Vista Slow Internet!!

chachee123 · #1 13th Jan 2008, 11:59

Two days ago i bought a new computer, here are the specs

Dell Inspiron 530
2.4ghz Q6600 Quad Core Viiv Processor
2gb 667mhz RAM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 256MB
Windows Vista Home Premium

I also have a speedtouch 330 DSL USB modem which i use to connect to the internet at 2.0mbps with.

Keeping the specs in mind here is the problem:
My internet speed is SLOW

, in a nutshell. I have tryed the same internet connection on my old computer with XP home on and the speed is very good (streams videos etc)
My new vista PC crawls along on the web in EX6 and Firefox, ive tryed everything i can think of, i have no Mc Affe or Norton, I turned off automatic updates, and the computer is clean of spyware and viruses etc.

Any solutions or thoughts would be very helpful!

**Mike0001** · #2 13th Jan 2008, 12:06

Linux?

**philthomas** · #3 13th Jan 2008, 13:03

Have you downloaded & installed the latest driver for the speedtouch 330 ?:

http://www.thomson-broadband.co.uk/c...&ProductID=471

chachee123 · #4 13th Jan 2008, 13:47

yeah all done, i managed to speed it up a little bit by getting rid of windows defender but its still dead slow

**evilfantasy** · #5 13th Jan 2008, 14:16

Suggestions for speeding up a computer in this post

**Fatpigeon** · #6 13th Jan 2008, 16:02

try turning ur automatic updates back on and turning the phishing filter off,

**philthomas** · #7 13th Jan 2008, 16:58

When you say it crawls along what sort of download speeds are you getting ?

speedtest here

also have you tried different USB Ports for the modem ?

chachee123 · #8 14th Jan 2008, 06:18

yeah its all been done ive done speed test its 30kb/s

**Mike0001** · #9 20th Jan 2008, 15:41

Ouch! Almost as bad as the 2kb/s I was getting sometimes with Plusnet! There `are so many factors that can affect speed. Can you borrow another modem? Another computer? Connect your computer to someone else's broadband? I am getting at narrowing down the problem.

**philthomas** · #10 20th Jan 2008, 15:59

I would lose the USB Modem and try a new one, as Mike said, or a Wireless Router/Modem that plugs into your Ethernet port.
It's quite likely that the Speedtouch isn't supported too well in Vista and/or the voltage required from the USB Port is too much for the new system. USB Modems are bad news at the best of times IMO.