slow internet on acer with vista!

titan1417 · 03-16-2008, 09:38 PM

i bought an acer aspire 4520 two weeks ago with vista premium. the internet is connetcted wirelessly with verizon dsl. my boyfriends laptop over here runs perfect. 6000 kb/ps download and 1000 upload. my home computer is also wireless. it runs the same as other laptop which are both about four years old. mine is runnig about 1500 kb/ps download and 371 upload. they are all the same distance. they have 100% connection at 54 mb/ps. pleaseeee help me. i have a huge headache over these dumb lapyop!

Linux Ownz · 03-17-2008, 03:54 PM

hmm does your wireless have the compactibilties with vista???? becasue there could be ur problem, also you do have all the drivers for the computer?

titan1417 · 03-19-2008, 03:34 PM

i have the westell wireless router its brand new and just came out. i also have all my drivers for everything and there all updated. i have a nvidia wireless drive and signal up wireless. i tweaked my about:config things from a video and it works better and i got rid of my old virus protection. any other ideas to speeden it up a bit b/ it should be a lot faster like my boyfriends laptop when hes over using my internet.

Dionhall · 03-19-2008, 03:39 PM

What type of virus protection our you using?

titan1417 · 03-26-2008, 08:51 PM

avast

03-16-2008, 09:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
titan1417 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7 OS: vista	slow internet on acer with vista! i bought an acer aspire 4520 two weeks ago with vista premium. the internet is connetcted wirelessly with verizon dsl. my boyfriends laptop over here runs perfect. 6000 kb/ps download and 1000 upload. my home computer is also wireless. it runs the same as other laptop which are both about four years old. mine is runnig about 1500 kb/ps download and 371 upload. they are all the same distance. they have 100% connection at 54 mb/ps. pleaseeee help me. i have a huge headache over these dumb lapyop!

03-17-2008, 03:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Linux Ownz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19 OS: windows, linux	Re: slow internet on acer with vista! hmm does your wireless have the compactibilties with vista???? becasue there could be ur problem, also you do have all the drivers for the computer?

03-19-2008, 03:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
titan1417 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7 OS: vista	Re: slow internet on acer with vista! i have the westell wireless router its brand new and just came out. i also have all my drivers for everything and there all updated. i have a nvidia wireless drive and signal up wireless. i tweaked my about:config things from a video and it works better and i got rid of my old virus protection. any other ideas to speeden it up a bit b/ it should be a lot faster like my boyfriends laptop when hes over using my internet.

03-19-2008, 03:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dionhall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 22 OS: Windows Vista Business	Re: slow internet on acer with vista! What type of virus protection our you using? __________________ "They say one of a baby's first non-verbal forms communication is pointing. Clicking must be somewhere just after that."

03-26-2008, 08:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
titan1417 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7 OS: vista	Re: slow internet on acer with vista! avast