IanG Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 For some reason on my laptop which isn't that old, videos take ages to load up, this includes youtube which I thought was the problem but then I am having same problem with media player and vlc Any ideas, could understand if it was just one or other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes10 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 What OS is your computer? When you say takes ages to load:- how long? Post a link to a youtube video that is slow so we all can see how fast/slow What download speed do you get at the following site: http://www.speedtest.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 windows 8 which IMHO is worse than 7 varies but a video on my pc windows media player etc takes at least 20/30 seconds to load often longer where as on my win 7 laptop it loads in seconds. youtube its all of them pretty much just buffer for ages 30-60 seconds or longer , minutes sometimes, its quicker on my phone by miles Thought it might be the ad blocker I had installed to stop all the crap adverts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suggz Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 With 14mb download you should not be waiting 30 seconds before a youtube video starts. Disable the add blocker and try you tube again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 Already done that mate, made no difference, plus its not just online videos that are slow to load, its on windows media player etc as well though worse on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suggz Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Have you run an up-to-date virus scan.? Clear all temporary files etc. Failing that I would go the hard way and format. If you have a factory restore option use that. No mater what you decide make sure you back up / save anything you would like to keep. After a format / or factory restore you will lose everything. You will be back to the day you bought the system. ---------- Post added 15-03-2015 at 01:54 ---------- P.S > When I say hard I do not mean it is hard to do. I mean it is destructive. It will put your system back to the day you bought it. You will lose everything you added after purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes10 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 You may have some malware running, Backup all your important data and Install and run the free version of malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/ Run Kaspersky rootkit killer: http://support.kaspersky.co.uk/viruses/disinfection/5350#block1 Run Norton Power Eraser ( note: I'm not overly confident of this application) https://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx?ssdcat=221&lcid=1033&origin=unk&env=production&tooltype=NMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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