Thread: why is wow Installing so slow? fast internet but slow connection?

ok i am on a completly new computer with all the best graphic card/ram etc but my router is only doing 86kb/s even though its a 50mb/s card and router whats rong?

Your computer may be Slow In both cases, it's related to one of three reasons.

The first (which kind of ecompasses the others), is that you have a lot of programs running in the background, which sometimes happens if you install a lot of third-party programs.

The second is if you have viruses or spyware, which can occur when you install third party programs. One of the things they do is run in the background and waste RAM and processing speed.

The third is related to your Windows Registry if you are a Windows user (reference: Welcome to The Registry Library) or your Preferences Folder if you're a Mac user (reference: Preferences folder). Viruses and spyware can add, change and destroy files in these places. Installing and uninstalling programs (even perfectly safe ones!) can damage existing files or leave useless entries (called orphans), all of which can waste your operating speed.



Assuming you have no hardware issues, do this:

(1) Run a FULL anti-virus scan with a good virus scanner. Get free editions of AVast or Antivir. Use the latest virus definitions file. But don't install or run more than one anti-virus at the same time.

(2) Run anti-spyware scans with Spybot S&D and malwarebytes.

(3) Ensure all Microsoft security updates are applied.

(4) Run disk cleanup to delete old temp files and other junk

(5a) Run chkdsk once to scan for file system errors. How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

(5b) Run a thorough disk defrag. Use a good defragmenter for this, and also run a boot-time defrag to fix the MFT and page file if they are fragmented. You can check out Diskeeper 2009, which is widely acknowledged to be the best defragger around. Their website has free 30-day trial versions. Condusiv Technologies: Virtual, PC & Server Performance Software

(6) Disable unnecessary background processes and services that take up memory.

(7) Make sure all the hardware components have the latest and most stable drivers. Video card performance in particular is strongly dependent on drivers.
Do all these and Perform speed here scanmyspeed.com once it will sounds better ...


Good Luck!