Connecting to the intrenet takes ages.....

Question

I am using an MX100 and after about a year problems and nuisances are turning up more often. When I ask in other forums I sometimes get the answer, it might be the SSD.So I ask here too…. I use win 7 ulti with i5 and it took around 10 or 15 sec to start it all up. Now everything is still fast, except connecting to the internet. The blue circle keeps turning… the yellow triangle comes, followed by the red x… after a time of one to five minutes, suddenly it will connect. Anybody has an idea what it might be? Thanks, RD

Answer 1

I have to agree with squall, I found that hibernate story somewhere on the net, when I checked out the background on win 8, when it came out.Even if it would have been true, getting a start up time reduced from 12 to 6 sec would not have improved my life decisively. I do not use google, I use start-page, and I use a very, very old version of google earth. I do not update applications that do not need updating. I prefer the versions that were written in the good old days, when updates were not produced to sniff and make another little slice of money. And if there is one company other that google that I „trust“ with updates, especially when they come free of charge as Win 10 does, then it is microsoft.  Just last night I almost updated Ccleaner and found it contains four additional software installs, incl Opera, plus the whole set-up of OpenCandy.You see, it is not that simple: „ It's not that hard to set the appropriate options during install though (and a few after) you just need to read what you're clicking before you click it.“There are NO places to be ticked for many of those, the ones that were there I did click.I use advanced uninstaller, which later shows me all the sh** that was installed as a by-product.It also shows me that after uninstalling almost all software using THEIR own uninstaller, there are almost always files intentionally left on my computer when I use the un-installer the company provides.F.e., uninstalling Opera left 233 files on the computer! Advanced Uninstaller removes those, very recommendable software. And as you probably have have already understood, we are only at the beginning of the age, when EVERY download will be loaded with lots of garbage forced on you. But, I still wish I could have somehow found out why the time my computer uses to connect to the network has become a joke. God bless M$ for „system restore“… I have moved most of my stuff to the HDD, and use the SSD mostly for programmes. That is about 40GB, and a clean install of Win 7, plus all the software, takes a couple of hours.I find that reasonable to have a nice clean computer every one or two years. Thank You all for your help, we may not solved my particular problem, I still learned something new. Is there a special recommended new software to wipe the SSD completely before a clean install?