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I’m sure you’ve come across tons of articles and even suggestions from some of your friends on how to get your computer to work faster. Everyone seems to give you advice, but your still having issues and your fed up! Relax, take a deep breath and let me give you some basic pointers. It’s really not that hard to increase your Internet speed. I’m going to make it real simple for you and you do not need to be a computer geek to make this work.

The first thing you need to remember is to never, and I mean absolutely never download programs especially free software without reading the fine print! Most free computer software will bombard your computer with spy ware and other terrible stuff which will eventually bring your Internet speed and computer to a screeching halt! If your PC is already infected with spyware you can download the leading spyware remover called ad-aware which will scan your personal computer and remove spy ware and cookies that track your net surfing habits .

Step 2 and another way of making your PC and Internet connection faster is by following this crucial step: Click on start, then click run and type the words msconfig in the run drop menu. Next go to the start tab and remove any program except your antivirus software and any other program which you must have run when windows starts. Be careful not to remove any program which is necessary for windows to start and work properly. If your not sure about a program then google it and you will find plenty of sites that may help you figure out if the program you want to remove is important or not. This tip will increase your computer start up time dramatically!

Step number 3, and I do this almost on a daily basis is to clean up your Internet cache. Follow these steps:

Go to your control panel which you can access from your start button and click on Internet options. Go to temporary Internet files and clear your history. I would recommend that you also set Internet history to a maximum of 2 days. Next step is to delete your temporary Internet files including offline content. Last but not least is to delete cookies. Be careful though because deleting your cookies will also delete useful information from your computer. You can read a how to on cookies here: www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm.

These steps are the basics you can take which will speed up your Internet connection immediately. I would also recommend doing a virus check on your computer on a weekly basis. If you don’t have anti virus software, get it! You’ll be happy you did. Just one virus can wreak havoc on your computer! Make sure you test your connection speed whether its broadband or dial-up, before and after you make these simple changes so you can compare if the corrections you have taken have worked.

Of Course there are many more actions you can take to make you net experience more enjoyable. The Internet is a great place to find tons of valuable ideas and articles on helping you speed up your computer and Internet connection. Google It!

Taking these basic steps will make you a happier surfer and will restore your faith in the World wide web!

For decades, young men and women across the U.S. and Canada have viewed their automobiles as an extension of their persona. Young men often preferred sleek, low slung, phallic vehicles with large tires and a masculine growl. Young women, on the other hand, tended to drive less ostentatious vehicles with soft fuzzy interiors and light colored paint jobs.

If Your Computer is Slow – Are You Slow Too?

In recent times the computer that a young person owns and spends time on has taken on somewhat of the same connotation, in that today “speed is everything”. This has led some people to feel, right or wrong, that if a young person has a slow computer, then perhaps they too may be slow in some way.

Older Inaccurate Internet Speed Test

In the past, computer owners that were curious about the actual speed of their computer while they were on the Internet, would give themselves a simple but somewhat inaccurate Internet speed test. They would simply download a computer data file and time the whole process with a watch. The problem with this procedure was that it couldn’t measure upload time and there was no common standard.

Internet High Performance Computer Speed Service

Now, new online services operate in  much the same way as an automotive high performance speed shop might for car owners. They can give your computer an Internet speed test and then from there, they can offer you the tools to improve your speed. This means that Internet users who thought they they were stuck with the speed that they had, now have the option of upgrading for higher performance.

A New Common  Standard

The Internet speed test that they offer is a complete and comprehensive test that times not just your download time but also your upload time as well. Both of these factors are combined into one integer and now that all services are using this same test, there is now a common standard.

So you think that you have pretty fast Internet service. Are you truly happy with it? How fast is it? These are all questions that Internet users are frequently asking themselves more often for a number of reasons now. To begin with, there are now things that you can do to increase your Internet speed if you want to. Also, after these measures are taken you will need to know the effect that they have had.

The Old Method

The very first step in improving your Internet speed is to determine what it is now. In the past, this was done by downloading a file of a set size and timing it as it was done. There was one problem with this method however and that was that it was difficult to time the rate at which data was uploaded as well, which is included in your total Internet speed calculation.

The New Method

This has led to a new service being offered on the Internet, that times your Internet speed for you. It is done by sending you a data file that is then downloaded into your computer. Then this same file is  subsequently uploaded and sent back to the service and the whole process is timed. In this way your actual Internet speed is calculated far more accurately.

Dila Up Service Can Be Speeded Up

After you have accurately calculated your Internet speed,  these same services can then assist you in determining what would be the best methods for you to increase your Internet speed. What you need and what can be actually implemented is determined by a number of factors including what type of Internet service that you use. With new speed enhancement technologies that have been developed in recent years, even if you have standard dial up service, you can boost your Internet speed significantly.