| Many people are now getting fast broadband | | | | lions-share of it. If your Internet starts to run slow and |
| connections to ensure that they have the fastest | | | | you're on a home (or office) network, then you would |
| surfing speed possible. However, getting a broadband | | | | be best checking to see if anyone is doing anything |
| connection is not a guaranteed way to be able to go | | | | that could slow it down. |
| on whatever site you want and have it load lightning | | | | 4) Perform An Anti virus Scan - Viruses are a big |
| fast. There are several different tricks & techniques | | | | reason why Internet connections run slowly. These are |
| you can use to boost the speed of your Internet which | | | | basically small software applications which do a |
| even a beginner can do: | | | | number of undesirable things to your PC. The most |
| 1) Limit The Number Of Web Pages You Have Open | | | | dangerous of these is the way in which many viruses |
| At Once - With browsers such as FireFox and | | | | work to "send" information back to the hacker who |
| Internet Explorer allowing for "tabbed" browsing, it's | | | | made the virus. This uses your Internet connection and |
| easy to load up many different websites at once. This | | | | can take up a lot of bandwidth, making it run slower. In |
| actually slows down your Internet a lot because your | | | | order to ensure your computer is free from any |
| PC is having to deal with opening all of these sites. If | | | | viruses or spy ware, you should download an anti virus |
| you want to visit a number of different sites, you | | | | tool and use it to scan your system. There are plenty |
| should really only have one or two open at once - | | | | of effective free tools out there, including "Avast". |
| which will decrease the load on your Internet and | | | | 5) Clean Out The Registry - This is probably one of |
| speed up the connection. | | | | the most effective & least known methods of |
| 2) Stop Internet Applications Running In The | | | | speeding up your Internet connection. The registry is |
| "Background" - Applications such as SKYPE & AIM | | | | basically a central database which stores information |
| are designed to continuously run without you seeing | | | | and settings about your computer, allowing it to recall |
| them, gathering data from the Internet. The reason | | | | all sorts of different settings and options that are on |
| why you can talk "instantly" to someone is because | | | | there. Information like your Internet favorites, browser |
| the application is using huge amounts of Internet | | | | settings and homepage are kept in the registry, making |
| bandwidth to constantly check for new messages and | | | | it a very important part of your system. |
| updates. This means that if you run these programs, | | | | The registry database is used whenever you open up |
| they will take up more of the Internet connection than | | | | any web page. It's basically a way for Windows to |
| they need, slowing it down tremendously. You should | | | | save and recall a variety of settings that your PC |
| install any program that you suspect is taking up too | | | | needs for the Internet, and is used constantly. The only |
| much Internet bandwidth OR limit their usage to a time | | | | problem with the registry is that since it's constantly |
| when you can afford to have them check their | | | | being opened and read, many of the important settings |
| servers all the time. | | | | that are inside it are saved in the wrong way, making |
| 3) Monitor Network Usage - Having a network of | | | | your PC unable to recall the files that it needs |
| computers might be a cheap and easy way to have | | | | whenever it needs them. This is what makes many |
| several computers hooked up to the web, but it also | | | | computer's Internet connections seem to run slowly |
| means that you've effectively got to "split" your | | | | and can be fixed with a 'registry cleaner'. Registry |
| Internet connection between them all. This means that | | | | cleaners scan through all the registry settings in your |
| if someone is playing an on line game and watching | | | | computer and then fix any of the damaged files that |
| movies on line, it's going to make your connection | | | | are causing problems. You can download them from |
| seem very slow because their PC is taking the | | | | the Internet and are very easy to use. |