My streaming videos are jumpy and sometimes stop...can you help!!!?

Question

Please help....I will be joining net-flix pretty soon...they have a movie streaming service that I hope to use.

My problem is that when I stream videos to my computer they are always jumpy and sometimes stop.

My belief is that either my download speed is not fast enough 1.5mb per second. Or I have too many programs working in the back-round...currently 72 (based upon when I hit CNTL-ALT-DELETE)..it tells me I have that many programs running....99% of em I dont know what the heck they are.

Please help me to remedy this if you know how. The download speed I guess there is nothing I can do about. However maybe the programs running in the back-round I can.

Please Help.......

Answer 1

I am guessing your problem may have to do more with the processor in your computer and the amount of memory you have than the internet connection.

How old s you PC or laptiop?  In all honestly if you have an older computer and your processor is too slow it might be wiser to invest in a new one since replacing it is quite costly.

Answer 2

Well theres a few things you could do starting with narrowing down your start up programs to about 5-6 thats way more than enough.. With that low of a internet speed you shouldn't be running more than that. You can easily access your programs through startup/then programs, or if you have vitsa you can make what they call a start up task manager..It puts all the programs you like at easy access on your main toolbar w/o having them auto start..Second try to get your internet speed boosted it's only max 20 bucks more a month through any co to get the max speed.. att offers 6 meg dsl w/o having to have a att phone line you just have to purchase their modem unless you already have a compatible one. The i would tell you to use surfthechannel.com or project free tv (unleashing the free tv revolt) the have all tv docus' kids anime s**z they have it all but the new movies in theaters of course are crappy quality everything else is great and they are both 100% legal.. as wel thy stream right then and there no downloads no waitng just watching right then and there....Try to use megavideo/google/or yahoo links they are fast loading!! hope this helps!!

Answer 3

this is what I do about background programs.

GO to start/run

Type in msconfig

when the window comes up one of the tabs will be start up

uncheck all of the programs you dont need at start up

actually you can uncheck them all because most of the ones that HAVE to run at start will anyway.

save your changes.restart

Good luck