WHy is my internet so slow !!?

Question

well sorry guys last time i left out some details and thank you for the one who reminded me well back to the question

Well guys my Internet has a bit of a problem its always so for some reason i have a good connection but its weird, heres the story say today is the 1st of jan and its going well for like 123 days then after that it becomes slow until the next month then it becomes fast for a few days and then it becomes slow again and keeps doing the same thing, if you live in aus the company i use is " OPTUS " please help me thank you (My computer is windows XP pentium 4, I use a Router and the internet connection im using right now is Optus Cable.

Answer 1

Here's what you do. ..It does sound like your computer needs cleaned out.. . I will tell ya everything you need to do:

open Internet Explorer. . . . . .

Tools
Internet Options

Clear History
Delete Cookies
Delete Files (including offline webpages)

Click OK, and close out IE

this part is done
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next step


Start
Run,
type in prefetch and hit ENTER

delete all those files.

step complete

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3rd step:

Open My Computer

Right click on C Drive, and click PROPERTIES

click "Disk Cleanup"

let is calculate and do it's thing. when it's done, another screen should come up. . . . . . . when it does, make sure there are check marks in every single box. . . then click "OK" and hit YES

step complete

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next, you need to run the Defragger

Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and select "Disk Defragmenter.

highlight C drive, and click "Defragment"

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it will let you know when it's complete. . . . . . . . then shut your computer down, and unplug your cable modem for like 15 seconds, then plug it back up. . and wait about a minute before turning your computer back on. . . This should help. . . . . Good luck bro.

Answer 2

An internet connection can become slow or stop working due to a number of reasons depending on the type of the connection. Many of the problems can be solved by making software changes or small hardware corrections. Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yl62gz

Answer 3

could be your computers been hijacked--a bot is taking some bandwidth to spread stuff like junk mail ---run some anti virus if ya have it or down load free at cnet---spybot ad-aware or zone alarm off the top of my head...hope its not that, have at bare minimum 256 on-board ram ,hit control alt delete and go to processes and see if any programs take 90 percent or higher ram or CPU usage for more than 2 seconds...i like this program if none of that works this is address http://www.speedguide.net/analyzer.php?DATA_OFFSET=40&TCP_Options_string=020405b40103030301010402&IP_MTU_DISCOVER=1&WIN=64240&RWIN=513920&MSS=1460&SCALE=3&TTL=46&TSOPT=0&SACK_PERM=1&IP_TOS=32&IP=66.41.14
that will test your speed and show any bottlenecks in settings-- shut off firewall and any thing using internet for accurate reading. this is same site adress but has program i use tcp optimizer( http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php ) this links staight to download http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe that may help its for xp,just read site it was helpfull to me.


edit---read question again, take there advice first,probably memory

Answer 4

Is your memory too full? Mine usually starts lagging a bit when I need to clean up my hard drive. Just a guess, I am no expert when it comes to computers...just addicted to them!