I have a friend who had a virus issue on her computer that was solved through the intervention of the members here, and so she recommended this site to me when I ran into problems recently.
On Jan. 20, my computer's internet connection slowed considerably. After doing the usual (restart, check cables, ran system diagnostic), the problem persisted. I tried to do a system restore to a date prior to Jan. 20, but the procedure failed -- I got the following message: "An unspecified error occurred during system restore (0xc000022)." I ran Malwarebytes and it identified a few spyware programs, which I deleted -- subsequent Malwarebytes scans reveal no additional problems -- but that hasn't solved the problem. I ran a pingtest, which gave me a B grade.
Here are the facts:
I have a DSL connection and an external modem. I'm running System 7 on an HP e9210t.
I'm using Firefox 9.0.1, but the problem also exists on Internet Explorer.
I do an automatic disk defragmentation every week; my hard disk is currently 0% fragmented.
The computer itself has no performance issues. All non-internet-related programs work fine.
I've never had any problems like this in the past, and I don't think there's a throttling issue with the ISP.
I don't have cable tv and broadcast reception around here ranges from fair to abysmal, so I do about 98% of my television viewing on my computer -- not to mention streaming videos on Netflix. I have about two dozen episodes sitting on my Hulu queue and the new season of Archer just premiered, so this is starting to be a real quality of life issue for me. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
On Jan. 20, my computer's internet connection slowed considerably. After doing the usual (restart, check cables, ran system diagnostic), the problem persisted. I tried to do a system restore to a date prior to Jan. 20, but the procedure failed -- I got the following message: "An unspecified error occurred during system restore (0xc000022)." I ran Malwarebytes and it identified a few spyware programs, which I deleted -- subsequent Malwarebytes scans reveal no additional problems -- but that hasn't solved the problem. I ran a pingtest, which gave me a B grade.
Here are the facts:
I have a DSL connection and an external modem. I'm running System 7 on an HP e9210t.
I'm using Firefox 9.0.1, but the problem also exists on Internet Explorer.
I do an automatic disk defragmentation every week; my hard disk is currently 0% fragmented.
The computer itself has no performance issues. All non-internet-related programs work fine.
I've never had any problems like this in the past, and I don't think there's a throttling issue with the ISP.
I don't have cable tv and broadcast reception around here ranges from fair to abysmal, so I do about 98% of my television viewing on my computer -- not to mention streaming videos on Netflix. I have about two dozen episodes sitting on my Hulu queue and the new season of Archer just premiered, so this is starting to be a real quality of life issue for me. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.