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Post by animal on Oct 8, 2009 11:02:26 GMT -5
Well, maybe you all have some ideas other than throwing this computer in my pool....
I have a PC, fairly powerful, and generally worked well when I was in San Diego. I come home to AZ and it takes forever to connect to websites. FTP works fine, Yahoo works fine, it just seems IE doesnt work well.
Dolphie had me try something and it seemed to work ok, but I am now back to the same issue of taking forever to connect to most webpages.
I have a cable modem and a router, wifes computer is on the same network and it works fine and fast.... just mine is slow.
WTF could it be?
Animal
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Post by animal on Oct 8, 2009 14:07:34 GMT -5
Well, problems seem to be solved now... my hero gave me some needed attention and we fixed it up. I will be monitoring it tho, to make sure we got it.
Dolphie, I owe ya... again.... you are the best.
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Post by Turk on Oct 8, 2009 15:35:11 GMT -5
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 15:51:25 GMT -5
Turk, His system is pretty clean. It had more to do with the network. The router's settings/IP addy was the same as the cable modem. It was causing issues. He now has the router with a different local network IP addy that is not the same as the cable modem. Once all was reconfigured, cables secured, cable moved to a different NIC port, devices rebooted, cache purged, dns flushed, it is back on track. Now I am going to tread into waters I feel uncomfortable with. I am going to challenge your information and recommendation on the following - based upon 1000s of support calls and items that make money for me (meaning apps that destroy systems = they need me to visit).I realize you have had success with pcpitstop, registry mechanic, and spyware doctor - I have had those completely gnash systems and as such suggest people stay completely away. The pctools spyware doctor was the cause of vundo and a couple of other infections within the past few years. It has been a source of malware. I had a client in another state in which it cost them a $1,000s of dollars before we had their networked computers clear of PCTools infections. Registry mechanic removes some necessary entries and leaves entries that are redundant or unnecessary and it causes permissions anomalies. Reg Mechanic has removed needed drivers and boot files. I honestly do not mean to come across arrogantly - but this field is within my niche and I do stay up on it. To clean things up: Malwarebytes is the best tool - ***At THIS point in time*** The rest of the cleanup includes clearing cache manually. I have a link I refer people to that assists with the cleanup process: www.dolphmera.com/Internet/ClearSurfN.htmThere is nothing on Vista - there will be data for Win7 if Win7 proves to be as messy.
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Post by Turk on Oct 8, 2009 17:21:41 GMT -5
IP conflicts will do it. Regarding the tools I’ve been using and recommending without ever an incident. Every time Windows updates I run PC PitStop and it’s amazing how much crap Microsoft leaves behind. I also run McAfee but have had pure disaster with Norton.
My OS is Vista Ultimate after one update I ran PC PitStop and had over 700 invalid file extensions.
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 17:45:26 GMT -5
IP conflicts will do it. Regarding the tools I’ve been using and recommending without ever an incident. Every time Windows updates I run PC PitStop and it’s amazing how much crap Microsoft leaves behind. I also run McAfee but have had pure disaster with Norton. My OS is Vista Ultimate after one update I ran PC PitStop and had over 700 invalid file extensions. I am not impressed with McAfee for the general population - it has gnashed so many client's machines and is so embedded within the registry, it is difficult cleaning it out. I do not like Symantec - except for the Antivirus. I absolutely STRONGLY dislike their Internet Security and 360 suites - having experienced those both taking systems down. I steer people away from "all in one" packages (McAfee, Norton, TrendMicro, Kapersky, etc) as they are jacks of all trades and mess things up more than remedy. I dodged Vista completely. I saw it as a waste of time and categorized it as being WinME. I see the Windows releases as a sinusoidal curve. Peak Tops: Win98SE, WinXP, potentially Win7 the valleys: Win95, WinME, Vista Of course there is a different scenario with the business O/S like NT, 2K, 2K3 etc. I am glad you have had success. You are not typical though. Ask ComputerTalk what they think of those products and you will hear some sad tales! As far as invalid extensions - once again, you are talking about Vista - a half-baked package.
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Post by raddy on Oct 8, 2009 17:53:42 GMT -5
I don't use them except on my work laptop -- forced of course, happens to be mcafee tooo uGHG. Stupid iron mountain backup util annoys me too. Drive is encrypted too, might as well just give me a pentium 2.
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Post by raddy on Oct 8, 2009 17:54:27 GMT -5
And it runs Vista enterprise. All around, this laptop is crappy.
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 17:57:55 GMT -5
And it runs Vista enterprise. All around, this laptop is crappy. I hear you and raise you another UGH!
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 17:58:33 GMT -5
Well, problems seem to be solved now... my hero gave me some needed attention and we fixed it up. I will be monitoring it tho, to make sure we got it. Dolphie, I owe ya... again.... you are the best. Thank you, animal. My pleasure. Keep me posted.
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Post by Turk on Oct 8, 2009 18:39:21 GMT -5
It’s interesting what works for one is disaster for another, for example; XP nearly destroyed me and Vista has been like the second coming. Like you I hate all the bundled crap you get with some products, I run a corporate version of McAfee it has only one purpose in life and does it very well. I’m kinda old school I want to make the decision and don’t want software making it for me.
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 18:52:05 GMT -5
It’s interesting what works for one is disaster for another, for example; XP nearly destroyed me and Vista has been like the second coming. Like you I hate all the bundled crap you get with some products, I run a corporate version of McAfee it has only one purpose in life and does it very well. I’m kinda old school I want to make the decision and don’t want software making it for me. It took me a long time to move from 98SE to XP. I started with XP no service packs. I moved to XP sp2 and was quite happy. I sidestepped WinME due to observing clients and people on the Public NGs. I also sidestepped Vista due to observing clients. I think you and I are able to check an O/S out without the frustrations many others undergo. I am able to work with Vista - I just would not invest in it. I figured out the subtleties and moved forward. Yes, re: junk associated with AV apps and with Pre-fab computers (sony, hp, dell, etc). Why can't they just employ the O/S + appropriate drivers and leave the garbage off the systems? Same with AV apps - keep it simple and do what it is supposed to do.
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Post by animal on Oct 8, 2009 19:08:16 GMT -5
I think tomorow morning I may run to Frys and pick up XP Pro... and load it on here fresh.... I have the XP Home update on here now and something just isnt right.... might be woth the investment...
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Post by dolphie on Oct 8, 2009 19:10:26 GMT -5
I think tomorow morning I may run to Frys and pick up XP Pro... and load it on here fresh.... I have the XP Home update on here now and something just isnt right.... might be woth the investment... animal, If I were you, I would wait a couple of weeks and get Win7. Your machine is just begging for Win7 and will perform in a meanly awesome manner. I do prefer WinXP Pro over WinXP home - by more than a mile. I don't really recommend installing any O/S on top of a previous O/S though.
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Post by animal on Oct 8, 2009 19:39:04 GMT -5
ya know, I thought of that after I posted.... but wasnt sure how Win7 was gonna be.
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