Slow internet

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I ran CCleaner(Sorry, It took a long time to download). It didn't seem to help much. I am running windows XP. Under control panel, I don't have "System and Maintenance". I just have "System". However, In "System" under the "Advanced" tab, there is performance. The only option there is "Settings". What else can I do?

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Can I have multiple browsers? I need Internet Explorer for my online courses.

You can have multiple browsers, and most likely these other browser would work on your courses (unless its a crappy coded site?) :)

The problem with IE is that it is SLOW, very slow, and installing another browser usualy fix this :)

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I downloaded Opera. It helped with a few of the web pages but not the downloads. The downloads start at 3.5KB/s and very quickly hault to 0.1KB/s with time remaining of over 20hrs. Any other suggestions?

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Well, my PC works fine. If it was the wireless connection, wouldn't that affect the PC as well?

It would affect the wireless connection speed, not the PC itself, but the network speed.

Try connection with a cable and see if the problem persist, you can also check with your isp and hear if they got any problems with some sites or similiar

Bedtime for me now, il try answer more tomorrow if this dont work :=)

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Well, I connected the laptop to the modem and nothing changed. I reconnected the wireless router and my PC still works fine but the laptop still has the issue. I guess I'll call my ISP tomorrow morning to see what they say. Could it possibly be a card or other hardware in the laptop that is malfunctioning?

I don't know whether this could be at least one element of your slow speeds or not. But it's worth checking.

In IE, go to the menu and choose Tools...Internet Options. Choose the Connections tab and click on the push button at the bottom right that says "LAN settings". Make sure the top most checkbox is unchecked, the box to the left of the label that says "Automatically detect settings". You don't need it checked and having it checked makes everything take longer to load. Then exit IE and re-load it to see if it does any better for you.

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Does it happen with other user accounts too on this machine?

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I changed the "automatically detect settings" and there was no change.
Then, I ran a speed test at auditmypc.com. Here's what came up:
download speed = 558.9 Kbps upload speed = 283.8 Kbps
RTT: min=31, max=63, avg=43
QoS:dl-97%, ul-100%
MaxPause:47
I went to the suggested broadbandinfo.com site. I would like to try those things but I don't know how to and it doesn't explain how. Can you help with it?

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And I stated MTU above and really meant the TCP setting. But the MTU is also a setting I've had to tweak on a PPPoE aDSL line.

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Ok, I've downloaded that and changed some things back and forth. No change at all.

And you have to re-boot in between changing those settings.

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Ok, I have opened the Java Tweak Tool. I selected "start". It says: "Downloading file of size 1024000:" nothing else happens. I have left it open for a long period of time.

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For some reason the problem corrected itself. I don't know why and I don't know how but it did so I am happy. Thank you all for your help.