System slowdown

[Oscar]

I cant understand why my system slows down noticeably after I have been on the WEB. Even HDTACH's figures show my hard drive is operating at about 40% of normal speed. If I reboot it goes back to normal and HDTACH reports much faster figures.

Anybody know why this happens. I appreciate your help. Thanks.

John Lowe UK

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John lowe

[mjc]

Oscar,

1. What are your system resources while connected?

Go to my computer>propeties>performance. If they are low (under 50%) you might want to shut down some of your background programs while onlie.

2. What kind of modem?

If it is an internal (PCI-winmodem) you might need a driver update.

3. Is your browser cache set to clear on shut down?

If so that could explain the return to normal after a reboot. You may need to periodically clear it while online or adjust its size. In IE this
can be done in the tools>internet options>temporary internet options (clear & settings). In Navigator Edit>preferences>advanced>cache.

4. Do you have any background downloaders, agents or system updaters running while you are connected?

They will eat up a good percentage of your computers resources while they are actively doing whatever they are supposed to do. You might want restrict or disable them.

Mike

[This message has been edited by mjc (edited 11-18-2000).]

[Paleo Pete]

I'm locking this one since Oscar has posted the same problem in System Troubleshooting.

mjc please look there to post further replies.

I left it so the answer could still be available.

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