I have a dell dimension desktop.Files on hard drive open slow when connected to the internet ,anyone know why?

Question

I have a dell dimension 8200 desktop . Files on hard drive open slow when connected to the internet , anyone know why ? files like photos , music , movies that are on the gard drive , and have nothing to do with the internet. when i am not conneceted to internet the files opne normal speed .

Answer 1

your IE use a lot of memory I had the same problem, then i add another memory card it was a lot faster. that could me one problem. another problem could be that your IE is infected with a virus. there is other problems that would might make it slow.