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smithyandlisa Feb 1st 2012 4:52 am

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Incidentally, is it possible for anyone to explain to me in very simple terms what I did earlier, and why it has stopped my pc from shutting down? :confused:

dennerlymum Feb 1st 2012 4:52 am

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indeedy but I was just being nerdy for a bit!!:p

Andrew58 Feb 1st 2012 5:09 am

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Originally Posted by smithyandlisa (Post 9878359)
Incidentally, is it possible for anyone to explain to me in very simple terms what I did earlier, and why it has stopped my pc from shutting down? :confused:


Have a read here

Tweedpipe Feb 1st 2012 5:29 am

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Interesting. I've learnt a bit. :)

Ka Ora! Feb 1st 2012 5:31 am

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Originally Posted by dennerlymum (Post 9878342)
Just out of interest what is a good speed??

Mine says

ping 91ms down load 1.95 mbps and upload 0.26 mbps

For Toulouse and Surrounding that's pretty poor, That being said mind contention ratios in your area will be very high. What do you contractually pay for bandwidth wise.

dennerlymum Feb 2nd 2012 3:04 am

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think we pay for 100 M bits and usually get 54
We are now in the Gers the other side of Lisle Jourdain...

Im_and_Er Feb 2nd 2012 3:44 am

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Originally Posted by dennerlymum (Post 9878342)
Just out of interest what is a good speed??

Mine says

ping 91ms down load 1.95 mbps and upload 0.26 mbps


Originally Posted by dennerlymum (Post 9880323)
I think we pay for 100 M bits and usually get 54

Absolutely no way !

I think you are confusing the speed of your WiFi with the actual speed of your ADSL connection.

A good WiFi signal will show 54mb but that is NOT the speed of your ADSL simply the speed at which your laptop and router can talk to each other and also any other devices you may have networked.

If you go to www.degrouptest.com and enter just your phone number then go to 'Plus de details' it will tell you several things amongst which will be the Débit descendant ADSL. That is your maximum theoretical speed.

dennerlymum Feb 3rd 2012 4:31 am

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HO YES!!! It is VERY easy to confuse me with anything remotely technical; I happily hold my hands up to this!

thanks for the info though!:)

jonkemp Feb 5th 2012 6:08 am

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You have resolved your problem, but for further improvements you might like to use the firefox (free download) web browser rather than Internet Explorer. It is a lot faster when handling images/video etc and is also more secure.

smithyandlisa Feb 5th 2012 8:54 pm

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Originally Posted by jonkemp (Post 9885343)
You have resolved your problem, but for further improvements you might like to use the firefox (free download) web browser rather than Internet Explorer. It is a lot faster when handling images/video etc and is also more secure.

Thanks for the advice jonkemp. I was converted to Firefox a couple of years ago. Much prefer it to IE. :)


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