Internet speed

[aunt betty]

My speed goes way down when it's bad weather. Used to think it was from having a poor connection. Every time it rains the speed goes down so noticeably that there are times I plain can't use my PC. I suspect it's because everyone gets online and goes shopping or whatever when it rains.

The past two days have been clear and sunny. PC flies. The next few days are going to be rainy.
I'm enjoying the fact my PC is working quickly.

[Olly]

Do you live in a large neighborhood? Is it cable, DSL, fiber?

[assateague]

I hate seeing all these small rural communities which have 100M symmetrical fiber for less than $50 a month, thanks to the rural broadband initiative (read "dumping my tax dollars everywhere they can). Pisses me off.

[aunt betty]

Do you live in a large neighborhood? Is it cable, DSL, fiber?

I hate seeing all these small rural communities which have 100M symmetrical fiber for less than $50 a month, thanks to the rural broadband initiative (read "dumping my tax dollars everywhere they can). Pisses me off.

You're going to hate me then. Champaign-Urbana isn't small but has a fiber-optic network . C-U has a University, a College and a TON of gubment buildings. The network is for that but they decided to offer free hook-ups in my nasty poor neighborhood. The network was just completed last year. It's called G2 or something like that.
I get it for $20/month. The free installation
has a $3000 value. I think the system isn't the problem but the 7-yr-old Dell is.
I think maybe my ram is burnt up. I dunno. Works fast sometimes when it's nice out.

[aunt betty]

More:
The University of Illinois is and has been the best school to go to if you are handicapped. It was built to be that way. Every single building is handicap accessible. It's a very large school too. Lots of "foreigners".
I'm a minority here. Not likin it.

Never mind, I forget...Dee dee dee. I belong here.

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

[(MT)Montanafowler]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

what does that shit do? i don't know anything about computers, i just use them until they need to be put down.

[rebelp74]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

what does that shit do? i don't know anything about computers, i just use them until they need to be put down.

Cleans your computer up from things that will slow it down.

[assateague]

Except for the Russian porn site viruses.

[Redbeard]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

[Redbeard]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

what does that shit do? i don't know anything about computers, i just use them until they need to be put down.

I'm with ya here

[(MT)Montanafowler]

Except for the Russian porn site viruses.

probably why i have to put down a computer every two years in the first place

[rebelp74]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Seriously good question.

[aunt betty]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Yeah. I understand part of it. What he's saying is to delete all them goofy pictures I downloaded just so I can upload them here. The defrag is already on auto and has been since day 1. Day 1 was in 2006 I think.
I have the wife talked into getting a laptop. (it was her idea)
Then we'll send the PC to get cleaned up.

Do you think pedaling faster would help?

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Seriously good question.

I don't waste all my time talking to you all, there are other things on the internet

[rebelp74]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Seriously good question.

I don't waste all my time talking to you all, there is man on man porn on the internet

FiFy

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Seriously good question.

I don't waste all my time talking to you all, there is man on man porn on the internet

FiFy

I wouldn't know about that but then again, thats what you are here for

[aunt betty]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

[rebelp74]

[quote="MuddyWaterWarlock"Betty start with easy stuff first

Clear all your internet temporary files

Do a disk cleanup

Do a defrag on the hard drive and schedule to do it automatically

Shut off and restart your computer and see if that speeds it up any

how does a mountain man who lives in a cave know this stuff

Seriously good question.

I don't waste all my time talking to you all, there is man on man porn on the internet

FiFy

I wouldn't know about that but then again, thats what you are here for [/quote]
Come on Muddy, you can do better than that.

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

well, you and rebel need to quit watching the man on man stuff.

Seriously, downloading music and porn are the two worst virus carriers.

[aunt betty]

Untie the knot in the fiber optic cable?

[aunt betty]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

well, you and rebel need to quit watching the man on man stuff.

Seriously, downloading music and porn are the two worst virus carriers.

Herpes, siphilus, clap, drip, or warts?

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

well, you and rebel need to quit watching the man on man stuff.

Seriously, downloading music and porn are the two worst virus carriers.

Herpes, siphilus, clap, drip, or warts?

All of the above, Licking out the inside of an emergency room trash can is more sterile than downloading music and porn. Its not if but when your computer gets infected.

[rebelp74]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

well, you and rebel need to quit watching the man on man stuff.

Seriously, downloading music and porn are the two worst virus carriers.

Herpes, siphilus, clap, drip, or warts?

All of the above, Licking out the inside of an emergency room trash can is more sterile than downloading music and porn. Its not if but when your computer gets infected.

[aunt betty]

So, to de-f a g my hard drive...do I just quit spankin it so much or do I gotta quit watching porns completely?

well, you and rebel need to quit watching the man on man stuff.

Seriously, downloading music and porn are the two worst virus carriers.

Herpes, siphilus, clap, drip, or warts?

All of the above, Licking out the inside of an emergency room trash can is more sterile than downloading music and porn. Its not if but when your computer gets infected.

I know, the only way to truly keep clean is how my dad does it. he's wealthy and can afford to do what I am about to suggest.

What he does is to run two identical PC's. ONE is isolated and NEVER get's hooked to the internet.
He's good. Brilliant with machines and a total idiot at people stuff. Sound familiar?

When his intenet PC gets sick he starts digging and takes out anything that is not on the 'safe' pc.
I'm sure this isn't a perfect way of maintaining a PC but is probably the best way. My dad is a PHD is EE. I think he can run circles around any of us in the "pc world". I REFUSE to let that man touch my pc because he'll sit there digging...then go AHA and rub my face in something that I wished he'd never found.

[assateague]

Not so sure about that. I'd say a good up-to-date antivirus is better than having two computers. But that's just me. The life of a computer is realistically no more than two years, anyway.

[aunt betty]

Not so sure about that. I'd say a good up-to-date antivirus is better than having two computers. But that's just me. The life of a computer is realistically no more than two years, anyway.

I have up-to-date anti-virus.
I'm pretty sure the "user" (abuser) is what's wrong with the PC.
Pretty sure the pc is infected with all sorts of good stuff.
Trojan horse etc.
Them services protect ya good. Macafee is the one we use.

[assateague]

They just get old. Everything now jams up the memory, no matter how hard you try to keep it clean. If you're only running 250MB, state of the art in 2003, it's going to run slower than a computer 1/3 of the price with 2GB.

[aunt betty]

They just get old. Everything now jams up the memory, no matter how hard you try to keep it clean. If you're only running 250MB, state of the art in 2003, it's going to run slower than a computer 1/3 of the price with 2GB.

You talkin about ram or what?

[assateague]

Combination of that with the processor. Those little Chinese sweatshop fingers have gotten far more advanced in building the processors in the last 10 years.