slow internet browsing

[Sotonian Rebel]

an odd problem which started yesterday, i reset my PC after installing a game from a disc. the boot up screen wouldnt show so i had to turn the PC off at the mains. I restarted the pc again and it worked as normal, accept when i tried using the internet i got an error, somthing like "process was interupted while attempting to contact server" cant remmember exactly. I reset my PC again and the internet started working again, accept that general web browsing was very slow. Everything else is at normal speed (Xbox Live, http downloading, ect) its just web browsing thats effected. any idea on what the problem is?

[GAllmond]

I'm fairly new to the technical side of web tech but isn't 'http downloading' and 'browsing' more or less the same thing?

Also: when in doubt, turn it off and on again (routers, modem).

[Sotonian Rebel]

thats what i thought, i get my normal download speed when downloading a file, but web browsing takes ages

also tried reseting my router, but still the same

[Shake]

Are you using Firefox? If so, try out some of these tips. My computer only has 256 MB of RAM, so it really helped speed things up for me.
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[Sotonian Rebel]

im on firefox already, up untill about 1AM yesterday everything was fine, reset my PC and now browsing is very slow. ive tried openning the same pages with my phone and it is at normal speed so somthing has happened to my PC i think.

[ViPeR5679]

EXCEPT
AFFECTED

Clear your cache and temp files under options.

[Sotonian Rebel]

already done that

[SteezyVillain]

unplug and plug back in?

[GAllmond]

Smash it to pieces.

[Jamie]

Are you using Firefox? If so, try out some of these tips. My computer only has 256 MB of RAM, so it really helped speed things up for me.
How To Speed Up Firefox 3 | Universe Firefox

And if you're not using firefox, then download it RIGHT NOW and use these tips

256mb of ram?