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Windows 7 rubbish internet
Ian_Steel
Posts: 5 Forumite
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Hi,
I have recently got a new laptop with Windows 7. Media streaming doesn't work properly, eg I might get 3 seconds on youtube or 4od then it stops and never continues. This is the same on IE8 and firefox. Also sometimes webpages half load and then stop, although if i refresh it usually works ok.
Does anybody know what the problem might be?
I have recently got a new laptop with Windows 7. Media streaming doesn't work properly, eg I might get 3 seconds on youtube or 4od then it stops and never continues. This is the same on IE8 and firefox. Also sometimes webpages half load and then stop, although if i refresh it usually works ok.
Does anybody know what the problem might be?
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I don't reckon its windows 7 especially if its also happening in firefox...I have had no problems with windows 7 at all...but BT now thats defo a thorn in my side.
Could be that you are having your internet "throttled" by your service providerIf you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly
I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right0 -
whats the specs of your laptop?0
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I don't reckon its windows 7 especially if its also happening in firefox...I have had no problems with windows 7 at all...but BT now thats defo a thorn in my side.
Could be that you are having your internet "throttled" by your service provider
No I don't think it's that, it worked fine on my old laptop and on my old ISP which was rubbish and much slower than my new one.0 -
3.4 is pretty low,what is giving the lowest rating?
this machine is pretty low spec and my GFX give a rating of 4.3 with everything else 5.3 to 5.9
i have half the ram of you,and a similar speed CPU
have you checked for updated GFX drivers? i had an issue on this PC where the default GFX driver in W7 gave very low performance0 -
3.4 is pretty low,what is giving the lowest rating?
this machine is pretty low spec and my GFX give a rating of 4.3 with everything else 5.3 to 5.9
i have half the ram of you,and a similar speed CPU
have you checked for updated GFX drivers? i had an issue on this PC where the default GFX driver in W7 gave very low performance
Gaming Graphics is lowest, but I don't play games on it. next lowest is graphics at 4.1. Where would i check for updated gfx drivers?0
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