Can anyone suggest a problem that may be causing my computer to download really slowly?

Have you defragged your computer recently? How much memory do you have? You could move your videos to an external hard drive.

I haven’t defragged no. I think this laptop has about a gig memory and that is a good idea. I do have one of those. Thanks for that suggestion. :)

Who is your ISP? Have you tested your download speed recently at a site like this one? Do you have a wireless network, or ethernet? If wireless, is it 802.11 n? g? b? What’s on your disk drive, or how fragmented it is should have no bearing on your connectivity. Do you know how to use ping or traceroute commands? The more information you give me, the more I can help you.

@pdworkin Cool when i clicked that link , it said i am in Birmingham :S as i am in North East Scotland

Well I am with telstra, I’m from Australia so you may not know about that network. No I have not, I didn’t realize you could do that. Yes I have a wireless network and I am not sure. My disk drive….images, music, videos, sims, and no other added programs or files. I do not know how to do any of that. I am sorry I could not tell you any more, I am clueless about that kind of thing. Sorry.

OK, well briefly, your download speed is determined by how much bandwidth you purchase from your ISP, whether or not you actually receive the bandwidth you pay for at your router, whether or not your bandwidth is capped by your provider for overuse, whether or not your router is working properly, and whether or not your network is configured in such a manner as to be able to sustain the speeds it is capable of.

My suggestion is to find out where the bottleneck is by running diagnostic tests for throughput, first at the ISP level, and then within your network. You can google for websites which will help you run speed tests, then report back on the results.

Okay thankyou very much I will certainly give that a try. Thankyou for your suggestion. :)

try going through your files and see if there are any you can delete because your memory might be full. you could also try emptying your recycling bin which also could free up some extra memory.

Scans running in background, check your resources inTask Manager.

I have freed near 40gig already and it’s really helped and so has all of your suggestions. Thankyou guys. XD

Use CCleaner on a regular basis (I run it every fortnight) to keep my system clean.

Thankyou I will surely try it. ;)