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Dan Ken

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21. So glad I was able to help, and that it worked.

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 08:53 PM

Apr 2013

I am doing the same Benchmarks to my computer at my third location this week.

I was home for the first test a few days ago, and got terrible results. I went to visit a relative for 3 days 70 miles away and got fantastic results, (her DNS searched out settings were just fine and the top of the list).

I went to another location and now my DNS settings are very very good, compared to the other ones offered.

I won't have to change the settings at all, but will test out the settings whenever I travel someplace, just to make sure my computer is working as efficiently as possible, like in Iowa as opposed to New Hampshire.

Good that you use those other utilities. They help, too.

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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