Then eventually my browser stops responding at all and I have to reboot. The problem seems worse when I'm on Yahoo Answers, but it happens anywhere on the net. What's causing this?
2006-12-24 10:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by cruztacean1964 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Your computer is storing all kind of cookies, history, and stuff. I run this program every time I log off. Works great.
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2006-12-24 10:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could be a number of things... and it can be browser dependent.
First off - over time, browsers begin to eat more and more memory... eventually, in combination with other apps using memory... the system runs out of RAM and begins using virtual memory (the hard drive)... this invariably begins to slow a system down.
In addition, browsers cache web pages, in order to 'improve' the speed at which web pages display. The problem there is that eventually the cache reaches a point where it is no longer efficient... a point at which pages load from the web faster than from the huge cache.
There are a lot of other possibilities that may explain what you are experiencing... dependent on the system hardware, the operating system, the browser being used, other software on the system particularly antivirus and antispyware that may have been triggered during browsing...
One other thing that I can directly point to - if you're using Windows XP with automatic updates, or other programs with automatic updates, you may notice periodic slowness, that can last for minutes to hours - in this situation - an application has begun an automatic download from the net...
Find someone in the tech field to look at your puter... that's really your best bet.
-dh
2006-12-24 18:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try this. Go to your "tools". Open it up and scroll down to internet options. Open this up and clear all cookies and your temporary file. The longer you are online the more cookies you generate and some have spyware that slows down your system.
2006-12-24 18:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Limit the size of your browser cache, both memory and on the hard drive. I never have that problem,
2006-12-24 18:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably have a slower computer and very little RAM. That is typically what would happen if that was the case.
2006-12-24 18:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spyware software!!!
Use Ad-Aware and Spybot to remove them. Also run full system scan of your Anti-virus software.
2006-12-24 18:37:14 · answer #6 · answered by szhob 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
install and turn on an adware, spybot and firewall, also install cookie wall
Slowness is caused by cookies being added, you have to dlete them every few minutes at least daily
2006-12-24 18:37:38 · answer #7 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is your internet broswer having technical difficulties.
2006-12-24 18:38:51 · answer #8 · answered by §sniperexpertxx§ ﺕ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you probably have spyware? Many people are affected, try an online scan
http://2765r4.noadware.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=YAH
2006-12-24 19:13:38 · answer #9 · answered by b94897p8 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your internet connection is weak. Perhaps you are sharing a connection which will cause that to happen.
2006-12-24 18:36:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋