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Internet on Windows 8 SLOW

I installed Windows 8. After installing windows 8 I noticed the internet to load slowly with all users. Its no my network I have other PC's running XP, 7 and they all load just fine. I also do streaming and everything is fine. Ive tried the Internet with IE, Firefox, Chrome with no luck. I been reading about a lot of issues with the internet loading slowly in Windows 8. If I cant get a fix im going back to Windows 7. Please help.
Updated - 10th Feb

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Did you check to see if your system meets the basic requirements prior to upgrading?

Windows 8 system requirements If you want to run Windows 8 on your PC, here's what it takes:

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:
To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch (more info)

To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768

To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768

Internet access (ISP fees might apply)

Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database

Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance

Microsoft account required for some features

Watching DVDs requires separate playback software (more info)

Windows Media Center license sold separately (more info)

BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive (Windows 8 Pro only)

BitLocker requires either Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or a USB flash drive (Windows 8 Pro only)

Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and additional 2 GB of RAM (Windows 8 Pro only)

A TV tuner is required to play and record live TV in Windows Media Center (Windows 8 Pro Pack and Windows 8 Media Center Pack only)

Free Internet TV content varies by geography, some content might require additional fees (Windows 8 Pro Pack and Windows 8 Media Center Pack only)

To check if your PC meets these requirements, you can run the Upgrade Assistant.

In addition did you check to ensure that there is not an unwanted TSR program running in the back ground taking up processor and RAM?


I hope that this helps you.
11th Feb
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you can find the upgrade assistant
at the following http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/system-requirements

Keep in mind, that's the bare minimum for system requirements, more ram would be optimal.
Updated - 11th Feb
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