Forum Home
Press F1
Thread ID: 71957	2006-08-23 08:48:00	Broadband causes major computer slowdown	csinclair83 (200)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
480228	2006-08-23 08:48:00	I used to have the sloooooooow dialup....no issues with computer, but since I've got broadband, the computer has been majorly slow, takes around 10 mins for computer to start up and load everything before I can actually use it....its sooo annoying, I even tried disabling nortons/zonealarm/msn/yahoo from starting at start up, and that makes no difference.. Done spyware and antivirus scans, no bad results... Am with Slingshot for Broadband, Hard Drive space is 25gig avail out of 40. Running 2.8ghz and 256mb ram, winxphome with SP2... Can someone help?	csinclair83 (200)
480229	2006-08-23 09:01:00	Do you have an internal ADSL modem or an external modem? Have you Scandisk and defrag recently? Have you had a look & see if you can disable programs you don’t need to start up?	stu161204 (123)
480230	2006-08-23 09:04:00	External Modem, installed correctly as followed everything to the letter.... Scan Disk no, defragged the night before I installed adsl, a mate told me to do that, cant remember why! Dont know how to disable....I just did it manually through individual programs...	csinclair83 (200)
480231	2006-08-23 10:11:00	often the biggest delay is with the networking waiting for an IP addy to be assigned for the network card. the pc will wait till thats done and so will other apps (eg ZA) that require an IP addy to work with. the wait may be the modem. try setting a fixed IP addy for the modem and netwrok card.	tweak'e (69)
480232	2006-08-23 21:30:00	but since I've got broadband, the computer has been majorly slow, takes around 10 mins for computer to start up and load everything before I can actually use it....its sooo annoying, I even tried disabling nortons/zonealarm/msn/yahoo from starting at start up, and that makes no difference.. Done spyware and antivirus scans, no bad results... What antispyware programs have you used? Don't disable your AV or Zone Alarm - that will just make things worse. Nortons is a resource hog, you could look at changing AVs as well.	pctek (84)
480233	2006-08-23 21:51:00	have you tried starting the puter with the BB modem Unplugged just to ascertain if it is indeed the culprit ?	drcspy (146)
480234	2006-08-27 08:59:00	Hey guys! Sorry for not coming back! the world moutian bikes were on and awesome stuff!!! Anyway, I unplugged the modem, and it was a slight bit faster, but it wasnt this slow before I installed it at all....so dont really know what the curlpit is.... Fast when i was on dialup... Installed/using BB....slooooooooow.... Installed but not using BB....slower than before installation but a bit faster... I've always been recommended to use Nortons so yeah, but if someone recommends a different one and better, and preferably free then i'll consider it. I thought it would cost more to get a fixed IP addy? Antispyware programs i used was adaware and spybot....	csinclair83 (200)
480235	2006-08-27 09:17:00	I thought it would cost more to get a fixed IP addy? the lan card ip addy not the IP addy the modem gets from the ISP.	tweak'e (69)
480236	2006-08-27 09:24:00	Hello csinclair83. Welcome to Press F1, I too think that after getting broadband the computer has slowed down a little. Would it be that the software that was installed when you set up your modem is slowing your computer down, then it wouldn't be the modem itself and unplugging it wouldn't make much difference. Norton Antivirus was installed on both of our computers when we got them new, as I expect on quite a few people's computers especially major brands. I had the same question a while back, "Which free antivirus would be the best for me?" It really is a matter of personal choice, but I use AVG. There is also Advast Antivirus that I havn't tried but they are both reccomended the same. Do you know if you are running on a free 6 month subscription or if you have bought a subscription? If you have bought a subscription I would reccomend you to stay with Norton until it expires. If you are running on a free subscription you will have to change sooner or later unless you want to buy a subscription which I would not reccomend. The reason being is that you can get the same amount of protection from a free program or sometimes even more than a commerical program like Norton. My friend has Norton and one of the reasons they are staying with it is because it is the Internet Security one and it does everything for them itself. But you would probably find that if you put in some effort then you can make a better (free) package yourself. Just my 5 cents worth. I don't think it would cost you to get a fixed IP addy, I think you can just tinker with your settings although I might be wrong. ~Matt :-)	matty3 (5363)
480237	2006-08-27 10:50:00	I've only found 2 problems with Norton antivirus or net security, but they are both major problems that mean I won't reccomend norton products to anyone. 1. The protection center is really annoying (always giving those anoying popups when you don't have your computer configured exactly how it likes it, plus it changes your IE home page even when you tell it not to) 2. It slows most computers it is installed on down to a crawl, and those that can survive having Norton products installed would run even better without it. FIxed IP: Setting your network card to use a fixed IP probably will speed up your startup slightly, but won't make any difference to the general running of the computer. This shouldn't be confused with a static internet IP - that usually costs extra & most people wouldn't make use of it.	Greven (91)
1 2 3 4