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Internet Explorer slow
My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec
vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Tony |
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"Alpha One" wrote in message
... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Slower wireless card perhaps? |
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But not with the laptop. It is always fast. I have tryed them at the same
time, side by side connected to the same network, even have switched plugs, desktop is always slower. However, I bring them home, connected to my home network, they are both fast. "Joel" wrote in message ... "Alpha One" wrote: My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? If you could give little more detail of what's going on with the system then we may be able to give you more detail answer. - 2nd time is faster, this has always been (for ages) because - The 1st time the browser needs to download the original info - The 2nd, 3rd and on and on, the browser will just read and display the information *already* downloaded and stored in catch folder on the hard drive. Other problem we will need to know what's going on in order to give the answer, and you are the only one who can provide all information. Tony |
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"GT" wrote in message ... "Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Slower wireless card perhaps? |
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"Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Why are you downloading IE? It would make sense to have a copy on your computer. What are you using to download it? Firefox? Tony |
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My mistake, sorry, I meant loading IE, also loading Webpages.
"Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message ... "Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Why are you downloading IE? It would make sense to have a copy on your computer. What are you using to download it? Firefox? Tony |
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Alpha One wrote:
My mistake, sorry, I meant loading IE, also loading Webpages. The problem could be in DNS. When you web surf, the symbolic address, like "www.altavista.com", has to be translated to a numeric address like "216.155.200.155". DNS is the service that does that. If I fire up a DOS window (command prompt window), and type nslookup www.altavista.com that manually attempts a translation. The returned response should be reasonably fast. If there is a significant delay, it means more than one DNS server might be tested sequentially. In the experiments I've done here, on Win2K, Windows doesn't seem to be that clever, in the sense that, if a working DNS server is found, it is not consulted first the next time. The search order is again used, to resolve the address. Some other OSes I've worked with, remember which DNS server worked. I believe there are even cases where the DNS servers are rated according to how short their response time is. But at least here on my computer, Win2K doesn't seem to do any of that stuff. Your networking setup might be done a couple of ways. Many people use DHCP (automatic setup by talking to router box). The DNS server of choice may propagate through a couple layers of DHCP, from the ISP. Or, some people (occasionally me as well), will assign settings manually in the network setup. For example, when I have a computer, where DNS is extremely slow, because bad servers are in the list of servers, I override manually and put my own DNS server address. But that can be bad, because a good choice on my home ISP, could be a bad choice on a work network. DHCP, in that regard, can be a better setup option, because in theory, the DNS server you use, will be more optimized for the current ISP choice. Paul "Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message ... "Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Why are you downloading IE? It would make sense to have a copy on your computer. What are you using to download it? Firefox? Tony |
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"Alpha One" wrote in message
... My mistake, sorry, I meant loading IE, also loading Webpages. Ahh, well that is a totally different question - you are talking about loading an application, which is a purely local problem. Do both computers have the same home page set? Perhaps the desktop has to download more on the home page, which will take time compared to the laptop. Try setting the home page to be blank, or a local page on the hard drive as a test. What else are you running on the desktop when you try to open IE? If the memory is full and the PC is working in virtual memory then loading any application will take a while as it has to swap files in and out of memory to hard disk, whilst loading the application from disk at the same time. Do other applications take the same time to load on the 2 PCs or is it the same story with other apps too? "Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message ... "Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? Why are you downloading IE? It would make sense to have a copy on your computer. What are you using to download it? Firefox? Tony |
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Have you tried defragging the hard drive then clearing the Temp files and Cookies in Explorer or in Internet options? Exploder never been fast the best of times... I use Firefox... just trying Safari for Xp and thats even faster. Davy |
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"Alpha One" wrote in message ... My desktop takes several times longer to download IE than my laptop, 17 sec vs 6 sec or so. The same happens when downloading webpages, unless it's the second time (or more) loading it..This is at the office. At home both computers load about as fast. The desktop is a faster computer than the loptop What could cause this? It must be a pain carrying the desktop to and fro from the office. Why don't you mount the office on wheels so you can tow it back home with you? Tony |
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