| With YouTube being the most popular videos website | | | | make your Internet connection run extremely slowly. |
| on the Internet, there's no wonder why millions of | | | | To fix this, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE on your |
| people log onto it every day to watch video clips. | | | | keyboard to bring up the "Task Manager". Then click |
| However, if YouTube videos are loading slowly for | | | | on the "Processes" tab which will then list all the |
| you - or are constantly pausing because they have to | | | | programs that are currently running on your PC. You |
| "buffer" - then it's highly annoying. Fortunately, there's a | | | | should look through this list and then remove any of |
| quick and easy way to fix this problem. | | | | the programs you are not using, to prevent them from |
| There's normally a core reason why YouTube runs | | | | eating your Internet speed. |
| slowly on your PC. This can be down to several | | | | After completing those two steps, there's a final piece |
| causes, from your Internet connection being slow to | | | | of the puzzle you should complete. One of the main |
| your computer being unable to process the files it | | | | reasons why Windows runs slowly is because it |
| needs to watch the movie. The first thing you should | | | | cannot process the settings it needs to run quickly. |
| do is to make sure that your Internet connection is not | | | | Each time you use your PC, it has to use 100's of |
| too slow to watch YouTube video clips. To do this, | | | | settings in order to help it remember details such as |
| bring up Google and type in "Broadband Speed Test" | | | | your Internet favorites and your video settings. |
| and click the first result. This will load up a page where | | | | Unfortunately, many of the settings that Windows |
| you can test the connection speed of your system, | | | | needs are prone to becoming damaged and corrupted, |
| and if it's under 1mb/s then you should contact your | | | | making your system unable to run as smoothly as it |
| Internet Service Provider about it. | | | | needs. This is a major problem for YouTube videos |
| This test will determine how fast the connection is | | | | because it means that the video will constantly be |
| coming to your computer. If it's fast enough, then | | | | "buffering" whilst your system is unable to read the |
| there's another problem that's causing YouTube | | | | settings that it requires. To fix this problem, you need |
| videos to load slowly. The next thing you should do is | | | | to download a software tool called a "registry cleaner" |
| to look through all the programs that are running on | | | | which will scan through your PC and remove any of |
| your system and then stop the ones that are taking up | | | | the damaged or corrupted settings that are causing a |
| any Internet speed. Programs such as Instant | | | | problem. |
| Messengers and download managers will actually | | | | |