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streamed vids always buffering

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by akira247, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. akira247

    akira247 Member

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    only recent while streaming vids of various game or youtube sites,the vids have started not to load constantly,there always buffering every 15 secs or so,it never used to do this,only recently,running xp2 4meg down speed,also top speed down on torrent no probs
     
  2. tabletpc

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    my guess is are you using wireless

    if so dont also run disk defragmenter and your virus scanner you may have spy ware
     
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    not on wireless,isp is blueyonder,connected ethernet.thought at first was spyware takin bandwidth, but after various scans pc clean,havent had problems streaming clips before,pc had recent reformat though,something might of changed.
     
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    are you downloading torrents at the same time? that could clog your bandwidth specially if your uploading.
     
  5. akira247

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    yeah doin torrents,but not at same time though,just a thought my network provider the other day,has merged with 2 or three other companys,and my Home page and everything has changed,im now with Virgin Media, it might be a problem on there side.just a thought..
     
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    You probably have a spyware/ virus on your machine as well...
     
  7. akira247

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    im replacing my Antivirus suite at the end of the month for the new 2007,so will have to wait and see if it helps,i have done various scans though and online scans,thanks for help
     

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