Broadband lessons: Speeding up your connection
May 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
While doing research for school or work your connection speed can make the difference between spending a few minutes and spending a few hours doing the same work. You have no control over the broadband connection speed, but you do have control over how your computer handles it. Think of your computer as a doorway to your broadband connection- if you want information to flow freely through that door, make sure there are no obstacles in the way. If your broadband connection seems slow, chances are that you have many obstacles blocking your doorway in the form of tray icons, clogged cache and registry issues. To find out how slow your computer’s connection is go to speedtest.net,www.speedtest.net and run their free test. Write down the result for future reference.
To fix this, start by running the msconfig program and click on the “startup” Tab. Uncheck all entries that are not necessary, such as media programs and search engine tools. There is a program called ctfmon that is almost completely unnecessary but you won’t be able to remove it with msconfig. Do a search on “ctfmon remover” and you will find instructions and a program to safely disable it. Next, use the control panel to get to the “add/remove programs” section and remove every program that you know you will never use. Browser toolbars can be huge connection hindrances and you probably let some of them in unwittingly while installing other programs.
Next, you want to run the system cleanup utility located in the system tools section of start-all programs-accessories. Once you have cleaned your system, install a registry cleaner and run it. Registry cleaners can be had for free and it’s easy to find them with a simple search. Finally, run the disc defragmenter found in the same section as system cleanup. Restart your machine and run the speedtest utility again. You should see a marked improvement in your speed and you will begin to enjoy doing your work more efficiently.
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