Help with Win7 PC taking forever to load some website pages

[klrman]

For the life of me, I can't figure out what is going on. Just one of my computers is not working, and it's using the same router as the other two. All 3 computers are hard wired to the router, so maybe it is another issue, but several website pages take forever to load, Tom's Hardware login screen one of them for example. Many other web pages load instantly so it's really confusing me.

What I have done so far on my win7 64 bit home edition pc is.

1 ccleaner
2. uninstall all browers and resinstall. (problem is persisting with all browsers)
3. uninstalling all add ons and extensions
4. unchecked hard drive acceleration

still, this one pc has problems with some websites that no other pc has problems with. Any thoughts to try and trouble shoot this? I need to start somewhere. Obviously, somewhere, somehow, something is making it hard to load certain pages.

 

[klrman]

Beoir, I will try that now, sounds like a good idea to me. Update: Reinstalled Intel Network Driver from MBdisc, but still have the same problem with some websites taking forever to load. This is going to be a tough one to figure out. If anyone else has any other suggestion other than reinstalling windows, which is my last resort, feel free to post.

I also talked to my ISP today and they think it is a computer problem not their problem and want a hefty amount of money to try and help me figure it out, so I'm on my own for now trying to get this to work.

I'm a bit stumped on this. If you had a problem in general with your connection I'd go down the path of ISP/Hardware setups. Since this is not the case I can only come up with software issues. Since you say you've updated browsers and tried more than one, the only thing left is something nasty on your computer trying to dial home, or doing something else notorious.
You can start to hone in on that indirectly, by monitoring your hardware usage, and looking to see what IP/Sockets are open. Some routers have a logging capability so you can get a listing of what connections are made. Then, If you can compare and find out the valid socket connections your browser needs, and then add blocking exceptions on the router for the rest that may help.

The easiest thing right now would be a solid Virus Scan (Assuming you've not already done so). This smells exclusively like a software issue.
Sorry I can't be more help.

I did two scans, a quick scan with Avast and another with Malwarebytes but avast was a quick scan. I'll try the full scan and see if it finds something, thanks.

 

[klrman]

Goodluck...keep us posted.

Yes, I will thanks.

 

[Hellfire13]

welcome

 

[klrman]

I'm also going to uninstall programs I don't use and noticed yahoo messenger does not show up in add or remove programs so is there a trick to uninstall it fully? It does show up in Start>Programs so it is in my system.

 

[beoir]

Beoir, I will try that now, sounds like a good idea to me. Update: Reinstalled Intel Network Driver from MBdisc, but still have the same problem with some websites taking forever to load. This is going to be a tough one to figure out. If anyone else has any other suggestion other than reinstalling windows, which is my last resort, feel free to post.

I also talked to my ISP today and they think it is a computer problem not their problem and want a hefty amount of money to try and help me figure it out, so I'm on my own for now trying to get this to work.

I'm a bit stumped on this. If you had a problem in general with your connection I'd go down the path of ISP/Hardware setups. Since this is not the case I can only come up with software issues. Since you say you've updated browsers and tried more than one, the only thing left is something nasty on your computer trying to dial home, or doing something else notorious.
You can start to hone in on that indirectly, by monitoring your hardware usage, and looking to see what IP/Sockets are open. Some routers have a logging capability so you can get a listing of what connections are made. Then, If you can compare and find out the valid socket connections your browser needs, and then add blocking exceptions on the router for the rest that may help.

The easiest thing right now would be a solid Virus Scan (Assuming you've not already done so). This smells exclusively like a software issue.
Sorry I can't be more help.

I did two scans, a quick scan with Avast and another with Malwarebytes but avast was a quick scan. I'll try the full scan and see if it finds something, thanks.

If possible try something better. AVAST is normally garbage for a scanner. I use NOD32,or Kapersky. Either of those may have a free scanner you can load to a DVD to use to scan.

 

[klrman]

Ok, I will give NOD32 a try and see what comes up thanks again.

 

[beoir]

np. Keep Hellfire and myself posted.

 

[Hellfire13]

Also run Malwarebytes.

 

[klrman]

I always run malwarebytes but nothing shows up.

 

[Hellfire13]

If nothing shows up then malwarebytes is doing its job. Its a pretty solid malware killer.

 

[klrman]

I've always liked malwarebytes. I use ccleaner always and I wonder if things started going haywire when I used cc to clean my registry? Normally I don't do that, but I read it is pretty safe, but it could be my problems started in that time but I am not sure. Because I have a small SSD running OS and everything else, I did not allocate any space for windows restore and I regret that now.

 

[Hellfire13]

You should always backup your windows. Saves a lot of hassle.

 

[klrman]

Yes, I should have known better but this is so frustrating that I might just do a fresh install and be done with it. I think the problems started when I was forced to download IE10 so that a new adobe form filler could be used. Had no choice as the Adobe reader is not available for linux and my linux pc is my main computer . I never ever use IE but this time I was forced too.

 

[Hellfire13]

Use Libre Office for Linux. It reads everything.

 

[beoir]

I left IE years ago. Firefox or Chrome for me. Ironically enough I did use CC cleaner about 7 or 8 years ago. After it broke my registry a couple of times I moved away from it into a full antivirus package.
I would recommend you make a backup of your registry from now on before you use it.

 

[Hellfire13]

I think, by default CC doesnt clean your registry unless you check mark it on the left hand panel. At least it used to in the previous versions. I also left it long ago. Nowadays I use MSE and Malwarebytes(licensed) in tandem and never had a problem in two years.

 

[klrman]

Use Libre Office for Linux. It reads everything.

I use Libre Office too, but for a particular form that needs to be filled in, only Adobe Acrobat Reader DC can be used which is not available on Linux.

 

[klrman]

I left IE years ago. Firefox or Chrome for me. Ironically enough I did use CC cleaner about 7 or 8 years ago. After it broke my registry a couple of times I moved away from it into a full antivirus package.
I would recommend you make a backup of your registry from now on before you use it.

You gave me an idea. I never used CCleaner to clean my registry until a little while ago and come to think of it, that is when my problems started with the issue of certain webpages not loading. I should have made a back up of the registry before using it but did not. This could be the source of all my problems and why it's so hard to figure out. Never used the registry cleaner on my other pc with the same settings and everything is perfect. As for my linx pc, it just runs and runs without any issues at all.

 

[Hellfire13]

Thats why Linux is so consistent and more preferred for servers. 😀

 

[klrman]

My biggest regret in life is not using Linux sooner 😀 It's such a reliable and fun system. Have to give credit to microsoft though for making most people on this planet believe you have to pay for an operating system!

 

[Hellfire13]

You see, Linux is not as user friendly to beginners as windows is. That is the biggest advantage of windows. We use Windows VM in our office on Linux systems. And they have been running since ages without any issues.

 

[klrman]

That is why windows will always be around. Linux has a little learning curve and with so many distros, many people are spooked by it. Never used Windows VM but I know a lot of people are using it on Linux systems.

 

[Hellfire13]

Yes the learning curve is steeper with Linux.

 

[klrman]

Another thing I tried is changing DNS to google and OpenDNS but that did not help either. Another odd thing is that when I try and upload a picture to flickr, it won't upload, it always times out on my problem pc.

 

[Hellfire13]

I think Windows re installation is pretty much all you are left with now. The issue seems to be more on your computer than anything else as you have mentioned that the other devices are working fine through that router.