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General Topics => Computer Problems & Questions, Virus/Scam Warnings => Topic started by: Highlander on July 20, 2014, 16:04:10 PM

Title: Slow loading pages
Post by: Highlander on July 20, 2014, 16:04:10 PM

My pc, and to a lesser extent, my laptop is very slow at loading pages

Ideas for a cure please

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Steve (redding43) on July 20, 2014, 16:09:49 PM

Faster internet or faster PC/laptop.  ;o)

Might be worth running a clean of your hard drives

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: KKOB on July 20, 2014, 16:12:57 PM

Stop looking at those p0rno sites.  ;)

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Highlander on July 20, 2014, 16:14:09 PM

Quote from: Steve (redding43) on July 20, 2014, 16:09:49 PM

Faster internet or faster PC/laptop.  ;o)

Might be worth running a clean of your hard drives

How do I do that Steve (sorry thicko - me not you  :))

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Steve (redding43) on July 20, 2014, 17:29:53 PM

For faster internet - phone your broadband supplier ;o)

For the others, what operating systems are you running on your laptop and desktop (ie Windows 7)

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Highlander on July 20, 2014, 17:39:47 PM

Vista on desktop (I think) and Windows 8 on laptop

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Scunner on July 20, 2014, 17:46:15 PM

Try Google Chrome to see if speed of loading improves. If you use a lot of tabs in IE or Firefox, DON'T :D - and if you get slow, close the lot and reopen, especially Firefox.

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Highlander on July 20, 2014, 17:48:57 PM

Many thanks and to Steve

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Steve (redding43) on July 20, 2014, 17:59:30 PM

If Keith's suggestion does not work, download and run this on your Vista PC

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: rik on July 20, 2014, 23:20:55 PM

There are so many possibilities. As Steve said, Internet speed is the most likely. It's the common link, as you have two machines with the same problem. Just go to a speed testing site and check. It's very quick and easy.
If you really have Vista on the PC, then it's quite old and also not the best operating system Microsoft has turned out.
You don't say how the machines are with other applications, speed-wise. (how quick does it open Skype, for instance)
A windows 8 machine would be relatively new, so unless you work it really hard, shouldn't have speed issues yet. All this, is of course also dependent on processor speed, amount of ram etc.
Also, your browser has already been mentioned. Although, Internet Explorer is used by many. It's worth trying others. Firefox, Chrome, Opera and many more.
If you are going to do a clean-up, give Glary Utilities a try. Always, when you install a free app. Do a custom install. Watch out for ticks in boxes. Just install the app, nothing more.
You also don't say if this is a new problem. There are many places in the UK, where speeds are less than 1 Mbit. Some are even still on dial-up. What I'm trying to say is, web pages are getting bigger and more complex, so demand faster access.

Title: Re: Slow loading pages
Post by: Highlander on July 21, 2014, 07:10:31 AM

Thanks for the advice all