Why does my computer..........
Why does my computer..........
...............take AGES to load the internet first time in the day after I switch it on?
It doesn't matter if it's been on a minute, or an hour, whether I try to load IE7 or Mozilla Firefox, first time I ask it to connect, it takes up to 5 minutes to load.
After that it's virtually instant
Alcazar
It doesn't matter if it's been on a minute, or an hour, whether I try to load IE7 or Mozilla Firefox, first time I ask it to connect, it takes up to 5 minutes to load.
After that it's virtually instant
Alcazar
What config do you have?
The only thing that springs to mind is that there is an issue with you finding a DNS Server the first time you try to browse.
Try pinging a web-site BEFORE you connect and see what happens
ping www.microsoft.com or something similar
The only thing that springs to mind is that there is an issue with you finding a DNS Server the first time you try to browse.
Try pinging a web-site BEFORE you connect and see what happens
ping www.microsoft.com or something similar
What config do you have?
The only thing that springs to mind is that there is an issue with you finding a DNS Server the first time you try to browse.
Try pinging a web-site BEFORE you connect and see what happens
ping www.microsoft.com or something similar
The only thing that springs to mind is that there is an issue with you finding a DNS Server the first time you try to browse.
Try pinging a web-site BEFORE you connect and see what happens
ping www.microsoft.com or something similar
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in IE, take off automatically detect settings, in the tools / options / connections / lan settings page if it is ticked, and see if that makes any difference....
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Proxy literally means on behalf of.
In a corporate environment you don't want your staff DIRECTLY accessing the internet so you use a Proxy (server). This does the web browsing on behalf of the user and passes the web-sites back to them.
If you set up your network correctly, Internet browsers can automatically detect where this proxy (server) is... the tick box you cleared is all that needs to be done on the p.c. for it to go looking for it.
As you are not in a corporate environment you do not need this tick box and it should remain cleared.
I hope this doesn't come across as patronising! It's either that or I start burbling on about WPAD entries in DNS or DHCP and which is better (DHCP)
In a corporate environment you don't want your staff DIRECTLY accessing the internet so you use a Proxy (server). This does the web browsing on behalf of the user and passes the web-sites back to them.
If you set up your network correctly, Internet browsers can automatically detect where this proxy (server) is... the tick box you cleared is all that needs to be done on the p.c. for it to go looking for it.
As you are not in a corporate environment you do not need this tick box and it should remain cleared.
I hope this doesn't come across as patronising! It's either that or I start burbling on about WPAD entries in DNS or DHCP and which is better (DHCP)
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Proxy literally means on behalf of.
In a corporate environment you don't want your staff DIRECTLY accessing the internet so you use a Proxy (server). This does the web browsing on behalf of the user and passes the web-sites back to them.
If you set up your network correctly, Internet browsers can automatically detect where this proxy (server) is... the tick box you cleared is all that needs to be done on the p.c. for it to go looking for it.
As you are not in a corporate environment you do not need this tick box and it should remain cleared.
I hope this doesn't come across as patronising! It's either that or I start burbling on about WPAD entries in DNS or DHCP and which is better (DHCP)
In a corporate environment you don't want your staff DIRECTLY accessing the internet so you use a Proxy (server). This does the web browsing on behalf of the user and passes the web-sites back to them.
If you set up your network correctly, Internet browsers can automatically detect where this proxy (server) is... the tick box you cleared is all that needs to be done on the p.c. for it to go looking for it.
As you are not in a corporate environment you do not need this tick box and it should remain cleared.
I hope this doesn't come across as patronising! It's either that or I start burbling on about WPAD entries in DNS or DHCP and which is better (DHCP)
In fact I might just steal it .
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what do i win??? lol.
yeah, had years of experience of this.... i tend to leave (L)users with it ticked, hoping that if it takes too long, they will stop surfing and get on with some work!! lol - trouble is, most of them know more than me about t'internet now.
- so i have to enforce my own rules via the firewall (mwaaa haaa haar)
yeah, had years of experience of this.... i tend to leave (L)users with it ticked, hoping that if it takes too long, they will stop surfing and get on with some work!! lol - trouble is, most of them know more than me about t'internet now.
- so i have to enforce my own rules via the firewall (mwaaa haaa haar)