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Sometimes when I am online and trying to open a web page or download an attachment my computer is extremely slow. I have a broadband connection with a speed of 2.3 Mbpps. My harddrive is in good order with only 17.6GB of space used and 75.4GB of free space. I regularly clean my C drive by running a Disc Cleanup and I keep my Recycle Bin empty. I also regularly check if my hard drive needs to be Defragged. Why do I get slow response times and is there anything I can do to improve?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi, you should bear in mind that most home broadband connections are shared with many users, this is called the contention ratio, this might be the cause of your problem because if some users are downloading huge files at the same time as you are working it will slow your access down a lot.
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Could be a corrupt cached temp internet file or registry entry.
Try CCleaner from here http://www.ccleaner.com/ It's free, very easy to use and has been used by many on other PC forums. The download is on the bottom right of the webpage.
Also try Rgseeker from http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm again this is free, works well and has been used by many
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Also ad-Aware is good from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Again it's free and does an exellent job of removing spyware etc