Computer Speed

The problem I am having is my new Dell computer is very slow loading internet
sites.

I have a Dell Dimension Duo Core Processor with Vista. I've checked with
my cable company and they said I have a strong signal. They felt something
else was slowing the computer down. Has anyone any ideas what I could try
that may speed it up somewhat?

MarianH wrote:
> The problem I am having is my new Dell computer is very slow loading
> internet sites.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension Duo Core Processor with Vista. I've checked
> with my cable company and they said I have a strong signal. They
> felt something else was slowing the computer down. Has anyone any
> ideas what I could try that may speed it up somewhat?
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Test your connection speed:

SpeakEasy Test Your Connection Speed
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

I just checked my Comcast speed and it was:
23647 kbps download and 1552 kbps upload.

If you do a Google search for:
Speed Up IE7
or
Tweak IE7
you may find some useful tips.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I should have mentioned that it is taking me about 20 seconds to load a page.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> MarianH wrote:
> > The problem I am having is my new Dell computer is very slow loading
> > internet sites.
> >
> > I have a Dell Dimension Duo Core Processor with Vista. I've checked
> > with my cable company and they said I have a strong signal. They
> > felt something else was slowing the computer down. Has anyone any
> > ideas what I could try that may speed it up somewhat?
> ================================
> Test your connection speed:
>
> SpeakEasy Test Your Connection Speed
> http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
>
> I just checked my Comcast speed and it was:
> 23647 kbps download and 1552 kbps upload.
>
> If you do a Google search for:
> Speed Up IE7
> or
> Tweak IE7
> you may find some useful tips.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

MarianH wrote:
> I should have mentioned that it is
> taking me about 20 seconds to load
> a page.
==============================
Well...it could be worse...did you check
your connection speed?

Do the search I suggested and look for
some IE7 Tweaks.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Do you have phishing filter activated, after disabling mine things sped up.
In addition, do you have anti-virus, firewall or any other internet secuirty
software. I used to have Norton Internet Security 2007 and once I removed it
I saw a significant increase in speed. I now use McAfee (free from Verizon)
and it works fine.

The following should help:

1. In IE under tools, internet options set all security and privacy settings
to default
2. In the advance tab find Phishing filter and disable it
3. If you have a 3rd party firewall, turn off the Windows firewall (look in
control panel)
4. Check you add-in list for anything that shouldn't be there or you don't
need, delete it or disable
5. Try this little trick, it's the only tip on IE I ever found that actually
works:
http://redchaos.wordpress.com/2007/0...rnet-explorer/
(I set my values to 50 and it works great, but your system maybe different,
so try different values)
6. If all else fail, download FireFox!



"MarianH" wrote:

> The problem I am having is my new Dell computer is very slow loading internet
> sites.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension Duo Core Processor with Vista. I've checked with
> my cable company and they said I have a strong signal. They felt something
> else was slowing the computer down. Has anyone any ideas what I could try
> that may speed it up somewhat?

Forgot:

Run Disk CleanUp

Internet options > General Tab - Browsing History > Click on Delete > Click
on Delete files and Delete cookies

"romanom" wrote:

> Do you have phishing filter activated, after disabling mine things sped up.
> In addition, do you have anti-virus, firewall or any other internet secuirty
> software. I used to have Norton Internet Security 2007 and once I removed it
> I saw a significant increase in speed. I now use McAfee (free from Verizon)
> and it works fine.
>
> The following should help:
>
> 1. In IE under tools, internet options set all security and privacy settings
> to default
> 2. In the advance tab find Phishing filter and disable it
> 3. If you have a 3rd party firewall, turn off the Windows firewall (look in
> control panel)
> 4. Check you add-in list for anything that shouldn't be there or you don't
> need, delete it or disable
> 5. Try this little trick, it's the only tip on IE I ever found that actually
> works:
> http://redchaos.wordpress.com/2007/0...rnet-explorer/
> (I set my values to 50 and it works great, but your system maybe different,
> so try different values)
> 6. If all else fail, download FireFox!
>
>
>
> "MarianH" wrote:
>
> > The problem I am having is my new Dell computer is very slow loading internet
> > sites.
> >
> > I have a Dell Dimension Duo Core Processor with Vista. I've checked with
> > my cable company and they said I have a strong signal. They felt something
> > else was slowing the computer down. Has anyone any ideas what I could try
> > that may speed it up somewhat?