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ohheckyeah

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12. I live rural about 20 miles from the nearest
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 07:27 PM
Apr 2013

'bigger" city. It's not a metropolitan area by any means.

Question about computer speed [View all] ohheckyeah Apr 2013 OP
my first off-hand guess would be a disk-caching issue. lastlib Apr 2013 #1
I'm not sure where to find that. n/t ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #3
In Win7, I'm not sure either...... lastlib Apr 2013 #5
Okay - ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #10
you had 8Gb installed RAM, right? I would try doubling your paging file size. lastlib Apr 2013 #20
Suggestion: Read through the thread titled "Is ISP help messing with me" Dan Ken Apr 2013 #2
I don't have anything much running in the background. ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #4
Good thing so far Dan Ken Apr 2013 #7
Thank you. n/t ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #8
I ran the benchmark ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #6
How to...Change TCP/IP ( including DNS) settings Dan Ken Apr 2013 #9
So, I should pick the two fastest DNS ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #11
YES, short answer, but re-read the Benchmark test page and Dan Ken Apr 2013 #13
I've been reading the Benchmark ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #15
Do the change ONLY ON YOUR COMPUTER!! Dan Ken Apr 2013 #17
Thank you.... ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #18
I live rural about 20 miles from the nearest ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #12
I'm in a major city suburb, and I have the same problem Dan Ken Apr 2013 #14
IF changing DNS settings doesn't make things better. Dan Ken Apr 2013 #16
Changing the DNS settings helped ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #19
So glad I was able to help, and that it worked. Dan Ken Apr 2013 #21
I've got two other computers to fix the DNS settings. ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #22
I don't think the page file size is really a problem (sorry for delay) Dan Ken Apr 2013 #23
No problem... ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #24
The problem could be the websites. ManiacJoe Apr 2013 #25
ManicJoe.... ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #26
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