I have a Dell 5510 that is about a year old. I am running Windows XP.
2007-01-20 00:54:42 · 4 answers · asked by Jump Back 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
By the way I have high speed internet and usually my pages download fast. I am not having similar speed issues with pages in Netscape.
2007-01-20 01:10:04 · update #1
You want the honest truth?
It's sending the addresses to Microsoft and waiting for their servers to tell it if it's a phishing site.
This presents three problems - it slows down your computer's connection, it takes up a lot of bandwidth over time, and it violates your privacy.
My suggestion? Try Firefox - it's the browser that got IE to finally start working on IE after 5+ years. IE7 was released in 2007, IE6 was released in 2001. That's a huge gap!
Some say that IE7 is a Firefox clone (because Firefox was doing most of the "new" things in IE7 before IE7 was even being coded).
Tabbed browsing, faster surfing, safer surfing, spell checking, thousands of add-ons like ad blocking and that you can change almost anything about it legally has made it very popular over a short amount of time.
So try Firefox for an hour a day for a week, and see if you like it. It's free, safe, fast, has a huge support community... what do you have to lose?
http://getfirefox.com/
2007-01-20 02:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by AmandaKerik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IE7 does take more resources to run. Maybe you don't have enough free memory or perhaps you just need to clean it up a bit. Below is how I would clean it up.
A clean computer is key to a faster computer. Run the 3 scans below.
Update and run your Anti-Virus program. Don't have one? You can run a free online scan from CA.
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/ . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.
Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/products/select_your_product.php
Now lets clean up your registry.
Download RegScrubXP--http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?d...
Safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk.
Download CleanUp---http://www.stevengould.org/software/clea...
Free disk space, make your computer run better/faster and protect your privacy - all in one easy solution. All for free!
Now lets clean up your disk.
Do a Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag. You can find both of them by following the path below.
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Cleanup. Let it do its thing. You can check every box that has something to delete.
Now follow the same path and do a Disk Defrag. Again just let it do its thing.
Now lets tweak your connection.
There are many programs out there to do this. I will give you 2 of them.The first one is TCP Optimizer.
Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php...
You can get support for the best way to set it up right from their forum http://forums.speedguide.net/
The second one is Cablenut.
Windows XP tested and approved
CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak any option you may want to in the adjuster. You can load "CableNut Custom Setting" files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection.
http://www.cablenut.com/
Again support is available right from their forum.http://www.broadbandnuts.com/index.php?p...
All programs are FREE!
After applying the suggestions above you will have a clean and faster computer. Enjoy.
2007-01-20 09:03:07 · answer #2 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its has nothing to do with it meybe its something else btw down load firefox u wont get no stupid pop ups like cameo casino ...
2007-01-20 08:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by Thoginh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
requires high speed lol ha ha
2007-01-20 08:58:25 · answer #4 · answered by mr_ignorant 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋