Re: [PCWorks] Lag on dial-up
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:21:07 -0400
He has a 2.4ghz Athlon cpu and 1gb ram so he has enough power for the
winmodem.
It's getting hard to find hardware modems now, but until broadband is
more available I have to find one for him.
And I will try the av trick too.
Thanks Clint.
Peter Kaulback
On 10/7/2010 7:12 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> I haven't been on dial-up in so long I've forgotten everything
> about it, so all I've got is try and disable the AV software.
> While mine loads (either at startup or enabling it after I've
> shut it down), there's a really long wait and I can't click
> ANYTHING during that time. But it's not 3 minutes.
>
> Is the CPU sufficient enough for a WinModem? Has it always
> done this or this event recent?
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>
> A friend with an emachines computer is experiencing up to a 3
> minute lag
> when he dials a connection through the winmodem. Nothing
> responds and
> there is no traffic in or out yet there is 100% cpu usage
> during this
> lag period. The computer is about 5 years old and is equipped
> with xp home.
>
> Incidentally, if any browser is used to start the connection it
> won't
> come up until after the lag breaks.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter Kaulback
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