I bought my pc last year. It was relatively fast for a phone line. But the past 2 months, it has been very slow. I keep checking for parasites but there are only 2 or 3 a the time. What could be the problem???
1. What are the system specs?
2. RUnning out of HDD space? That can slow things down
3. How much slower are we talkin about here ... 5-10 seconds instead of 2-3 or 10 minutes kinda deal?
I am not familiar with pc at all. Only thing I know is, I have Windows XP, and I have plenty of space left. Its so slow that it might take 15 seconds to have my page....
You can try deleting the prefetch files (they are in c:\windows\prefetch folder) and reboot. Run Disk Cleanup too to delete temporary files. These can slow down your computer.
well if its 56K (phoneline) then 15secs for a page to load is expected. my gf has 56K and its SLOW...around 10 secs for a page and longer for a graphic ridden site. maybe its time for a new modem??