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It's been a while since I last blogged an update about whats going on... so what's happened since the last? Well swapped onto BT infinity fibre about 4 months ago, so now getting a solid 77mb down and 17mb up speed and úber pings for game servers :p And in the recent we treated myself to a...

I was wondering if anyone is experiencing the same problems as I do..I recently moved from Win7 to Win8 (recently would be yesterday :D ). I had no problems with internet speed on Win7 (download speed was constant around 650-700kbps) but when I moved to Win8, the download speed is max 150 kbps...

Hi Guys Looking to try and improve my home computer station / internet speed I have added as much info as my ability allows (and Speccy's help) to my profile hope this helps Any help advice etc greatly appreciated

Greetings. I have just joined Windows 7 forums today. I have noticed that there may be a few threads regarding 'boot up' in Windows 7. However, after performing some small technical tasks, I decided to post the results for the benefit of everyone. We presently were operating with DSL for...

I have a problem with the speed of my mapped network drive. At first al is wel and file loading is as fast as to be expected. But after some time the transfer speed drops dramaticaly and it becomes very slow. I tested it primaraly with loading of image sequences, but it affects all file loading...

Hello, I am new in here. I am not wise enough in internet and networking. So I need some suggestions. * Can I combine a USB Wimax internet connection with a LAN internet connection to combine and increase my download and upload speed? I have heard that Win 7 can automatically combine two LAN...

I recently did a system restore on my laptop... HP 625. Windows 7. Then I logged in as normal and I've somehow lost the Personalise option on the desktop drop down menu. I can't even go into pictures and set a background. Also, the Windows 7 theme has completely disappeared and it's changed to a...

I need help with how my TPC Global Parameters should be set. I heard if they are set the wrong way it can slow down your internet and I would like to know the reccomended changes. I recently changed one of the settings to Disabled, I believe it was "Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level" after I was...

I'm Furious as to why Game company's like EA and Activision are allowed to release Game patches that are 2.5GB every month and force us to download them. I dunno why this BFBC2 patch is huuuuge when it contains half a dozen patches. It doesn't help with Australia having the rubishest internet in...

I am about to get 50 MB broadband courtesy of Virgin Media . I have up to now been with BT . The upto speeds are a bit tiresome after a while . I should have 20MB but in actuality using a copper wire that drops off to around 8MB . Time to move it up a good few notches ! I intend to this...

Hey everyone; I recently built a computer and I'm using an integrated NIC (only because I'm too lazy to buy my own) on two PC's. My current PC is right next to the router, with a patch (Straight-Through) cable running to Port 1 on the Verizon FiOS router, and the Internet speed is incredible...

This is a weird one... I have W7 x64 Ultimate on 10.10.10.2, connected via a switch to 10.10.10.1, my internet gateway running XP x32 SP3 (etc etc). Both machines are in the same workgroup, etc, and the private connection has NO firewalling at either end. I have uninstalled connection strangling...

It seems that my wireless connection is extremely slow and nothing I've tried will correct the problem. I have an Acer Aspire One AOD250 with Windows 7 Starter. This is a new machine and came with the Atheros AR5B95 Wireless Network Adapter. I made sure that all of the power management...

Pigeon is 'faster than broadband' An IT company in Durban, South Africa has discovered that a pigeon can carry data faster than broadband. Staff at Unlimited IT pitted an 11-month-old bird bearing a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web provider, Telkom...

I tried to copy a movie from one IDENTICAL Win7 laptop to another via the network. Everything connected great, but once I began to copy the files and saw the transfer speed my jaw dropped. I maxed out at 2.5mbs and it dropped down to 1.5mbs. No difference having it plugged into the network or...

Problem Description: I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit. I had 2 Gbytes of DDR2 ram and had no problem. I tried to add extra 2 GB of ram to a total of 4 Gb. I saw using CPU-z and on my_computer,the system was identified 4 Gb of ram as expected, with dual channel. The problem is that my...

Hi Copying data on to my new Windows7 PC (from my old PC) seems EXTREMELY slow. For example copying about 1.5GB of various data files takes over 50 minutes (claimed speed c.500KB/sec) However I have a new-ish "good quality" Router and the network adapters for both my PCs claim to be running...

ok so i am about 3 weeks into using windows 7 and so far it has been ok to me, but now i run into very slow download speeds. i get about 14-19 kb/sec, this problem has just started too so i dont know why its acting real slow. this problem does not always happen either, it can go from 250-300...

I have 4 computers all converted from Vista to windows 7. I've reached my witts end trying to solve the very Slow internet connection speed on a cable netword. I read all 18 pages of the internet forum, Applied numerous suggestions to fixes and even tried all the windows solutions on how to...