I'm on dial-up, and for the past couple of weeks my
internet hasn't been as smooth as it used to be. (I use
the I.E. browser).
For example, if I click the dash to lower a window, it
won't go down smoothly. It goes down a bit slower and
almost in sections.
And when I scroll web pages, they don't scroll smoothly
either. They scroll in "sections."
I'm up to date with Norton and ran it, nothing came up. I
scan disk, but sometimes it doesn't get that far - 2 blue
blocks and that's it. It keeps running but doesn't get
any further then the 2 blue blocks. And the times
it does finish, there's no errors.
The sluggishness does clear up after I reboot, but after a
while it happens all over again after I do something,
such as open my scanning software or after I put an
attachment onto an email (to my hotmail account).
I ran the Resolution Asst. and had it check the memory,
hard drive and CPU. They all checked out.
I even Alt-Ctl-Del and "end tasked" everything besides
I.E. and rebooted. But again, the sluggishness returns
and scan disk still doesn't get far.
I restored defaults in the Internet Options "Advanced"
tab, but that didn't work either.
I don't download music - I don't download anything.
I deleted my cookies and all temp files (I do that weekly
anyway). But still, the 'herky jerky' Internet returns.
However, for the past couple of weeks, I've noticed a
folder, "content i.e. 5," in my temp files. And inside
the folder are "index.dat" files. They can't be delted -
"access file might be in use" huh? - but I can delete the
folder. However, it and the .dat files always returns.
Could that be the problem? If so, how can I make sure they
don't keep coming back?
Thanks.