internet explorer

[CAP1]

hey guys,

on my machine at home, i've noticed that some websites run fairly slow. ebay is the slowest. i opened my taks manager, and saw it was using over 100k. when i open ebay here, and do the same search, it only uses 49k.

 i have spybot search and destroy, and zone alarm running constantly.

i scan once a week with AVG.....supposedly a military version that i got from the members area on Civil Air Patrols website.

 none of these have found anything more than tracking cookies.

 i ask this, because i hear a lot of guys complaining when their frame rates get down in the 20's.....and i'm kicking but when i'm in the 20's during a furball. thus, i was wondering if there might be something in my machine, and if it also could be affecting me ingame.
 finally, would doing a system restore help?


both machines run XP service pack 2
thanks!

[Denholm]

Run Windows Update to ensure you have the latest IE patch. Secondly, on Spybot, disable TeaTimer(.exe). TeaTimer will interfere with AVG and ZoneAlarm. Also, you might want to rid yourself of one of the AVs. The two could interfere with each other with their system monitoring processes attempting to scan the same things at the same time. And as an extra option, try Fire Fox. You can still keep IE, just give FF a shot and see if it helps you out some.

[Fulmar]

What are your computer specs?

A good ole Defrag never hurt either.

[hyster]

A good ole Defrag never hurt either.

or if that dosent help a fresh install of windows. i do mine every 6 mnths or so.

[CAP1]

windows xp pro service pack 2
amd athalon xp2600+
1.92ghz
asus av8 somehting motherboard
1.5gig ddr ram
80gig hd
nvidia geforce 7800gt w/256mb

i had defraged it a few weeks ago to no avail.

if i re-install windows as suggested, do i lose what's on the hd now?

thanks!!

[Fulmar]

windows xp pro service pack 2
amd athalon xp2600+
1.92ghz
asus av8 somehting motherboard
1.5gig ddr ram
80gig hd
nvidia geforce 7800gt w/256mb

i had defraged it a few weeks ago to no avail.

if i re-install windows as suggested, do i lose what's on the hd now?

thanks!!

Window installations get muddy and bogged down after a while (from usage, log files, installations/uninstalls etc).  I like to do a complete format and reinstall about once a year.

So if you've never done it on your PC that's what 4-5 years old?  I'd recommend it.  And yes, you'll have to back up all your files if you want to format.  But this is good practice in case your hard drive ever fails.

[Getback]

Run Windows Update to ensure you have the latest IE patch. Secondly, on Spybot, disable TeaTimer(.exe). TeaTimer will interfere with AVG and ZoneAlarm. Also, you might want to rid yourself of one of the AVs. The two could interfere with each other with their system monitoring processes attempting to scan the same things at the same time. And as an extra option, try Fire Fox. You can still keep IE, just give FF a shot and see if it helps you out some.

I thought it was best to keep windows update off?

[Fulmar]

Why keeps windows update off?  Security fixes are always being released.

[BaldEagl]

Why keeps windows update off?  Security fixes are always being released.

Except they are only released on the second Tuesday of each month for the most part.

[Fulmar]

Better than forgetting!

[MrRiplEy[H]]

It's not safe to use Internet Explorer, especially on XP. It's a direct system level link to your OS for any wannabe hacker. Use an alternative browser such as firefox.

[Ghosth]

Strong believer in at least a yearly wipe and reinstall. Spend a week or 2 backing up first, makeing sure you have all the latest drivers needed saved to disk.

As for IE, I don't use it, havn't since firefox came out.
Granted its trying to catch up with the times, but its still internet exploder and its still considerably more vulnerable IMO.

And for me I don't autoupdate anything, certainly not my OS.

[hyster]

something i suggest people to do when they reinstall windows is to partition there hard drive into 2 drives.
u have a 80g drive so could do 30g for windows install and 50g for storage.the size of the partitions depends on what u have or intend to have installed on your drives.
if u install a lot of programs like games then u might need a bigger main partition but if u have loads of mp3's,video's or other things stored on your drive then u could have a bigger storage partition.

what this means is that if all Ur mp3's and movie's are on Ur d: drive when u reinstall windows these files will not be touched in any way so when windows is back on the files are allready there so no need to back these files up (always back up important stuff to disk no matter what though).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(computing)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348

[Denholm]

I thought it was best to keep windows update off?

While that might be a wiser decision, we still need to make sure that he received that critical IE update released last December.

[CAP1]

While that might be a wiser decision, we still need to make sure that he received that critical IE update released last December.

hhmm...and i DID hav e auto update off.......