jmatt]

Here is more on XP .

Programs Run Slower After You Install Windows XP SP-1
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/xp-sp1-bug.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;815411

http://www.iebeta.net/files/Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
http://www.warp2search.net/download....download&cid=9
Fixes speed problems in XPsp1 ( boot & program loading )


Patch slows down XP
http://forums.zdnet.com/group/zd.Com...WM=&ROS=&OC=75
MS03-013: Buffer Overrun in Windows Kernel Message Handling Could Lead to Elevated Privileges
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp...&F=P&S=&P=2839
Experts warn not to apply Microsoft patch
Microsoft has pulled the 811493 security patch. PC World Article.

[eldon]

May try just clearing out your cache.Tools>Internet options>under temporary internet files click on delete.

[tarawalsh_lfc]

Tried everything, scanned for viruses, there was a few infected files, after I had tried everything, it was still very slow, so I just downloaded Opera 7.10, I found this much better and it's solved the problem.