Internet Explorer 6 s-pack 1 windows 98

If you had a memory problem, you would have a lot more things going wrong with your PC.

The first step to improve on-line performance, is to clear out your C:\Windows\Temp folder
and your temporary internet files.
For the temporary internet files, I would use the delete files button on the General page of internet options.

Then, boot into safe mode, and run scandisk and defrag.

Now, the primary reason for slow page loads is internet traffic jams.
These jamups can occour at any pointalong the path between you and the site that you are connecting to.

Some major points that can be the problem are:

At your ISP if they do not have enough bandwidth to support all users at once.

At major juntions along the web should many packets be routed through the junction at the same time.

At the server that hosts the web page. As more users log onto a single site, it takes longer for each user to load pages.
Some sites prepare for this by having a lot of bandwidth themselves. However, even the biggest sites have more users than the bandwidth can support from time to time.

To prove this to yourself, try downloading updates from Microsoft the week after Christmas.

Another thing you can do, is try different times durring the day.
Here in the US, I get my fastest page loads between 2AM and 7AM.
The slowest time period is weeknights between 6PM and 10PM.

I have DSL service, and some pages still take over 30 seconds to begin loading.

Another option is to try a different ISP. You want to try and find out the ratio of Modems to clients, and the total bandwidth that the ISP connects to the internet back-bone with versus the number of clients that are connected at any time.

Chas

It's definitely not your memory. You can have different types of memory modules, the only drawback is that they will both run at 100Mhz if mixed.

The difficulties you describe are very common. The web is a slow place, unless you have cable or ADSL and sometimes even then. Also, different web pages load with different speeds, depending on the amount of graphics/flash/sounds/java applets on the page, any of which can slow it down.

Ensure that your cache is set to 80-100MB (Tools/Internet Options/General/Settings), even larger if you visit pages which have a lot of graphics on it. Also under Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Microsoft VM, enable everything. Pages that you know are "safe", such as your own web pages or Microsoft pages canalso be added to Trusted Sites under Tools/Internet Options/Security to enable them to load faster.

clover

Donot think you have a memory problem,could be more likely a problem with connecting to the site server that may take time do to network traffic,if you are getting the connection rate that is stated then you are pretty much getting the max

check to make sure that you have the default settings set up in IE in Internet Options

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

Probelm is i am an IT Technician and know all about two different types of memeory running at the lowest speed and internet cache etc.
I also know that the problem i have is not with the server as ican logon with my username and id from different pc's, similar spec,with no side effects.
The problem i have is that the browser does not seem to be sending recieivng properly. I know this to be the case because when i double click the two telephones on the sys tray and am trying to download a page there seems to be no traffic for at lewast 10-20 seconds and then when i open another browser for example or outlook express say the first browser then seems to start downloading. It's as if there is a memory leak or lock and the only way to shake up the memory is by opening a new application thus releasing the hold it has, if that makes sense. Another problem i ahev is when i got microsofts windows update site it will not download the updates i need for my PC. It tells me you do not have this or that on your PC and then says would you like to download these? When i select yes it starts to download the updates and then just locks midway through. Anyone any ideas?

Cheers

"It's as if there is a memory leak or lock and the only way to shake up the memory is by opening a new application thus releasing the hold it has, if that makes sense."

I doubt your download problems are memory related. Memory will affect the general running of your computer but downloads are affected by your connectivity protocols.

One problem is very likely your maximum transmission unit. The default for Windows is 1500 but this is really for cable/ADSL connections. On dialup modems, 576 is recommended. I am on dialup myself and these are my settings (they work like a charm):

Open regedit and scroll down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP. Modify the following string value (or add it if it doesn't exist) as follows:

DefaultRcvWindow 64240

Now go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\000n (where 000n is your TCP\IP protocol - you may have more than one, e.g. 0000, 0001, 0002 etc.) and add the followingstring values:

MaxMTU 576
MaxMSS 536

Close the registry and reboot. Your connection and downloads should improve out of sight with a smaller MTU.

clover

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