Buffering

[jennyjoan]

Why does a computer do so much buffering - I have completely empty urls - deleted History etc. But boy it can buffer for too long.

[barry1010]

How's your internet speed?

[jennyjoan]

dont know Barry - think I had to ask BT for that as in chat. Can I do it myself

[barry1010]

Yes you can - just click on 'go'
https://www.speedtest.net/

[CrapAtCryptics]

75/19 how does that compare

[jennyjoan]

Ermm - 74.22 over 18.48 is that ok

[barry1010]

That's good, so it's not your internet speed that's the problem :)

[barry1010]

You could try pausing the video and do something else for a few minutes - give the video a chance to download before you watch

[jennyjoan]

ok - do think it seems to happen like first thing in the morning when I haven't used it all night. I also don't turn it off at switches etc. Should I do so.

[jennyjoan]

LOL - see Barry I haven't a minute - quick quick quick is me.

[-SharonA-]

I turn everything off at night, to give it time to reboost.

[jennyjoan]

right sharon - might try that but sometimes when I can't sleep - I could nip over and have a nosey.

[Buenchico]

It could be that something is running on your computer that's taking up nearly all of its processing power, meaning that there's not enough power to efficiently load web pages. The most common cause of that is security software (such as an antivirus program) that keeps trying to update itself but gets stuck in a loop. Some web browsers can also run loads of processes simultaneously, resulting in everything slowing down.

Launch Task Manager. If the Processes tab isn't already selected, click on it. The CPU column heading should be in single figures (e.g. 5%) or not much above it (e.g. 12%). The Memory column heading shouldn't be much above 50%. If either of those figures looks suspiciously high, click on the relevant column heading to place the biggest figures for that column at the top of the list. That will show what the dodgy process is.

(To launch Task Manager, right-click on the taskbar at the foot of your screen and select the option to do so. Alternatively, use the search function at the bottom left of your screen, typing 'Task' and then clicking on 'Task Manager' in the results above the search box).