MY PC IS REALLY SLOW AT DOWNLOADING PICS AND VID

[s99ane]

Need help please. Recently my pc has got really slow at downloading or opening pics or vids. My connection says Im getting 6meg but images are a real problem. It takes forevcer to watch a short clip on u-tube or imilar.

Advice needed asap please.
S99ane

[Platinum]

How much space do you have on your hard drive?

[s99ane]

27gig on one and 134 on other

[Will2425]

Who is your internet provider?

Some ISPs use compression at their end to speed up your connection. This will make it really fast (i.e. 6meg) when sending or recieving uncompressed data (i.e. text) but no faster when dealing with highly compressed data such as pictures or video.

More likely than that though is that something is wrong at your end

Have you done an Antivirus and AntiSpyware scan? (using what software)
Do you have any programs running in the background that might be downloading things (bittorrent or p2p or Windows Update)
Do you share your internet between more than one computer?

And finally, are you on a wireless connection? if you are then there are a whole load of extra things to check.

[s99ane]

Thanks for the reply Will. Im run avg free edition antivirus and scan showed nothing. There isnt really anything else running in the background. If I do run bittorrent its so slow ie. 1kb/sec.

I am on a wireless network i my home. What should I check for with regard to the network?

Rarely do I have more than one pc running on the network at anyone time although threr are 3 pcs in the house.

[magicofmotors]

How often do you delete tempory files and internet option files then defrag the comp i do mine every few months when going slow it works a treat usually and every now and again i got told to take off the internet provider program and reinstall must admit i don't do the latter but clearing temp files and defrag works.

[FlossyThePig]

s99ane said:

My connection says Im getting 6meg but images are a real problem. It takes forevcer to watch a short clip on u-tube or imilar.

Have you actually run a speed check. Some ISPs can get very slow at peak times (evenings and weekends). Your exchange may be congested which can cuase problems as well.

You can also test your speed with...
http://st.tstools.co.uk/ (use the test 3, 3Mb one, as this similarly replicates the BT tester site)
http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ (which gives the most accurate result).
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
http://myspeed.visualware.com/

The speed you mention may only refer to the connection to your exchange. My router currently states my speeds as Downstream: 2848 Kbps?Upstream: 448 Kbps however checking with tstools gives a downstream as 457.97 Kbps (kilobits per second)

[mcflurry]

s99ane said:

If I do run bittorrent its so slow ie. 1kb/sec.

By default Bittorrent runs really slowly if you don't share and setup port forwarding

[Will2425]

s99ane said:

Thanks for the reply Will. Im run avg free edition antivirus and scan showed nothing. There isnt really anything else running in the background. If I do run bittorrent its so slow ie. 1kb/sec.

I am on a wireless network i my home. What should I check for with regard to the network?

Rarely do I have more than one pc running on the network at anyone time although threr are 3 pcs in the house.

Is your wireless network secured properly? could be one of your neighbours is using your connection if it isn't

It could also be interference, cordless phones, bluetooth and various other things can interfere with wireless networks, so it could be worth seeing if things improve on a wired connection