Parrothead Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 A friend asked me to look at her HP computer that is only 2 years old. I ran ad-aware6 and cleaned up a bunch of spyware and updated her Norton. The machine runs fine off-line, but is really slow on the Internet. We live in a rural area and DSL is not available -- dial up is our only option and I'm connecting at 45k but it's taking way too long to download anything -- even google. Any suggestions on what I can tweak? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godmode117 Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 is the whole computer slow when the computer is online? or just the internet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Have you tried a different browser at all to see if that helps out at all? There may still be some junk in Internet Explorer such as possibly a browser hijack that AdAware will not pick up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 The computer is only slow on the Internet. And no, I haven't tried a different browser. I was just doing some research on Opera -- does the free version also block pop-ups or do you have another suggestion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 The free version of Opera does block pop-ups and for me is MUCH faster than IE. (and a little faster than Firefox) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 firefox is great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imm0rt41 Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Yes I second that, firefox is awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJaySimpson Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 Most dial up connections barely reach anything over 44k! I was on it for years, but yeah i agree with the rest, Opera is the best browser for any connection. But it is especially good for dial up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imm0rt41 Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 I wouldn't go as far as to say the best, but it is pretty nice. I used FireFox while on 28k dial up. The other forum I view, gamingforce, had load times similar to a slow DSL line, but it depends on the site. FireFox and Opera are both good choices for dial up though because of their great browser caching, not many do it as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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