does anybody has the same problem with yahoo?it slows down my computer alot and my mom cant even keep her int

Question

it slows down my computer alot and my mom cant even keep her intternet since she downloaded yahoo messenger, any advice?

Answer 1

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Computer Slow

Download and then run startup.exe (FREEWARE) at:

http://www.mlin.net/startupcpl.shtml......

Can't live without it and windows...

Then disable and/or uninstall whatever u don't need.

Other things to try:

1 - Disk Cleanup (removal of temp files, cookies, etc.)
2 - Defrag
3 - Registry Cleanup (CAN BE VERY RISKY!)

FROM A HARDWARE PERSPECTIVE THE BEST AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE POSSIBLE UPGRADE (IN GENERAL) IS THE ADDITION OF MORE MEMORY (RAM).

ALL ELSE FAILS - RELOAD YOUR O/S (WINDOWS) AND THEN REINSTALL ALL OTHER PROGRAMS YOU NEED/USE!

Joe...

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Computer Virus/Spyware/Adware/Malware/etc

All FREE...

Download and then run Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic at:

http://www.free-av.com/

Download and then run Spybot - Search & Destroy at:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

Download and then run Ad-Aware SE Personal at:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Joe...

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Answer 2

Unfortunately with the new yahoo beta it uses a lot of bandwidth so it will slow your Internet down a lot if your using dile up. Aim is much the same way which is why it is always booting people too. MSN and ICQ messangers still use very little band width so they work a little better on dile up but short of getting a better more reliable connection its just something you are going to have to put up with. If your using aol i will suggest looking into the yahoo DSL service its cheaper than aol and you get a DSL connection instead of a dile up.

Answer 3

yeah me too. It seems like the more new stuff Yahoo has, the slower it goes. I wish they could come with some way to have all these cool things without it making my computer slow.

Answer 4

my computer crashed when i had downloaded yahoo messenger. i had to get a new hard drive. the guy that i took it to who fixed it said that my computer crashed because of yahoo messenger. he said that it lets in viruses and all that junk. now that yahoo messenger isn't on my computer, it's not slow and works perfectly.

Answer 5

? is your pc still slow & your internet you have done a full system scan
with your anit virus /anti spyware you even defragmenter your hard drive
done a scan disk but your pc is still slow and your internet is not as good you even format the hard drive and your internet is still slow
your pc is not running fast as it was ?

you do make sure you call your (isp) or this will happen

then you need to check your router it dont mater what router you have
people in the vicinity is on your network


you call your (isp)
GET THIS SET TO DISABLED

(GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING )
it dont matter what router you have you need to get
(GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING ) set to disable

is your router safe?
you need to call your (isp) server
they have to get you in to your router home page
then from there ..copy & paste the router home page
into a notepad then save that to a back up cd

now from there they have to take you to the part
where (GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING ) is
then you click on ( GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING) icon
then at the top of the page on the right your see
configure.. you click on configure
then you .. UN-TICK .. the box ( GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING)
that is ticked there ...
then you click look down the page your see
<<<
if you have a wireless router
and then ask them where you set up a wpa-security key dont use a 128bit wep key ask to use a wpa- security that is your router security key and you pick the wpa-security key not your (isp)server . just ask them where you set one up they will say use a wep-key ..ignore them you say your going to use a wpa.key and want to know how to set one up and remember you pick the wpa-key not your (isp)server or they will use your network

now you close off the page
and clean out your internet address bar

Answer 6

Call the company that services u. I had the same problem and just had to go to control panel and clean out any stuff that i was not using anymore because it took up space.

Answer 7

if you have the Yahoo toolbar, you may have to uninstall it. there was a problem that microsoft knows about, but has not released a fix for yet. I had the same problem and uninstalling the toolbar fixed it

Answer 8

Check for spyware and viruses. Do you have Adaware or Spybot? These are free anti-spyware scanners you can download and run.

Answer 9

Stop using yahoo?

Answer 10

I experienced this with version 8. Try switching back to version 7.5.