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Answer» even though I defragment regularly. I've seen registry cleaners, and things like that, I've seen for sale online. Which products do you recommend?1) DO NOT USE REGISTRY CLEANERS. They CAUSE problems, they do not cure them.
2) Why don't you explain the EXACT problem(s) you are having and let's see if we can figure out what's going on.I dunno, it just works very slowly. I thought that it was a normal thing that it needs to be cleaned up regularly, by something more than the system tools that come with it. It is 3 -5 years old. If you want our help you can explain the exact problem(s), otherwise there's not much we can do for you.well, for starters, I did speedtest.net to check inet speed. I pay for 5 mb/sec. test results: download speed shows as 5.29 mb/sec, upload speed shows as 0.39 mb/s , and ping 57ms.
is it normal for upload speed to be so low? don't know what the ping number means.
based on the above information, can I speed up the browsing? Also, I think it's a lucky fluke that I got a high download speed this time. Other times I've seen it at 2. is there something I can do to make it faster? It's fairly standard for your upload bandwidth to be slower than your download bandwidth, this is to prevent people from running commercial servers from a home connection.
Also your bandwidth is only guaranteed between you and your ISP, they can't guarantee what the traffic is like to other servers.As stated in the post above, your internet speed is a factor of your ISP's SERVICE, not your computer. If there are no other issues with your system then it is probably not "running slow".I pay for 12 Mbit/sec internet service and only get 0.54 Mbit/sec upload speed-I have ADSL(asymmetric digital subscriber line).
As Allan stated above, please do not use registry cleaners, despite their marketing claims.
You may want to follow some of these basic tips to speed up your computer, which involves cleaning your temp files, internet cache files, your startup programs, etc.
http://tips4pc.com/articles/computer%20maintenance/15_ways_to_speed_up_your_compute.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx
http://www.cyberiapc.com/20speed.htmQuote from: Quantos on December 06, 2011, 05:07:39 AM It's fairly standard for your upload bandwidth to be slower than your download bandwidth, this is to prevent people from running commercial servers from a home connection.
Also your bandwidth is only guaranteed between you and your ISP, they can't guarantee what the traffic is like to other servers.
Oh I see, I'm also wondering about slow upload bandwidth, thanks for the clarification.
Back in the topic, have you tried using SpeedUpMyPC? the free program also offered on the speedtest site? I'm just wondering if it's useful or notUtilities that claim to speed up your system are universally useless and potentially harmful (especially those that "clean" your registry and / or update drivers). They are not recommended.isps only sell packages based on ideal conditions , like a sunny day on the hiway with light traffic , not traffic JAMS and slowdowns . isps also reserve the right to throttle your speed based on network usage , based on the idea it is BETTER to keep everyone moving at a slower speed than have network come to a COMPLETE halt.
also the only third party software you really need to keep computer running good is a good anti-virus program and MAYBE anti -malware/spyware. if you use the tools that come with windows { any version } on a regular basis , that should be enough to keep computer running fast . most third party tools do the same thing as ms tools but actually do it worse. { jazzier interface is about all you get }
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