system specs and under what conditions does the system run slow
My Systems is Slow and Discount Ethernet
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My Systems is Slow and Discount Ethernet
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system specs and under what conditions does the system run slow
Have you checked to see if the adapter is negotiating with the switch at 100/full or 1000/full like it should be? Could be a simple negotiation issue and your adapter is connecting at 10/half and the switch is taking a TON of errors and your traffic is suffering.
If worse comes to worse and you have an open slot (even a plain old PCI slot) I'd grab a gigabit adapter online & try it out. They're super cheap.
One of the most common reasons for a slow computer are programs running in the background. Remove or disable any TSRs and startup programs that automatically start each time the computer boots. Tip: To see what programs are running in the background and how much memory and CPU they are using, open Task Manager.
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Post was last edited on October 6, 2018 12:39 AM PDT
My computer is slow too, let me camp here hoping to get help. 2GB ram window 10.
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Post was last edited on October 17, 2018 11:28 AM PDT
Why it worked fast was we replaced the HDD with SSD. Long story was it was an old Core2Quad desktop and RAM was more than the SSD so it got the SSD treatment and it was booting in about 30 seconds.
If your computer is infected with a virus or other malware, it may start communicating with the outside world and use up computer resources for the purpose.
A fault with the network card or cable could cause the network drivers or other components of the OS to time out, crash or otherwise misbehave.