I start watching video's on youtube, tv links, and my personal favorite crunchy roll. I USUALLY go there and watch anime's, but no matter what I watch or where, after a short while the fun stops. When I first start the video loads FAST and is good to go, but after a short while it gets to where it takes FOREVER or will not load at all. I have tried spyware and adware scanners, and anti-viruses, even deleting cookies and clearing my cache and temp. internet files. NOTHING seems to work, I have only found one real solution, reset. To do a COMPLETE restore of the hard rives. THEN it seems to go back to normal before starting again in a short period of time.

I use the following:

Firefox 2.0.0.4
Windows Vista Home Basic (did it to me with XP too)
1.5 gigs of RAM
Dual 64 meg ATI Radeon graphics cards
Dual 40 gig hard drives
Laptop (did it on a desktop too)
Communicom High Speed cable Internet


Can anyone offer any advice or help? I thank you in advance.If it returns after you RESTED the whole thing then the answer is simple: Its a hardware problem.
Probably your network card as it stops downloading or your mobo or your video card.
But I don't know much about hardware.
You 'll have to wait for an other user to say exactly whats wrong.

Jonas Thanks for the help ^_^Disable any programs and services loading at startup that not absolutely NECESSARY. Check your anti virus settings - don't disable the software but disable real time scanning. Depending on which software you use, it can eat you alive.Than the same thing would not happen even if he formats.
Unless... : You've ALWAYS been using the same protection.

Jonas I try not to use a AV at all less I absolutely need it. I only have the windows thing at start up and my AV only scans when I click scan.Sounds like you have a major malware problem. Start here. AVG and Adaware in particular. Install, update, and run. Any problems they find and don't resolve should be posted in the Virus and Spyware sectionQuote from: shobogenzo on July 16, 2007, 04:06:29 AM

I try not to use a AV at all less I absolutely need it. I only have the windows thing at start up and my AV only scans when I click scan.