I was on here about 2 months ago and got my computer running really fast with the help here. I just want to know if you guys could help me out to clean it to make it run faster.
View 13 RepliesWe installed Comcast Highspeed Internet recently and much to our chagrin we've found it to be slower than dial-up.We've de-fragged, we've scanned for viruses we've had a technician out. He insists its not Comcast, it's our computer. We have had a Shellcon Hidden Window End Program show up during shut down (I've been trying to delete MusicMatch all evening) for months, but we'd ignored it till now.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI am running Win XP SP2 on a 2.8 GHertz Pentium system with 1 GB memory. I
am using the Hosts file from the MVPS web site. It's size is about 274KB. I
have a Comcast cable connection.The MVPS web site states that a Hosts file larger than 135 KB may cause Internet Explorer to slow down and suggests changing the Startup Type of the DNS Client service from Automatic to Manual.However, as far as I can tell IE's performance does not obviously change if I disable Hosts (by renaming it) or change the Statup Type of the DNS Client service. I would character IE's performance in general as good to very good.
I've got a strange problem. I have a 3-pc lan/comcast hight speed internet. I just reinstalled windows on one of the pc's. I can achieve internet ok on the pc I just reloaded, and I can access websites, but I can't open www.comcast.net. It just hangs. I can open all other webpages, but not comcast.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy computer crashed the other day and I got the dreaded BSD. I managed to reinstall the operating system which is XP Home Service Pack 1 on a CD drive that is not working correctly. I have managed to reinstall drivers so far but that is as far as I have gotton besides the reinstalling the OS. I have a friend who is 120 miles away and unavailable during the day that is trying to assist me,
How do I go about getting back on the internet, I have highspeed internet access thru Comcast. I am leaving the wireless alone for now and just trying to connect thru the modem cable alone now but nothing is happening, when I try to connect thru the cable modem the browser is not working. I had Firefox before instead of IE.
After a power surge last night, I cannot bring up my cable internet. We've tried reinitializing the cable modem, restarted the computer multiple times, and tried everything else that seems logical. When we ran the command prompt c:>ipconfig/renew we got the error message:An internal error occurred: The system cannot find the file specified. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unknown media status code.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI built a computer about 6 months ago. It worked fine up to now. I am now having problems with it locking up and not responding to anything. I try to move the mouse and nothing. I try to hit CTRL ALT Delete and still nothing. The only way to get it unfrozen is to do a cold boot. It does this even while I am working with it like in Word or on the Internet. This problem has just started recently. There have been no hardware changes to the system. I have even reinstalled Win 2000 on a fresh partition (I reformatted the same harddrive and put a clean version of 2000 on the drive
View 3 Replies View RelatedI joined the cable for my Internet connection because it wouldn't tie up my phone line when I was online.Since doing so I find things I'm trying to download, say Stationary for example.I keep getting this Screen looking thing with a bkue band down one side and a red circle with a red line through it at the bottom.
In order to download, I have to right click and of course, nothing turns out and won't show up when I download.
i once used the snails route (dialup).Now I use charter comm. costly for its connection (384K DOWN/128kup)cost per month almost 50.00..Any ofyou folks out there know of a better deal? no tv line needed.
View 4 Replies View RelatedLaptop one running winXP home edit. Connecting to broadband via usb client device. Connecting via rj45 crossover cable to. Laptop two running winME. I got to the point where I could actually run the "set up a home or small office network" on both computers, which enabled me to tenuously connect to the internet via the crossover cable. However, immediately after running the "set up....." on the XP machine it disabled the driver GUI for the usb client card. I was still connected, but couldn't see what I was doing.
There are many tutorials available out there, but there are so many permutations of OSs, hubs, client devices, and routers, that it's hard to find something that makes sense for me. I downloaded the "Microsoft Networking Guide" from msn and throughout it states in no uncertain terms that you must NOT use a crossover type cable. Yet in the help notes on the very same site there are plentiful hints on how to use a crossover cable. I'd like to use the crossover since it is "supposed" to be the simplest methond. But if I must go out and buy a hub device, I guess I must.
my pc broke down so i reinstalled windows xp with a disc, i lost all the files on it (not a prob) but i cant get my internet to work on it. its says there is no connection but i know there is cos i have it running on this one. its a cable modem for virgin media. i get a message saying registry for internet is corrupted?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have windows XP and boot up is getting slower and slower now about 2 min. I am told I should run a registry clean up program. My question is what is a good one and can I as a intermediate handle the job?
View 9 Replies View RelatedSince my computer has been getting slower and slower, i've decided it would be a good idea to reformat it. can anyone give me any guides on how to do this or any tips?
View 7 Replies View Relatedmy cable is not working properly.Every 15-20 minutes my internet connection is broken even though the modem is online and there is no problem with the cable coming into my house. I have to reset the cable modem and then it works for another 10-20 minutes until the next cut. Ive had this problem before (last time i changed computers) but cant remember how it was resolved. I already talked to my ISP support but these guys are brain damaged or something and cannot even comprehend my problem and all 3 actually concluded that i had somehow contracted some killer virus immediately after connecting my computer and this virus was the root of my problems
View 14 Replies View RelatedI run xp sp2 IE6 Comcast BB.I had this happen before and I don't remember how I fixed it, I may have gotten completely rid of Real. But this is a new day maybe a year or so later, NOW I do have Real Arcade again and the puky Realplayer and now again on my Comcast homepage in the lower left corner I am getting that little yellow warning Icon. Wehen I double click it I am told my page may not be dislaying right, and then when I go get details its obviously tied up with RealMedia ads and maybe Symantec ?? heres what the details say: Line 48 Char 3 Error 'SymRealWinOpen" is undefined Code: 0 then this which takes me nowhere: url:http://oascentral.comcast.net/REalMe. the numbers in the long url are always different but everything around them is exactly the same.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've noticed the my comptuer is getting extremely slow. DUring game sessions I used to leave firefox running, now if I leave firefox running the fps drops dramatically. I end task everything that isn't required for my system to run on but always had that. If I have more than 1 window open, it freezes and nothing works for about 1 - 10 minutes.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm getting the following information when I boot up my computer.The system has recovered from a serious error.Here is what happens, I boot and enter my log in password and hit enter. The system then boots again and I have to put in my password and the it loads windows. The system boots a little slower than in the past and then this message comes up saying. "The system has recovered from a serious error"
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy computer has been getting slower and slower and I am know having problems with slow connection speed and some screen freezing. I have done all the routine maintenance and ran several spware and virus scans. I am lost and have no idea what to next and I have run scan disk but I havent seen any reports from that and wouldnt begin to know where to look.
View 14 Replies View RelatedXP Pro; 1Gb RAM, Pentium III/700. USB 2 On a separate thread I asked for help because I got a speed trouble in relation with chkdsk of my external 80 G disk (after what I restarted the PC interrupting the process). But now I want to tell that, absolutely sure, my system got slower after that "adventure": openings of columns, AGAIN the opening of the task bar with fugitive blue square windows instead of icons, trembling of desk icons at the start, clear longer time with the "blue welcome", etc. Before I had the "bright" obsessive idea to run a chkdsk, my PC was peforming more than very well. I am already convinced that a PC is a wonder, but with more than good-for-the-health nightmares, every other day.
View 11 Replies View Relatedgot a Hp laptop that has recently started running slower than normal lol.I have ran adaware and also cleaned my cookies and cache but still has not helped. Not sure what else I should do.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI think I have found way i have been getting a white box that's been floating around my screen. I have ran a panda online virus scan and this is the log that I have came up with. my computer has been running slower then usual
View 3 Replies View RelatedI noticed today that my computer has been acting kind of strange. It moves a lot slower and locks up a lot. its the hijackthis log file i think see if something isn't right
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy computer is growing tired. Below this message are some stats about my setup that might be useful. The computer is 5 years old now. I know, ancient by today's standards, but it's what we have right now. Over time, between installed software, uninstalled software, etc., it seems to have gotten slower. I've heard that every once in a while, it's not a bad idea to initialize the hard disk and reinstall the software.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently had to reload Windows XP on my computer. Since I have done that, my computer has been running very slow. When I scroll down on the screen, it takes a few seconds to refresh the screen rather than being a smooth flow. Also media download speeds are slower. Is there a way to speed up my processor or something, or something I can reset to speed it up? I have a Broadband connection, but I don't think the connection is the problem because there is the same slow speed when I am not on-line.
View 13 Replies View RelatedMy laptop is a little over a year old, and has gradually gotten slower to both start up and shutdown. I have hardly anything running at start up, and the disk has been defraged. On the other hand, my 5+ year old desktop boots up in LESS than half the time, running less RAM and a slower processor. The only difference is that the desktop was reformatted a few months ago, but it has not slowed down.Here it is Toshiba Satellite A-105 1.7 Dual Core 1Ghz RAM XP SP2 Start up Items:AVG Anti virus Zone Alarm Firewall Toshiba Hot keys (The Fn Function keys) Toshiba Touch pad (Mouse)Intel WirelessI've done several scans and there are no viruses or spy ware. I have also used both Crap Cleaner and Norton Utilities (No, Norton is NOT installed and found no registry issues. I did run Hijack This, and here's the log.
View 14 Replies View RelatedStartup too slooooow! What kinds of things can be done to speed up start-up speed? Do I need each and every program to launch every Start-up?Can some be disabled?
View 10 Replies View RelatedIntel DQ963FX motherboard and mated it with a Intel E2200 Dual core processor. I have 3 gig memory and a NVidia 9400 GT graphics card w/1 gig memory. The machine is not used for gaming but for everyday on line tasks. The on board graphics are disabled. I updated the Bios to the latest version and am running XP Pro SP3. I have the usual antivirus protection enabled, Purchased Zone internet suite, Nortons (kept disabled in case zone craps out)and malware bytes, Super anti malware, Spybot S&D and ad aware.Sometimes when I start this machine and go to Firefox,(or IE for that matter) the system will slow to the point that even audio is stunted. I have the latest java enabled so I don't think that is the problem. This motherboard has very little in the bios to tweak so that hasn't been tampered with too much (latest bios update was installed after the slow started). Whenever the slow down occurs if I restart the machine it will run up to speed for awhile then eventually slow down again. My old P-4 3.02 was sooo much faster that I regret ever having built this new clunker. . Is there a known problem with this mb or proc that I haven't found yet?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI was having problems before, but came to this site, did a search for hal.dll and found exactly what I needed! So, I did Bootcfg /Rebuild to fix the issue that I was having, but now since I have done that my computer takes a little bit longer to load, and when I am turning it off, it shuts off but never powers off. It has this "it is now safe to turn off your computer" thing on the screen and I need to push the button to turn it off. Is there a way to make it so it can just turn off after it shuts everything down?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI bought a computer that has SP2 already installed so I can't get rid of it. It blocks all the pop-ups I need to get to and makes my computer slower.I hate SP2.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwell there was a reg clean and a reg defrag run on this laptop and some programs removed with prompts ignored. i have run malwarebytes, superantispyware free and it has come back clean. apps and windows hang a little, performance is slower and some apps freeze were they didn't before. this has been tolerated for about a month, looking for assistance. i do have os disc and driver/app recovery disc but have not initiated repair
View 12 Replies View RelatedThis problem just came out of no where today. i installed a TV tuner card, cinema 4D (3d render program) And i think i formatted a HDD (40gig) as well. but overall my computer is being much slower that it ever has.
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