Hi, I have been having issues with streaming videos, that being very slow to buffer and sometimes after being loaded completely ( indicated by Progress Bar ) the video with stat buffering in the middle of watching and will not start up again. I thought it was an issue with my internet speed so I increased my speeds twice through my provider but still having issues. I called my provider and asked why he told me to check my open ports by typing “NetStat” at the command prompt.I told him it showed A LOT. To that he said there really shouldn’t be that many open and maybe I have a virus or something. That having that many ports open is probably what is causing the problem. Anyway, no virus or anything showing up in system. I downloaded the CPorts program and at the present moment it states there are over 219 ports with 10 remote connections. How many is normal. I am using a brand new computer with Windows 7. How do I know what ports are OK and what isn’t. Is there a way to close these ports?
As I said I watch movies online and just started having the issue with the stream stopping and buffering in the middle of it even though it has completed the loading. Is there something in my computer set up causing this? I always empty my cache and internet history upon exiting the net, so I figure it can’t be that it is full. I would like to speed up the process and once that is accomplished actually be able to watch a complete movie. I have several different media players and it happens with all of them also I use several different services for my movie viewing. Hopefully someone can help me out here. I am just an average computer user so am hoping it isn’t to difficult to correct this .
Thanks to any and all who responds. I have searched the net to figure out the port issues along with the stream issue and can find no information. Oh and did a speed test on my system and my average is 9mbs download, 300kbs upload and 58 ping. Slower than my provider says it should be.