Is my PC ill? Is it time for a change?

Fightsback

Run chkdsk.

Run a defrag, should be automatic on w7 but it may have been switched off for some reason.

googler

Which browser do you use? IE? Chrome? Firefox? Safari?

If you have more than one installed, try loading MSE with another to see if it's quicker. If it is, then 'something' associated with the previous browser is slowing it - extensions, add-ons, whatever. If not, then the problem lies elsewhere.

Fightsback

googler wrote: »

Which browser do you use? IE? Chrome? Firefox? Safari?

If you have more than one installed, try loading MSE with another to see if it's quicker. If it is, then 'something' associated with the previous browser is slowing it - extensions, add-ons, whatever. If not, then the problem lies elsewhere.

Could be a link scanner for the AV, what antivirus are you using as well ?

Scoflo

Been at work, sorry for the delay. Running chkdsk right now

Stoke

PC's don't get ill. Things fail mechanically causing bottlenecks, or poorly written software does the same. Identify the bottlenecks, remove them and you'll be fine.

Scoflo

defrag completed.

I use chrome & its the only one loaded. I do have extensions etc on it so perhaps I need to part with them. that would be realy annoying as they are there to help me, not hinder.

Anti virus is avast.

Fightsback

Disable all the chrome extensions then see which one might be causing a problem by re-enabling each one at a time.

50Twuncle

enfield_freddy wrote: »

is it different internet in Scotland?


perhaps doing a quick internet check might help http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html

It's the Tartanet in Scotland
Which is similar to the normal Internet - only a whole lot slower and smells of whisky & smokies !!

Fightsback

50Twuncle wrote: »

It's the Tartanet in Scotland
Which is similar to the normal Internet - only a whole lot slower and smells of whisky & smokies !!

It's Salmondnet and it's all the fault of Westminster not the ISP.

Scoflo

I have stripped back my extensions & plugins on Chrome. I think the ad-blocker may have been the problem. Thanks for your help with this, will start on my laptop now and see if it helps with that.