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Or you can try these....

(01). Upgrade the definitions of your Anti-Virus program, and keep your definitions updated at ALL times.

(02). Run your Anti-Virus Program AT LEAST once a day.

(03). Do you have another utility program (something like "Registry Booster" and/or "SpeedUpMyPC")??? What these do is unload/cleanup the unnecessary clutter off your hard disk, and repair any broken or fragmented registries on your hard disk. If you have these, or something similar on your computer, that would be a BIG help.

(04). I would also try cleaning off the "Cache" in your browser and see if that would help.

(05). Defrag your hard disk AT LEAST once a week.

(06). Check to see how much RAM is installed in your PC. If you have less than 1 GB of RAM, it's time to add more RAM to your PC. Adding RAM is NEVER a bad idea. You'll have a brand new computer that way (without investing in a new computer). Your computer will run a LOT faster if you do that.

(07). As other have already said on here, if you have any outdated drivers on your PC, I would update those drivers as well.

Now..... about Internet Explorer 8. I don't know what the deal is with Internet Explorer 8. It seems to me that when Internet Explorer 8 came out last year, after it was loaded onto my computer, it seems to me that Internet Explorer 8 takes a LOT LONGER to upload than the previous version did. So, if you are using that as your browser (and that may seem to be the problem), maybe that may be the culprit. After changing over to Internet Explorer 8 last year, I have since upgraded the RAM in my PC (for me personally, I went from 1 GB and maxed it out to 4 GB), it didn't make any difference with Internet Explorer 8. It's slow to upload no matter what.

Hope things get better with your PC after you do these. Good luck and let us know how things are going after that.

--Charles--
 
@ joeekaitis......

Thanks for the tip concerning "Speedtest.net". Tested my PC twice after I did my last post on here.

My results are that it takes about 1 second to download a 5 MB MP3 File, 7 seconds to download a 35 MB Video Clip and 2 minutes to download an 800 MB Movie Clip. Totals being about 45 MB/S to download and only 4.18 MB/S to upload (both exceeding ISP averages..... downloads about more than twice the average of standard ISP figures).

I also have Comcast Cable for my ISP, if that helps any. Before going over to Comcast, I had Verizon DSL, and I can tell a difference in speed night and day. And I don't even have Comcast's fastest internet speed.

Verizon FIOS might be just as fast, or faster than Comcast Cable, but I am hearing from people in my community that FIOS is overpriced and frankly, is a ripoff. So, I guess I'll be sticking with Comcast for now.

--Charles--
 
I would also check what programs you have running at start up.They can be hidden and you wouldnt even know there running.They eat up memory and they also eat up your Cpu power.Go to your control panel and under computer management you will see services and Applications..Click on that and you will see a list of things that start and stop when you boot up.You will find TONS of things that are running that you don't need.Its amazing the things that can be downloaded and running in the back ground.On my old P.C. I have found my cpu running at 100% and I wasnt doing anything...
 
Killing stuff running in the background can help speed thing

...but you have to make sure that you are killing something that isn't needed for the system! Before tinkering, it's a good idea to know either A)what is absolutely needed for your particular operating system to work so you can avoid removing one of those items or B)know that something specific is NOT needed.
 
Quote: Other people can ride your beautiful backside for free without you knowing.

HA I'd definitely feel it! And honey, nobody gets that for free!

Actually TY Larry it's a good old-fashioned wired router. No wireless here. The poulation here is too dense (LOL In persons/dwelling units per square mile) to take a chance on a wireless network!
 
~I went with 2 gigs RAM. As previously mentioned, I have Windows XP Version 5.1 from 2007. I have an Emachines brand desktop, Model# T3985 with an Intel processor of 2.93 GHz. My RAM is reported/recognized as 1.98 GHz. My available memory is 2,079,472 KB.

Allen does this answer your questions :-)

Oh Larry, I have 25% available on my C drive.
 
"Oh Larry, I have 25% available on my C drive."

I don't know Windows well, but 25% should enough free space. When it gets to a point where it's getting seriously low--that is, approaching a point where it won't work at all, it should tell you. As I recall, Windows is very good about whining whenever it's not happy.

Thinking ahead, when the time disk space becomes an issue, there are a couple of options:

-Replace the disk with a new one. The plus: you get more space AND a new hard disk. (Hard disks do wear out). A new disk might run faster. The minus: you have to reinstall Windows, which is a real pain, although the plus to the minus is that reinstalling Windows will probably make it faster.
-Add a new disk and move user documents/files to it, but keep the old disk for Windows OS and installed programs. A popular option. Many people like having user files far away from the operating system files, so when the OS gets reinstalled, the user files will survive.
 
I had a problem recently, where my Windows XP computer was taking an age to open website pages (IE7). It turned out that AVG 9.0 was the problem, so I switched to Avast!

AVG 9.0 seems to be currently okay with Vista and IE8 on the laptop.
 
Actually, if you use a program like Norton Ghost, you can change your Drive C: out with a larger one without having to reinstall Windows again. Just run the program, change the hard disks and you are good to go!
 
Toggles:

Yes, that answers my questions just fine. I just wanted to see how much longer you will be able to use your computer before you have to go shopping again. It looks like you'll have a few years left before you do.

My computer axiom:

Don't buy a new computer because someone tells you that you need one, buy a new computer when the computer you have has been fully expanded and still doesn't do what you want it to at the speed you want it to.

That saves a lot of people a lot of money. My crazy sister and her husband used to buy a new computer every other year. Why?
Oh, those old ones just get too slow. They are too lazy to do any kind of maintenance on their systems, and most of the time they don't even know/care what kind of software is on their computers, either.
 
You can also save a lot of $$$ on computers by not buying the latest and greatest, but waiting a year for the prices to drop.

And there is also the benefit of not being on the "bleeding edge". Corollary: Never by the .0 rev of any software, especially Microsoft. Wait for the first or second service pack.
 
Generally I agree with you on Windows, I've been using it since 3.1, but windows 7 seems to be excellent, no issues. Ran the RC's for quite a while and am running public release since Oct intro and it's very solid and pain free. I see no reason to wait IF you need a new OS.
 
I've installed Win 7 on a few friends and families new computer systems. It is the smoothest and slickest front end so far. But if you dig down a lot of it is the same as Windows XP. There is not a big learning curve for anyone with Win 95' forward. Of course, you have lots more RAM available to 7', like 8GB rather than 4.
The only problem I came across is one of my cousins has over 5K songs on her hard disk. Windows Media Player 12 did not like this. Sometimes it would find them, sometimes only a part of them. We are awaiting Win 7 SP1 for a fix for this.

But Win 7 on a Intel Core I5 with 8GB and a 1TB hard disk just screams! We are using a Intel MB, with a TOL NVida video card with 1GB RAM. Needless to say, my family was very happy!
 
OK so I have taken the router offline and "speak" right to the modem which connects to the DSL line.

Performance comes and goes, so I do really think it's the modem or the line.

I have also re-loaded Windows onto my system.

OK, here is an embarrasing question. I can no longer print from the web. Say bank statements from IE, for example. Where has my printer icon gone? I have tried to add such an icon and have tried to add various toolbars to get it back.

How embarassing! (sp? )

HELP!
Any ideas? [this post was last edited: 5/8/2010-11:46]
 
Thanks Larry, will check those out!

What appears to be missing is the words in the Windows toolbar (the toolbar itself?)

Left to right:

FILE EDIT VIEW FAVORITES TOOLS HELP
 

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