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hunny
21st January 2006, 15:31
Hi,
Over the last 3 - 4 days I have not been able to log onto UKBF - I thought it may have been that the site was down, but I can see that there have been postings on those dates. Haven't had a problem with any other site, is it likely to be my computer or is there another problem here?
Thanks,
Anne. :D
crus
21st January 2006, 15:36
OK,
1 thing thats always worth checking is the cache size in IE.
If its too high then you can get speradic timeouts, probably not this, but get it out the way first.
Tools > Internet Options > Temporary Internet Files > Settings Button
Then set the 'amount of disk space to use :' setting to between 1 and 100mb depending on your particular usage (eg bigger if you surf a lot of flash, music, video sites)
This is a good tip for all users as can effect the performance of IE irrespective of connection.
D
hunny
21st January 2006, 15:43
Thanks crus, looking at my settings - they were on 1200 ?? - haven't got a clue why, but now I've changed it to 50mb - I can assume this was the problem. - thanks. :D :D
anne
crus
21st January 2006, 15:46
Hi Anne,
not necessarily the problem, but 1.2gb is a lot of data to sift before trying to get a page from the web.
ISP's regularly set this figure to silly amounts to reduce the bandwidth use on their connections.
Keep an eye on it, I jope this solves the probelm for you.
D
hunny
21st January 2006, 15:50
Hi - thanks for that - i'll keep watching :D
Anne
KM-Tiger
21st January 2006, 19:55
Crus is right, all the default settings for IE are way too high if you have a broadband connection. I don't use IE but in Firefox the equivalent is set to only 2Mb.
If you still have problems you should try deleting your cache - Temporary Internet Files, and maybe your history as well.
hunny
21st January 2006, 20:44
Hi,
Thanks for that, I have now changed the settings and things seam to be ok. Having checked also my daughters laptop - I found that setting to be 8000+ - why would it be that high?
thanks,
anne :D
crus
21st January 2006, 21:10
Has she got a any search bars or file sharing apps, like kazaar on the machine?
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hunny
21st January 2006, 21:38
Hi,
Looking on her laptop, the only thing that I can see is msn messenger.
I have changed the setting to 100 - should this be ok - it appears to be alright?
thanks,
anne :D
crus
21st January 2006, 21:50
Out of interest which ISP is the laptop on with?
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hunny
21st January 2006, 21:55
crus we're with wanadoo (freeserve) broadband 5.??
anne :D