posted on February 18, 2003 12:48:42 PM new
anyone out there find loading unto ebay really slow, and sometimes you can not even get on site..and if your lucky to get in, browsing within ebay site real slow also..it seems to be a major problem, according to the chat board on the ebay site....i myself am on high speed....let's hear it if your having problems logging unto ebay or if you are noticing hard time browsing with ebay....
posted on February 18, 2003 04:07:11 PM new
Skylite, Ebay is working fine here on a Dial up connection. Try updating your Windows by clicking on "Tools" on the tool bar on your browser. (Find on top of the screen) click on "Windows Update", click on "product update" click on "Critical Update" Microsoft will search your computer for missing updates and if there is a check next to the critical update, you may not have the newest security. The update will speed your access to websites and you won't receive so many error messages when surfing.
The last update was this month (February) and if you have not updated in the past, the download may take awhile. The time is listed on the Microsoft page for the download.
This has been the biggest problem for the slow downs that most people are experiencing as some people are not aware that Windows needs to be updated. Ebay is always the first place people notice it.
Hope that helps, if it does let us know back here on the board.
[ edited by Greengate on Feb 19, 2003 12:45 PM ]
posted on February 19, 2003 09:52:14 AM new
VOILA, Greengate! Your suggestion works!
It took me about a half hour to FIND in Windows where I could do this, sort of went around the world on it, but when I did, it took about 1.5 hours to load the critical update; we finally left the computer on overnight, and this morning my husband saw that it was done but there was another window saying we needed to do more, which took another hour or so.
Still, Ebay is now loading quickly, as in old times, so thanks VERY MUCH for the suggestion.
posted on February 19, 2003 08:44:07 PM new
Oddly though, ebay is (yet) again slower than any other site I log onto. I spent a lot of time in the feedback forum just now trying to get some info on two user names. I wonder if it's possible that ebay is experiencing some glitchy thing?
posted on February 20, 2003 08:13:03 AM new
Ebay is always a bit slower. I have a fairly powerful Win NT Workstation with lots of RAM (Random Access Memory) but I have found that if I spend an hour online I need to log off the internet and log on again to get the speed back. That process dumps the RAM.
Ebay is so graphic rich that the RAM gets full very quickly. Unless you have a grease lightning Computer you might try what I do to get things moving along.
The other thing that has worked for me is a Dial up excellerator that speeds up the connection and kills pop-ups that fill up the RAM. I use proxyconn.com that is less then $10. per month. Used it for about 8 months and store the downloaded software on a Floppy disk. I can see the difference if I don't insert the floppy when I'm online. They had a free 30 day trial when I started so it lets you check out the service first.
