Computer Extremely Slow Response

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Computer Extremely Slow Response

Hi, I have and Ibook with Mac os10.3, recently I started having problems accessing the internet it takes for ever to get to a web site. I use Safari and Explorer browsers. I did a bandwith test and the results came back as 79kb.

I don't think it has anything to do with the ISP because I use another computer to test the bandwidth on the same network and came back as 1.2 mb for the other computer. Could this be a memory problem. Also, I have a 30G hard drive with no personal files on it and it is saying 17G are use. I have no idea where it is. Word and Excel are also slow. Any ideas?

I repar the disk using the disk utility but no luck.

Posted on May 30, 2006 1:34 PM

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Answer 1

Bob Gold

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Jun 2, 2006 10:48 PM in response to Afzal Hassan

Hi Apo,

I can't tell you about your bandwidth problem, but here's a piece of freeware called WhatSize that may help you determine where your diskspace has gone.

If your system is slow, try to repair permissions from the Disk Utility. If that doesn't help, open the application Fontbook, and select "all fonts". If you have duplicate fonts (those with bullets by them), do an Edit>Resolve Duplicates (one duplicated-font at a time). When done, close Fontbook, and see if your system speed has increased.

Hope this helps some.

Bob

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Afzal Hassan Author

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Jun 7, 2006 10:06 AM in response to Bob Gold

Hi Bob, Thanks for your advise and sorry for responding so late I was out of town and only got back yeterday. I will follow your instructions and let you know of the outcome. Thanks again!

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Afzal Hassan Author

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Jun 7, 2006 4:25 PM in response to Bob Gold

Hi Bob, The Edit>Resolve Duplicates did the trick, Thanks a million!

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Bob Gold

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Jun 7, 2006 7:44 PM in response to Afzal Hassan

Apo,

You're welcome...glad it worked!

Bob

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