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igloo speed
« on: 22 September 2009, 22:12:06 »
had to change the router as the old one died. this one seems much better. can you all report if the igloo seems faster. now using a netgear dg834g. setup wizard works fine, but manually installed mine.
yes for those that noticed thats why the site was down this afternoon
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #1 on: 23 September 2009, 00:39:42 »
Seems OK for me but then I is on snail power  :dontknow:
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #2 on: 23 September 2009, 00:53:17 »
give it some lettuce
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #3 on: 23 September 2009, 05:09:26 »
Zipped along really nicely for me.  But that could be because my broadband is in a good mood today.
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #4 on: 23 September 2009, 08:19:51 »
It doesn't seem any faster to me, but Vista could be the blame for that.  I get nothing but problems with Vista and I'll have to see what Windows 7's like before I jump in at the deep end  :dontknow:
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« Reply #5 on: 23 September 2009, 09:29:23 »
ok as you know I dont know much but yes I do think when I click on a sublect it gets me there quicker than it used to if that is any help. :halo:
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #6 on: 23 September 2009, 11:24:51 »
Quote from: dreamer on 23 September 2009, 09:29:23
ok as you know I dont know much but yes I do think when I click on a sublect it gets me there quicker than it used to if that is any help. :halo:

Yes, that's the idea Dreamer  :laughing9:
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #7 on: 24 September 2009, 05:35:02 »
I don't like Vista but on the whole it doesn't give me any probs.  Except when I want to find something and then its absolutely impossible.
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #8 on: 24 September 2009, 07:00:16 »
When I'm online, it often 'Hangs' and wont go anywhere and I have to reboot my computer.  Another major problem I have, is, I have all my finances in a separate partition and when I go into Excel and click 'Open' I go to the partition where my folders and files are and all I can see are 2 folders and 2 files, (not the folders or files I want) and I have to go into 'Windows Explorer' to get them (they all open in Excel) There are 17 folders with many files in all the folders.  When I first tried to open them in Excel, I thought I had lost them and it's just as well I looked in Windows Explorer.

In XP, I used to use Windows Firewall but with Vista, I'm unable to download 'Windows Update' so I had to disable it and use ZoneAlarm as my Firewall.  There are many other problems, too many to mention

Vista is CRAP!!!!!!!  :mad:
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #9 on: 25 September 2009, 21:13:36 »
vista works ok for me apart from taking an awful long time to boot up and it's need to thrash the hard drive for some reason. I use sepecialised software to link to my radios etc and some of that is fiddly to get working.

anyway seems the router has improved things
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #10 on: 26 September 2009, 22:00:12 »
I know what you mean about how vista loads,

have you thought of running something like this to only load what you want it makes start up faster and I think a bit more stable in running

http://www.disablestartup.com/
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #11 on: 03 October 2009, 19:04:37 »
seems the same to my but my PC is slow these days
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #12 on: 03 October 2009, 23:48:18 »
Quote from: Debbie on 03 October 2009, 19:04:37
seems the same to my but my PC is slow these days

When it gets like that Debbie, the only thing to sort it out is a complete Format and reinstall 
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #13 on: 04 October 2009, 08:21:48 »
I think a defrag helps and disk cleanup.
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #14 on: 04 October 2009, 13:00:43 »
A defrag and a disk cleanup may help a bit, but if that doesn't help (and I don't think it will) a Format and reinstall will be needed
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #15 on: 04 October 2009, 13:45:11 »
Or an upgrade on the computer out with the old in with the new windoze 7 and just think that lightning speeds and no hangs, freezes or blue screen of death. may still get "windows has encountered a problem and has had to close"

So what is the problem? windows dont know..... :mad: :earache: :rofl:
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #16 on: 05 October 2009, 01:43:08 »
Have you tried Windows 7 Rad, if so, what do you think of it? As if it's any good, I'll get it.  Anything has to be better than Vista
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #17 on: 05 October 2009, 15:37:21 »
I have just sat and typed loads of information and as I am networked to our company W 7 system I hate it so now I am on my own laptop and will start again.
We have a Rolls Royce of a system running Windows 7 so we then have to run a virtual XP version ? so that this super duper pile of plastic and chips can operate though it has trouble with printers, and navigation management systems and it will not communicate with any of the ships internal computer system?

So this Rolls Royce is converted to a 1960 A type mini ??? IT costs a fortune to come aboard and they are here more than I am! It may look good and may sound like they have thought about the system but M S have made yet another OS and even though they have tested it (so they say) it has the normal new system glitches IMHO

I run Vista on my own laptop and have XP as a dual boot but have never used it yet so I may remove it to gain the space back on the HD. We went from XP to Vista and I was able to sort out the odd hic-up between the change over but this new idea of W7 has me lost in space and even one of our IT's came aboard to try and make the system communicate with navigational printers and management systems, she opened her laptop and it booted to Vista?

I don't like it at the moment! as I did not like the new MS Office, but I have now found my way around it so I can use both the new and the old and its the same with the OS I am happy with XP at home and Vista everywhere else.
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #18 on: 08 October 2009, 05:02:28 »
I don't think I'd want to do a format and reinstall.  I'd be afraid of losing everything! :hair:
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« Reply #19 on: 08 October 2009, 07:21:01 »
If you only have C: on your HD you's have to backup all your Data.  I have muliple partitions on my HD so when I format C: all of my data is safe on the other partitions.  When I format C: though, all of my programs have to be reinstalled as a certain amount files goes directly to C: when you install a program (I install my programs in my partition E:) and of course those files are lost when you format so I usually format E: as well
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #20 on: 08 October 2009, 13:50:15 »
PP If I remember you are on Vista, so why not try a system restore.?

you would not loose your personal file stuff just restore back to a time when YOU knew the system was working well, any program that you have installed after your restore date may need to be reinstalled but your files and information will be reverted.

If you are on Vista then you should have a "data" partition where the pre installed software was put by the manufacture (unless you deleted it) or had a custom build system in which case you should have been asked to burn an image restore set of disc's.

Do a clean out old cookies and unwanted programs then defragment the drives, then see how the speeds are, I only have one other thing to say and that was told to me by our company IT

"A computer is only as fast as the slowest part in its operation"
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #21 on: 08 October 2009, 21:31:51 »
I use ccleaner for cleaning my 'Junk Files'   You can get it at http://www.ccleaner.com/

In Vista, the defrag option takes aaaggges so I use 'Smart Defrag' which is good and fast.  You can get it at http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

Both are FREE
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Re: igloo speed
« Reply #22 on: 11 October 2009, 06:14:19 »
Oh I do a defrag and disk cleanup once in a while.  I don't pay for  the fastest broadband but what I have is enough for me.
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