My computer is taking up to ten minutes or longer to get onto the Internet. I've 
checked with my ISP and they say the problem is not with them. My modem is fine. 
I've done a virus and also a spyware check. Although there were some minor bugs on 
my system, they have been removed. I've defragged my system too. 

How can I work out just what is wrong and how do I repair it? Is there anybody that 
can please help me with this? Thanks

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Has is always been slow or has it ran normal before? Here is all the steps i use to keep my pc running like new. 1-Run disc cleanup. You can find it under start-->all programs-->accessories-->system tools. 2-Clear your browsing history. Go to start-->control panel-->Internet options-->Under browsing history click delete. 3-Run Cleanup! Its free and you can find it here. http://www.majorgeeks.com/CleanUp_d4895.html 4-Run Ad-aware. Free download here. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ad-aware/3979/ 5-Run Spybot s&d. Free download here. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html 6-Run a virus scan, which you have done. 7-Run hijackthis.m google it for download. Be sure to save a log file and copy and paste the log file here. http://www.hijackthis.de/ and it will tell you if there is any bad files. 8-Instead of the built in defragger, Run this one called diskeeper. Its only a trial version. Download it here. http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp Well thats all i can think of. I do all those steps once a week and my pc still runs very good after 3 years old. Hope it helps.


On Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 7:17 pm, Rudy Kreubel wrote:
>My computer is taking up to ten minutes or longer to get onto the Internet. I've
>checked with my ISP and they say the problem is not with them. My modem is fine.
>I've done a virus and also a spyware check. Although there were some minor bugs on
>my system, they have been removed. I've defragged my system too.
>
>How can I work out just what is wrong and how do I repair it? Is there anybody that
>can please help me with this? Thanks

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Thank you very much for all of that, Tony. I will start to work my way through it 
right now. It will take some time.  And the answer to your question as to whethere 
or not my computer was running slow previously, the answer is no. 

Thanks again.

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Is that dial up? Pick up the handset and dial the number. If the server is answering 
(not busy signals for ten minutes) but you can't connect, remove and re-install all 
of your protocols.

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takes 10 minutes doing what? IE gets frozen? or the ISP cannot give u a connection? I dont get it

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No, this is a cable connection.

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My system takes a long time to connect to the Net. It has been running very slowly. 
Yes freeze-ups are occuring too on IE. Everything is taking a long time.

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have you recently loaded any new software on the machine? What anti-virus program are you using? If you are using Norton, or MacAfee, that is the bulk of your problem. If you use norton or macAfee, uninstall it, and download a copy of AVG 8.0 FREE version. (google for it)

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Hi Rudy. Here is an article that may be of interest to you: http://winhlp.com/node/10

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then run auslogics boot speed, its a trial, you can uninstall it afterwards, you may need a reimage, if the system is that slow.

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