Slow Internet

[nailit]

am on a friends cmputer, having numerous problems, help appricited.
Cannot open firefox at all, only IE. Everything running very slow (this is even taking forever to type...keeps sticking) have defraged and cleared out unwanted files for xtra space. Can anyone please help. Niether of us is computer literate so any suggestions must be detailed.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.

[deggers316]

can only think to run a virus / malware scan, maybe other might have more of a clue

[chrisgel]

It's possibly something running on the PC in the background using resources.
Have a look in Task Manager to see what programs are running. If you have tried to start Firefox it may be still running even though it's not showing or there may be a virus scan running.

[Old_Geezer]

Could be any number of reasons. Those above are good things to check. Something is taking up resources leaving you little.

If it has suddenly occurred you may want to restore the system from an earlier date in the hope of removing whatever it is you've inadvertently started up.

Maybe it'll be faster if you boot into safe mode, where you can run scans for virus or other malware.

Or it could be you've too little memory maybe. Or too little hard disk space - have you saved something large recently ?

[Old_Geezer]

Is it just the Internet ? Just wondered if it could be your broadband connection. Although to take an age just to open IE/Firefox suggests otherwise. Try rebooting your router/modem anyway.

[Alston]

I think it bit more info is required for the AB Techies to identify your problem. What make of Computer; Operating System (Windows whatever); and the editions of Firefox and IE.

It might be a Broadband connection issue as suggested by O_G or an up-date is required of your friends Browsers.

[nailit]

Thanks for replies guys, havnt been able to reply until now as internet became impossible to access. As I said I am totally computer illiterate but remembered about (as old geezer mentions) restore points...and it took me all afternoon to figure THAT out!!
Havnt got a clue what happened (its not even my computer) but thanks for replies folks.

[Old_Geezer]

So I take it, it's now sorted ?

[nailit]

While im on here can anyone tell me how to set google as the home page on firefox,
thanks

[nailit]

seems to be sorted geezer

[Alston]

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page?esab=a&s=Making+Google+my+Home+Page&r=1&as=s

[nailit]

Thank you Alston.

[isha23]

You should check your computer first as there must be some scanning or some other process is running at your computer. you can remove all the temp files or cookies from your system and try working in chrome browser as google chrome is quite good

[lauren_philip]

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♦Clear History & Cache.
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