Insane Slowness on Site?

[danielgoldberg]

Installed and ran CCleaner. We'll see how it plays out. Thanks all.

[Boracay]

I've found that some of the anti whatever software can really slow things down. Decides it's time for a scan and nothing is going to happen for a while.

Have you tried using <ctrl> <alt> <delete>? Click on the processes tab and have a look. Bet you never realised just how many applications your computer runs without you knowing.

I do go through my <Control Panel> <add and remove programs> sometimes and if there's a program that I'm not using I remove it. Only remove those that I remember installing though.

Got to be careful as some of the programs do weird and wonderful but essential things.

[danielgoldberg]

Originally Posted by Boracay

I've found that some of the anti whatever software can really slow things down. Decides it's time for a scan and nothing is going to happen for a while.

Have you tried using <ctrl> <alt> <delete>? Click on the processes tab and have a look. Bet you never realised just how many applications your computer runs without you knowing.

I do go through my <Control Panel> <add and remove programs> sometimes and if there's a program that I'm not using I remove it. Only remove those that I remember installing though.

Got to be careful as some of the programs do weird and wonderful but essential things.

I did all that. We'll see what happens. After running cclean it seemed to work better, so maybe that was it after all. I'm at a different computer now, and it seems to be running OK. We'll see over the course of the day whether I continue to have the problem.

[Janet H]

Originally Posted by danielgoldberg

... I'm at a different computer now, and it seems to be running OK. We'll see over the course of the day whether I continue to have the problem.

Glad to hear there's an improvement. Post again if you have substantial trouble.

[svHyLyte]

Dan--

Something else that may be goofing up your system is Window's "automatic up-dates". If you have that enabled, it may be kicking in and running in the background without your knowledge which makes things v-e-r-y s-l-o-w. You can switch that so that you are notified when up-dates are available but only installed with your approval--like over night after you've finished with your system for the day.

Also, if you have not done so already and you are using Internet Explorer, down-load IE Pro (a free add-one to Internet Explorer--See IE7Pro - The Ultimate Add-On for Internet Explorer). With that you can disable Ad's and Flash frames very easily which makes a world of difference in loading pages.

FWIW...

[S/V Antares]

If you are running Vista on your PC "It" will often perform automatic upgrades while you are on line and chew up bandwith. If you are on a slow wifi link it appears to be worse I finally disabled my auto upgrades and a multitude of madness stopped happening. just my 2ct. good luck

[danielgoldberg]

Originally Posted by Janet H

Glad to hear there's an improvement. Post again if you have substantial trouble.

Thanks! And now I've finally gotten to see your Avatar. Hubba-hubba.

[justlearnin]

Originally Posted by danielgoldberg

I experience extreme slowness on this site fairly regularly. And often, it won't fully load, so it loads without pictures, with errors, etc.I don't have this problem on any other site, and I experience it with more than one computer (my laptop, my wife's laptop, and my office desktop).Is there something about this site that makes it load much more slowly? Or is there a particular problem that's been going on for the past couple of weeks? Or, is there some setting that I could select that might make it load faster/easier?

You can all ways get rid of microsoft and go with a linux product like ubuntu . Fast and no security issues. Pete

[tallyhorob]

try ad-aware also free download from download.com

Ad-Aware Free Anti-Malware - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

When you load it chose the at home free option. Picks up a lot of the double click and ad-sense stuff

[Christian Van H]

Originally Posted by danielgoldberg

Thanks for the reply. I'm up to date on all that stuff, and I'm not having any similar problem on Sailing Anarchy, Sailnet, You Tube, or any other site.

Ahhh...now I see your problem. You visit Sailing Anarchy! That site ain't worth the internet it's printed on!