Low DL bitrate - how to clean XP's Memory?

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Greg Purvis

Hi

My download bitrate has averaged 4400 b/s until very recently; now it's
dropped to an average 2200 b/s.

I'm thinking that the Memory's getting clogged somehow.

I've recently defragged the system, and I'm reading through XP's help files
for clues on cleaning the cache or swap files or Memory generally.

Hopefully someone here has figured a way to fix this.

One thing I'm probably overdue to think about is a decent Registry/System
cleaner. I'm stumped by the options though. Any recommendations on a
system and Registry cleaner developed for the XP?

Thanks for any and all help.

GP
 
Greg Purvis said:
Hi

My download bitrate has averaged 4400 b/s until very recently; now it's
dropped to an average 2200 b/s.

I'm thinking that the Memory's getting clogged somehow.

I've recently defragged the system, and I'm reading through XP's help files
for clues on cleaning the cache or swap files or Memory generally.

Hopefully someone here has figured a way to fix this.

One thing I'm probably overdue to think about is a decent Registry/System
cleaner. I'm stumped by the options though. Any recommendations on a
system and Registry cleaner developed for the XP?

Thanks for any and all help.

GP
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Even a 15 year old 80386 based computer with just a couple of megs of
RAM would have no trouble keeping up with a 4400 bps download

Are you sure you don't mean kbps? 4400 kbps would be a good high
speed connection for cable internet. And even that is less than half
the speed of slow (10 mbps) ethernet network connection for a LAN.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Ron Martell said:
Even a 15 year old 80386 based computer with just a couple of megs of
RAM would have no trouble keeping up with a 4400 bps download

Are you sure you don't mean kbps? 4400 kbps would be a good high
speed connection for cable internet. And even that is less than half
the speed of slow (10 mbps) ethernet network connection for a LAN.
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Hi, Ron

I'm using XNews and a 56k modem. At the moment XNews is reading "2787 B/s".

Thanks
GP
 
-----Original Message-----
Hi

My download bitrate has averaged 4400 b/s until very recently; now it's
dropped to an average 2200 b/s.

I'm thinking that the Memory's getting clogged somehow.

I've recently defragged the system, and I'm reading through XP's help files
for clues on cleaning the cache or swap files or Memory generally.

Hopefully someone here has figured a way to fix this.

One thing I'm probably overdue to think about is a decent Registry/System
cleaner. I'm stumped by the options though. Any recommendations on a
system and Registry cleaner developed for the XP?

Thanks for any and all help.

GP
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None of the options you've cited will have any effect on
download speeds. The more likely problem is noisy phone
lines. And someone who doesn't know the difference
between memory and storage should not be messing with the
registry or with registry cleaners. If you can, try
plugging in to a different phone jack and see if it helps.
 
Greg Purvis said:
Hi, Ron

I'm using XNews and a 56k modem. At the moment XNews is reading "2787 B/s".

Thanks
GP
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What does the connection icon in your system tray show? If you hover
over the icon with the mouse you should get an information popup that
gives the connection information and connected speed.

If that speed is significantly higher than the speed reported by xnews
then the problem is most likley caused by something at the news server
end.

And if the connection icon reports a slow connection speed (less than
24000 bps) then there is either a modem or a phone line problem
affecting the speed.

The results of this check should reduce the list of possible suspects,
making a more focussed check possible.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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