---Causes of network slow responsiveness?

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Sarah

Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
across and I go to the linked page.

I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.

Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?

Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
appreciated!

Thanks.....
Sarah


---Causes of network slow responsiveness?
 
Sarah said:
Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
across and I go to the linked page.

I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.

Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?

Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
appreciated!
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Not really enough specifics to give you focused answers so start here:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

In cases of problems with the Internet like yours, start with The Second
Question first.

Malke
 
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