Quite Slow

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 17:05

For some reason, when I go to a web-page, it takes a while to loads up, even though I'm on 20mb connection. T've ran several speed tests and my download speed is fine, but it also happens when im loading up a program...anyone got any good tips on how to imrpve the speed of my PC before it goes through the window lol

sunlitsix · 19 Jan 2008 at 17:34

start by doing a defrag on the hard drive

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 17:41

Done Defrag, Ran CCleaner, Ran Disk Cleanup, Ran Lavasoft Adaware Pro, Uninstalled programs, emptied my msconfig startup list

sunlitsix · 19 Jan 2008 at 17:54

reinstalled drivers?
things like graphics, chipset etc

Sweetloaf · 19 Jan 2008 at 18:12

.Kencs said:
Done Defrag, Ran CCleaner, Ran Disk Cleanup, Ran Lavasoft Adaware Pro, Uninstalled programs, emptied my msconfig startup list

Regseeker?

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 19:42

Right, I've set aside 2 hours tonight to sort this PC out.....I will be running the following:
MSConfig
Defrag
Lavasoft Adaware
CCleaner
Uninstalling software I no longer use...

Is there anything else people can recommend doing or recommend downloading to sort it out?

slowrunner · 19 Jan 2008 at 19:49

Double-check you've got the right drivers for the hard drive controllers as well as any other components.

My drives were running a lot slower than even ata-33 (more like ata-5), re-installing the drive controllers got them back up to ata-100.

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 19:57

So just get the name of each driver i have on the PC, go to the manufactures site and update???

sunlitsix · 19 Jan 2008 at 19:58

what OS are you running?

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 20:05

Windows XP Media Centre Edition

ns400r · 19 Jan 2008 at 20:21

Check that the hard drive isn't running in PIO mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472

w3bbo · 19 Jan 2008 at 20:22

If you have set aside 2hrs I would simply re-install your OS and all the latest drivers. Its sometimes much quicker and easier than trouble shooting.

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 20:31

Yeah but that means I have to back EVERYTHING up again

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 21:04

If I Recover my PC and start fresh, would that enable Internet Explorer pages to open up loads quicker on a 20mb connection too?

.Kencs · 19 Jan 2008 at 21:36

Anyone?

ns400r · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:18

It might, it might not. We don't actually know what the problem is with your setup. You may well find that it is all ok or you may recreate the symptoms all over again.

Did you check the current hard drive mode?

Aod · 20 Jan 2008 at 01:11

have you tried using a different browser?

Garyj881 · 20 Jan 2008 at 01:22

Try altering your MTU, whos your isp and whats there max MTU?

Richie P · 20 Jan 2008 at 09:15

Aod said:
have you tried using a different browser?

Do this first. Get Firefox from www.getfirefox.com

ns400r said:
Did you check the current hard drive mode?

This is definitely something to check as well.

And failing those two, a few more questions. Are you on a wireless connection? If so, use tracert on a website like the BBC:

Start - Run - type "cmd", press enter - type "tracert www.bbc.co.uk"

That will time how long it takes a bit of info to go to the BBC website. I'd guess you should expect less than 100ms in total for this, but take other's advice as well. Paste the results of the tracert back in the thread if you want

This should give an idea of if there's a delay in the communication, or a delay in your computer displaying the returned information.

If the tracert comes back pretty quick, then it'll be something to do with your computer and installing Firefox, or doing a recovery should fix it. If it comes back slow, then it's a problem with the setup/internet connection and Firefox or a recovery can't solve that.

Sweetloaf · 20 Jan 2008 at 10:42

Why would installing Firefox help his program load times?

He's done speed tests, all is fine there, I would avoid installing anything else until you know what's what.

I would seriously have a quick run of Regseeker from www.majorgeeks.com