My Internet is running slow.

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

Lately my internet browsing has been running slow. I use firefox on Winxp sp2. The weird thing is if i play wow, its not slow at all and if i get on the internet on my wii, its faster than it would be if i were to use firefox on my computer. I defragged, turned off sharing on some folders (figured that a sharing protocol was slowing it down a bit), ran spybot, and ran ccleaner. In my task bar i only have norton antivirus, HP digital image shit and safely remove hardware in addition to the LAN and sound icon. When i go to the task manager there are all kinds of processes running that idk what they are. But they are related to my printer, itunes, my gfx card and norton.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how i can get my internet speed back to the way it was?

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

Backup what you need/want. Reformat and re-install windows. and make sure you are carefull what you install next time around.

well, thats what i would do!

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

duke_uk wrote:

Backup what you need/want. Reformat and re-install windows. and make sure you are carefull what you install next time around.

well, thats what i would do!

lol i did that probably about...2 or 3 months ago and had a hell of a time getting my internet back along with all the drivers for everything.

I really dont install much crap i just like my "soft skin lady" sites

Kai Admirer Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 478

close your donkey porn Smile

and install a up to date private version of xp Smile

Kai Lover Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 911

Yea lay off the fuckin fake porn gees, do what i do get out in life for some relaxation and go get some real porn not no fake bullcrap photoshop porn lol

Team XLink Clan Manager Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1595

Lowbrassman04 wrote:

duke_uk wrote:

Backup what you need/want. Reformat and re-install windows. and make sure you are carefull what you install next time around.

well, thats what i would do!

lol i did that probably about...2 or 3 months ago and had a hell of a time getting my internet back along with all the drivers for everything.

I really dont install much crap i just like my "soft skin lady" sites

that's why, before formatting a hard drive, you should always copy your DRIVERS folder to an external source, such as a flash drive or cd rom, then you can easily copy them back into your newly formatted hdd.

I found this easier than rummaging around for hours looking for driver discs that I didn't even have.

Also, before you format a hard drive, ALWAYS perform a system scan/diagnostic which will list detailed information on your pc, and what is currently contained in it. I'd recommend Belarc Advisor, that's what I used.

This way, when you go back and see that you have a missing driver for say, your network card, you can refer to that list to get the part's name/model number then search for the downloadable driver online.

Went through a hell of a time with my laptop's failing hdd, but now I'll have less problems in the future. You learn as you go

Wink

-Kove

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

(-TU-)Kovert-xX wrote:

Lowbrassman04 wrote:

duke_uk wrote:

Backup what you need/want. Reformat and re-install windows. and make sure you are carefull what you install next time around.

well, thats what i would do!

lol i did that probably about...2 or 3 months ago and had a hell of a time getting my internet back along with all the drivers for everything.

I really dont install much crap i just like my "soft skin lady" sites

that's why, before formatting a hard drive, you should always copy your DRIVERS folder to an external source, such as a flash drive or cd rom, then you can easily copy them back into your newly formatted hdd.

I found this easier than rummaging around for hours looking for driver discs that I didn't even have.

Also, before you format a hard drive, ALWAYS perform a system scan/diagnostic which will list detailed information on your pc, and what is currently contained in it. I'd recommend Belarc Advisor, that's what I used.

This way, when you go back and see that you have a missing driver for say, your network card, you can refer to that list to get the part's name/model number then search for the downloadable driver online.

Went through a hell of a time with my laptop's failing hdd, but now I'll have less problems in the future. You learn as you go

Wink

-Kove

Now that i think about it my internet was faster before i reformatted lol.

Maybe its just the sites I go to. Maybe they get more hits (myspace, facebook, IGN) cuz Xlink pages load quick.

Edit: except when it stalls out. After it stalls out for about a min it will load evertying.

Kai Enthusiast Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 268

Is your pc wireless? Also, antivirus/firewall software makes internet browsing slower. As long as you know what you are doing and nobody knows your ip that can do some damage, I wouldnt even have antivirus software on my pc.

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

[OG]Snafupossum wrote:

Is your pc wireless? Also, antivirus/firewall software makes internet browsing slower. As long as you know what you are doing and nobody knows your ip that can do some damage, I wouldnt even have antivirus software on my pc.

No its wired. I have an "internet connection" icon in my network connection list. It says i connect to the internet thru a computer that is sharing its connection. I dont think roommate's computer has ICS on but i may be connecting to his computer thru the router then to the internet. Could this be possible and could this be my problem?

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

lol guys. i logged into my router, went to setup and basically reset up the internet connection and then the router rebooted and now my net is like it used to be ha haha!

Now i got homework to do. ALOT of it. :'(

5 assignments which are 3 article reports. These article reports are 3/4 of a page each. They are due next friday. What i dont understand is how i can take 2 small paragraphs and stretch it summary that is 3/4 of a page.
I woud have to reiterate everything multiple times with size 20 font....

:Z

Kai Enthusiast Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 268

make your periods double font size Wink

takes up more space and it isn't noticeable. Also just go on random things on how it relates to something else and then start talking about that other thing for a sentence or 2.

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

[OG]Snafupossum wrote:

make your periods double font size Wink

takes up more space and it isn't noticeable. Also just go on random things on how it relates to something else and then start talking about that other thing for a sentence or 2.

lol thanks. I knew about the period thing. Im also going to mess with my margins. My professor wont notice he is really old and i doubt he cares as long as its 3/4 page.