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slow computer
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I am baffled as to why my Laptop is going slow.Whenever I open up any internet page it takes about 20 seconds to load.The Laptop is only 5 months old, with 1GB Ram. I store all my downloaded files on and external hard drive,so its not a problem with HD space.I do weekly maintenance and get rid of my temp files,do a disc clean up and defrag.I dont have loads of uneccessary programs running on startup either.I have a 10MB cable broadband connection, and I get really good download speeds, so I dont think it is a Broadband problem.
I have Norton 2006 installed and I know this can be a resource hog, but surely it would not cause this much of a slow down.My Broadband connection is connected wirelessly to a 54MB router, but as I get really good download speeds, I dont think this would cause the problem.
Any help would be most appreciated.
I have Norton 2006 installed and I know this can be a resource hog, but surely it would not cause this much of a slow down.My Broadband connection is connected wirelessly to a 54MB router, but as I get really good download speeds, I dont think this would cause the problem.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Norton is your problem, uninstall it and see how much faster your machine is ! I have done this on loads of machines now, F-Secure is much better, cheaper and updates every day, where Norton only updates once a week, this could mean 20% of the worlds computer get a virus only doing one update a week.
I'm not entirely sure it's just Norton. It shouldn't slow it _that_ much. Is the computer just generally slow, or only when opening websites?
Run this speed test from your laptop and report back the speed you get:
http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/
Run this speed test from your laptop and report back the speed you get:
http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/
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