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ohheckyeah

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22. I've got two other computers to fix the DNS settings.

Reply to Dan Ken (Reply #21)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 11:09 PM

Apr 2013

Sometimes I feel like I work to support my computer habit.

The change has really helped me as I work from home on the computer. I do a lot of research and sometimes have 10 tabs open on one monitor and 2 or 3 on the other. The quicker I am the better my hourly wage, so speed is king.

Did you see the post above about the page filing setting? Do you know how to best determine how big the page filing should be?

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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