| YouTube is one of the most popular websites on the | | | | which will show you how fast it is. If you get a |
| Internet, with millions of people using it every day. | | | | connection speed which is extremely slow, then you |
| However, if you're trying to watch videos on this | | | | should call your Internet company (ISP) and talk to |
| website, there's nothing more frustrating than having | | | | them about the problem. |
| them take longer & longer to load up. This is a big issue | | | | 3) Reinstall Web Browser - One of the easiest ways |
| which even the most updated & advanced PCs | | | | to fix slow YouTube videos is to reinstall the web |
| cannot escape, and in order to fix it, you should follow | | | | browser of your PC. The web browser is the |
| this simple tutorial. There are several key causes of | | | | software application you use to view various web |
| YouTube videos loading slowly, and you should be able | | | | sites, and - like any software on your system - is |
| to fix them by following these steps: | | | | continually being corrupted and damaged. To ensure |
| 1) Reinstall "Flash Player" - Flash Player is the software | | | | there is no issue with your web browser, you should |
| program used to play the YouTube movies. It's a very | | | | reinstall it to make sure it's able to process all the |
| popular free program released by the Adobe | | | | YouTube content in the fastest way possible. |
| company, but is also prone to a lot of problems. The | | | | 4) Clean The Registry - Finally, you should also clean |
| issue with this is that since Windows is continually using | | | | out the "registry" of your system. The registry is a |
| Flash Player to help it play the YouTube movies you | | | | large database inside Windows, which holds settings |
| want to watch, it's often the case that this software | | | | such as your desktop wallpaper, latest emails and |
| tool will become damaged and corrupt as your | | | | even your most recent files. All the software on your |
| computer over-uses it. This is the main reason why | | | | PC has registry settings that it requires to run, and your |
| YouTube videos load slowly - because Flash Player is | | | | web browsers have more of these settings than |
| not functioning correctly. You should fix this by clicking | | | | most. The big problem that many computers have is |
| on Start > Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs. | | | | that when you load up a web browser, it's continually |
| Then click "Uninstall" next to the Flash Player icon, and | | | | having to read 100's of settings that it needs to run, but |
| then reinstall it from the Internet (it's free). | | | | unfortunately, many of these settings are damaged |
| 2) Check Internet Speed - The speed of your Internet | | | | and corrupt. This is a relatively unknown problem, but is |
| is obviously a big factor in how fast YouTube videos | | | | an issue which can slow even the most advanced |
| will load, making it vital that you test to see if your | | | | computers. To fix it, you should use a 'registry cleaner' |
| connection is fast enough to play the videos. To do | | | | to scan through your PC and repair any of the |
| this, search on Google for "broadband speed test" and | | | | damaged registry settings that could be causing a |
| then click the first result that shows. After this, let the | | | | problem. |
| website test the connection speed of your Internet, | | | | |