i just got my dsl and we have installed it on 2 computers, on my brothers and mine,
on his computer when he downloads somthing the speed usually is 300kb and up of speed but when i download somthing its around 78 its getting really annyoing,
does anyone know where to change somthing like a setting to fix this?
2006-09-01 05:37:58 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
1) Check for spyware. Run both Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and Skybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to remove any spyware. Run both as one may caught something the other missing. Then go to microsoft.com and download Defender to protect against future infections.
2) Check that you have a least 10% of your hard drive free. Go to My Computer and right click on the Local Drive (C:). Look at the properties. If it has less that 10% free space, you will need to delete some files, or move them off the hard drive and on to a CD or DVD. Start by running the disk cleanup, which will remove temporary and other unneeded files. Go to Start, then All Programs, then System Tools and click the Disk Cleanup icon.
3) Run the msconfig utility. Go to Start, then Run and type in: msconfig
Go to the startup tab
You will see a list of all the programs that are loaded when your computer starts up. Uncheck any that you do not have to have. (Usually you can uncheck them all). If you decide you to need one, you can go back and recheck it.
4) Defrag the hard drive. Go into My Computer and right click on the Local Drive (C:). Select Properties and go into the Tools tab. Click the Defragment Now button to start the defrag program. If you have not defrag recently (or never) it may take several hours for the program to complete.
2006-09-01 05:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've got a slower computer or older computer and the others are newer, that could be your problem. Lots of things affect internet. Windows usually optimizes the connections - so you might want to check and see how much ram you have - that could affect things also.
2006-09-01 05:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by longhats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
need more info on computers. What knid does he have? What is yours? That could be the difference. Or, it depends on how you are hooked up.
2006-09-01 05:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by celticwarrior7758 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋