Who can figure this out?

john336 · Post by **john336** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 11:47 pm

EL cable via TW- XP/ IE 6 connects @ 600kb, AOL connects @ 1.7 Mb, MSN Explorer 2.8Mb on the same PC! No easy fix, TW EL techs stumped, prob must be inside IE 6, any takers?

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:46 pm

Connects where? Any "connection" value has almost no bearing on speed. The real stat is download/upload rate of a file.

john336 · Post by **john336** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:53 pm

Thanks for the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Set · Post by **Set** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:02 pm

Try reinstalling IE6 to start with... Then start poking around in your regs and make all your values are right

And he means when using the aol/msn browser its runing at highspeeds But using IE6 is testing much lower

What OS any routers and what isp what speed test you using ?

john336 · Post by **john336** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:16 pm

Running XP. Internet Explorer 6 comes pre-installed on XP, there's no way to uninstall it. I'm not sure I want to mess around in the Registry, I wouldn't know what to look for, I may have someone with more expertise do it for me. I use Earthlink cable via Time Warner. No routers. Testing on Bandwidthplace, cable-modem.net, cnet, Broadband reports, PC Pitstop, etc.

A sincere thanks to you!

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:29 pm

First remove AOL & MSN Explorer... they are crap and will slow your connection. Once you do that please read the Help & Tips link in my signature and answer the questions so we can help get you properly tweaked.

Set · Post by **Set** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:03 pm

Repair IE6 is what i ment to say DO it via the Add and remove programs just click IE6 like your gonna unistall it then click repair

john336 · Post by **john336** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:04 pm

Get rid of 2.8 for 600kb? Are you sure uninstalling those other browsers would effect IE 6's speed? I guess I could reinstall them if it doesn't work.

Thanks!

john336 · Post by **john336** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:09 pm

I cannot locate IE6 in the device manager, any suggestions where I can find it?

Set · Post by **Set** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:10 pm

Yea cuz their messing with your reg settings

lissen to mno hes a tweak master he will get ya all fixed up

Set · Post by **Set** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:11 pm

haha i said divice manger im all mixed up today sorry man i ment Add and remove programs

Old Fart · Post by **Old Fart** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:48 am

Also, AOL and MSN cache aggresively. It doesn't surprise me your speed measured to them is uber, as you aren't actually traversing the internet to get to 123xyz.com, as they have cached those pages locally on their network.

john336 · Post by **john336** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:13 am

When other people connect their laptop to my cable modem their IE gets speeds from 1.7Mb to 2.5Mb. That would discount your theory unfortunately. Thanks anyway!

Set · Post by **Set** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:29 am

Cuz ther Ie setting are not all messed up follow mnos tweaks + repair Ie and unistall them AOl MSN 1st and you will see the same speeds

Set · Post by **Set** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:30 am

and old fart makes a good point

they do cach alot of stuff and messing up speed testing

john336 · Post by **john336** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:54 am

I'lll give it a try!

john336 · Post by **john336** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 3:01 pm

All Fixed! 2.8Mb on bandwidthplace! It was the IP address that Earthink gave me. They give you one for a month then change it. I just tried my IE test speed because I saw a tip that said to place "-no home" in your IE home page set up to speed up IE. I did it and thought 'wow this fixed it' but when I checked the IP address at the bottom of the test page I saw a new number! I had a feeling this was the problem, but no one else agreed. I'm stoked and I didn't have to uninstall MSN or AOL! Thanks to all who helped!!!!!!!

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 4:54 pm

Glad to hear it worked its self out