Well-Actually War Trall Zephyr Tempest Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Oh great, my internet connection is only 1/3 as fast as it used to be! And that's for ANY site I visit! Any way to fix this? Odd, it cleared up right after I posted this topic. Hmmmmm.......... It's back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Give your ISP a phone call and ask what's going on. They'd know better than we would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Earlier today I had problems with speed whenever I tried to post. When I wasn't posting, everything was fine. —Alorael, who thinks Spiderweb is having more problems. What's the chance General will be the victim this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Zephyr Tempest Posted August 19, 2003 Author Share Posted August 19, 2003 It's only on my computer. And it's cleared up again! It's back. This is really getting annoying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Arctic dreams of... Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 It might be a worm, scan your computer. Check for spyware also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Zephyr Tempest Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 I have a firewall, and if anything that wasn't supposed to get through does, it'll get eradicated by the Sophos Anti-virus program on my computer. And I don't know how to scan my computer. My computer could really use more sanity and speed. I don't know which I need more. It's really slow, and it once forgot how to move the addresses on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Wise Man Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 how many things are you running on your desktop? name all the active programs AND taskbar icons (you know, the ones on the bottom right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Wizard Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Quote: Originally written by Zephyr Tempest:I have a firewall, and if anything that wasn't supposed to get through does, it'll get eradicated by the Sophos Anti-virus program on my computer. Firewall cant stop Spyware and Anti-Virus cant eradicate Spyware Get Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de Use it to scan your computer for Spyware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Arctic dreams of... Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 How long since last defrag or scandisk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Kyna Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 If you have a firewall, but don't know how to scan your system ... then I assume that someone else installed the firewall. Can you try asking the person who installed the firewall to help? Computer problems are much easier when you can see the problem in person (as opposed to attempting to diagnose/fix a problem on a message board). Yes, I know I say 'get someone in RL to help' every time you post a tech problem here. You've never explained why you can't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Zephyr Tempest Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 Quote: Originally written by Chibidemon Wolf:How long since last defrag or scandisk? Months. I guess I should ask my dad to defrag my computer. Hopefully that'll help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Wise Man Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 another possible factor could be that you're running too much at once. i wouldn't know, though, unless you tell me what icons are on the taskbar and what active programs you constantly have on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Zephyr Tempest Posted August 30, 2003 Author Share Posted August 30, 2003 Quote: Originally written by Chibidemon Wolf:How long since last defrag or scandisk? Defragmenting the C drive made my computer worse! It actually forgot how to rearrange addresses when I visit a site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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