puter go slow HELP

For the benefit of others reading this thread a manual reset of Winsock didn't work.

 

Okay, 5 pages of info, but on the 5th page nothing shows.

Anyway, I have a question.

IE seems to be the culprit?

How fast is Yahoo Instant messenger when IM'ing back and forth? What about a file transfer using this?

What clicking start, run, Type in: CMD (press enter)

ping www.majorgeeks.com

or ping 67.19.72.101

Or tracert 67.19.72.101

A few other things to look into, is this DSL or Cable internet? If DSL, try a different phone cable from the wall socket to the modem.

 

IM back and forth is fairly quick, and yes I do think IE is the culprit here. Now that I am actually using Yahoo Messenger instead of GAIM, we'll see how well a file transfer works.

 

I'm still awaiting an approval from laurieB. Unless she is not online right now.

 

Was all IE settings set as default? I'd rather not go through the 4 pages again.

I noticed winsock fix was ran, what about LSPfix?

 

Don't think she is, I still have a file in the que waiting for her to accept.

 

Haven't reset IE to defaults yet. I was going to post the steps her for laurie just haven't got to it yet. No, LSPfix hasn't been ran yet.

 

OK, file tranfer with Yahoo Messenger works; so, it is definutely an IE issue.

 

The LSPfix may or may not do it. The default IE may fix. I refuse to offer a rebuild.

 

So, Firefox works great, but IE doesn't.....

 

yes ...............

 

I know I asked before, but have we set IE to all defaults already?

 

OK, progress

 

i think so, but walk me through it again

 

im gonna call it a night guys. its 6:00pm an ive spent most of the day on it. im stuck on the beer phase of the operation. lol. ill 'see' you both tomorrow. meny thanks and is there anything i should do right now?

 

If within IE, Click on Tools, Internet Options.....

Click the button, Clear History (yes), Delete Cookies (yes), Delete Files....Check the box "Delete all offline Contenet" (Press ok).

Next, click the Security tab....If Default level is there, then select it. If not, select "Local Intranet", then select default Level, same with Trusted sites and Restricted sites.

Also, knowing what (Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, Restricted Sites) SITES button is, may help.

Privacy tab, make sure it is Medium (Default),

Connections tab, press the button Lan settings.

Uncheck "automatically detect settings" and "Use a proxy server blah blah". Press okay

Next, go to advanced, and press Restore defaults.

Press okay, quit IE, then Rerun IE.

This is the most basic way to run IE with defaults....

 

but im on firefox?

 

Use my post within IE!

Sorry, should have said earlier....

 

in order at some point

done
done
not done
not done and in fact have disabled content adviser
not done the privicy
done the lan settings
done restore

 

i dont know how

 

i meant is there anything i should do about signing off firefox?
will it just reappear tomorrow?

 

Firefox is an application you installed on your computer. If you don't run it, it will not come up automatically.

Once we have IE up and running, you don't have to use Firefox again.

 

GOOD MORNING AND ALOHA. its a dark and rainy day here. but its early yet.


firefox is not as fast as IE used to be, although its not as painfully slow as it is now. im not sure its running normally though. i take it i now have to operate some of the programs lol. did you want me to go back to the read first in spyware and follow the instructions, or are we past that?

 

went back to IE and went through all those steps again. the only one i had to change is this one. why dont i want it to automatically detect settings?

 

YEs run through the spyware read me. You need to use I to do the online scans from RAV and Bitdefender.

 

clicked off and started again. no different. BTW i now have three new tool bars on IE,
dont know how they appeared lol. ps the content advisor is still switched off.

 

Run HijackThis and Click-on Open the Misc Tools section button; click-on the Open Uninstall Manager ... button; click-on Save list ... button; and save the list. Now post your Uninstall list as an attachement. I'll look for things that can be uninstalled.

 

ok here goes

 

tried to download adaware again. it wants to be saved to disc, and wont give the option to save to file. im not sure how to do this

 

THere is a bunch of stuff in there I don't recognize as valid programs. You can uninstall Veiwpoint, All or the Java versions except for update 4. Java 5 update is the latest.

please run this uninstaller -http://www.bestoffersnetworks.com/uninstall/

Then post a new uninstall log.

 

In Firefox go to Tools -> Options, select Downloads and select Ask me where to save every file click OK.

 

now i cant even get that far. it gets stuck waiting for shareit. so cant download on firefox either

 

OK, let's move this to Spyware.

Run HJT

- Before running HijackThis: You must close each of the following:your web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger, and programs like notepad, wordpad, MS Word etc. And any other unnecessary running programs.

- Run HijackThis and save your log file.

- Post your log as an ATTACHMENT to your next message. (Do NOT copy/paste the log into your post).

Start a thread in Spyware.

 

wont do it. same as IE, goes from slow to very slow. tried to update spybot, but the same. did those fix ignor bug things though. (not sure that helps any lol)

 

ok see you there

 

Thread has run its course. Good luck Laurie & thanks guys for your efforts to help her via YIM too!