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Why is my system so slow? December 2001 This is for Linux and Unix systems. Search engines find it for Windows people looking for info about the “AVSERVE.EXE” process, but this isn’t going to help you with that. You are probably infected by Sasser or some other worm/virus. My Windows Performance Boosts may be helpful. [...]

Let’s say you have subscribed to a fast broadband Internet connection at home and you are getting the expected download speeds that were initially promised by the ISP. However, sometimes it may happen that the speed of the same Internet connection slows down and then even simple websites may take forever to load on your [...]

There are, unfortunately, many reasons that could cause your Computer to be slow to connect to the Internet. But there are two main categories that they fall into: Very slow to connect, but once connected you can surf at a normal speed. Or, slow to connect AND slow surfing. Very recently I had a Computer [...]

Ahoy, achieving great and constant torrent speed based on constant TCP speed first. There are suggestions in the article about half-open TCP but there are more. And sorry, it needs deeper understanding of TCP, there is no other pill what ease the pain. Basically a torrent download is group of TCP connections to different machines. [...]

How To Speed Up Your Broadband DSL Throughput April 21, 2009 by Compute Staff You may be able to double, triple, or even quadruple your broadband DSL speed without paying additional fees to the carrier. Twenty-eight million homes in the United States subscribe to broadband DSL. Most DSL subscribers should expect to receive about ninety [...]

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Operating systems Quick links Operating System ABCsOperating System typesOperating System overviewsTroubleshootingOperating System Q&AOperating System definitionsApple newsLinux / Unix newsMicrosoft news Operating system ABCs An operating system, or OS, is a software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without a computer operating system, a computer would be useless. [...]

•Line quality test. If you have not done so already, try one of the two different line quality tests we offer on our tools page. Smokeping is open to all users, the line quality test is open to registered users. Both will show up a noisy line – one that is suffering from packet loss [...]

Slow DSL Internet Connections DSL Internet is typically a solid service, but as with most computer technology, the more advanced it gets the more things can go wrong with it. It doesn’t take much to slow down the DSL connection on your computer. With consumers more accustomed to fast email and blazing web browser downloads, [...]

Does your Internet connection ever seem unusually slow? The problem may stem from your PC (buggy software, for example); a bad phone line; an oversubscribed ISDN, DSL, or cable system; system trouble at your ISP or the high-speed service it connects to; or a poorly configured router thousands of miles away. More often, however, slow [...]