I am also dealing with a slow computer. I called Frontier technical support and we did a speed test.
The conclusion was that there is "noise" on the line, meaning a problem with a phone jack, bad inside wiring, or another device that shares the line with the DSL. Of course, these are in addition to problems on the outside.
I like to use Netflix. My computer is so slow that video quality and buffering scans, which occur prior to viewing the feature, do not function well and makes using the service null and void. It is almost like going back to dial-up, it's THAT SLOW.
I believe I have my problem solved but have yet to take action.
Sometimes computers run slow when there is a great deal of adware on them. Try down loading search and destroy, run it, reboot, run it again and reboot and you should see a big change.
It has to be somethig to the with the internet mine took 10 minutes just for internet expler to open the other day.
And do not use the spy bot it will cause more problems with your computer I have just a regular clean up program on mine and it works great I will try to figure out how to get it someone put it on for me.
One thing you can do is just a good "house cleaning". Keep the Trash bin empty, go to Add and remove software and remove the games and software you don't use, BUT, if you don't know what it is, don't remove it. Printer software is usually a big space hog, so if you've replaced your printer make sure you've removed the old software that goes with it.
After the clean up, Run Error-Checking and Defragment your hard drive(s).
Do this by Right clicking on your hard drive in My Computer ->Properties -> and click on the Tools tab.
PS; I've been using SpyBot S&D for years, works great.
Check out our Free PC Security, Anti-Virus and other Software Links Sticky for some good free cleanup Utilities.
thanks Administrator 2 - I don't know why but it will not allow me to defrag - has a note about something else should be run instead when I go to defrag. Computers feel like a foreign language to me. I wish we had a general computer course available - I'm not stupid but just can't understand a manual telling me and not showing me how to do something. Appreciate all the help on here though.
Sometimes computers run slow when there is a great deal of adware on them. Try down loading search and destroy, run it, reboot, run it again and reboot and you should see a big change.
I did it and it helped a lot! Thank you for the reccommendation.