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[admsupport]

Hi, here I come again...

I have a new question.

After running CCleaner, it appears that my browsing experience is VERY slow (using both IE 8 beta 2 & FF3).

I'd like to know if any of you has experienced a slow browsing experience after using CCleaner (deleting the index.dat file) or not?

According to my knowledge, the index.dat files is in no way connected to a browser's cache, but just a hidden directory, hence its deletion should not affect the browsing speed.

Thanks

[Andavari]

Deleting Internet Explorer's index.dat file like you've stated won't effect your browsing speed.

It could be an issue with your Internet connection. Typically when mine goes to an annoyingly slow state I try out three things:

1. Restart Windows to see if that fixes it, if it doesn't work I move on to #2:

2. Use this command in a command prompt to release and renew the IP address:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

if that also fails I move on to #3:

3. Unplug the modem from it's electrical connection, wait about one minute, then plug it back in.

[Augeas]

Well, browsing is initially slow after a clean as all the guff on frequently used pages has to be downloaded again instead of being retrieved from temp internet files, but I suspect you're knowlegeable enough to know that.

[davey]

Andavari, on Sep 22 2008, 12:22 PM, said:

Deleting Internet Explorer's index.dat file like you've stated won't effect your browsing speed.

It could be an issue with your Internet connection. Typically when mine goes to an annoyingly slow state I try out three things:

1. Restart Windows to see if that fixes it, if it doesn't work I move on to #2:

2. Use this command in a command prompt to release and renew the IP address:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

if that also fails I move on to #3:

3. Unplug the modem from it's electrical connection, wait about one minute, then plug it back in.

I agree with you both.
Andavari, your three steps are exactly what is needed after a complete CCleaner cleaning.
The order is exact also in my experience. Usually step number 1 is all that is needed.

I would suggest prior to the CCleaner run a quick file "defrag" also. This makes more large chunks of "free space" available after the CCleaner run. This gives better performance after the "reboot" of browsers,caches, etc.
davey

[admsupport]

davey, on Sep 23 2008, 04:18 PM, said:

I would suggest prior to the CCleaner run a quick file "defrag"

Do you mean "partition, volume or disk" defragmentation? It this case, it is best practice to remove the files from the system BEFORE a defragmentation.

Thanks to all for your answers.

It was probably a conjunction between a temporary slow connection and the reconstruction of the index.dat in IE? Problem seems solved at this day, although browsing a similar web content is still a bit slower using Firefox than IE.

I'd like to know from the readers of this thread if, in a way or another (that can be a fact or a simple impression), they have experienced some slowness loading web pages in their browsers soon after a full cleaning using CCleaner.

Mark

[Andavari]

admsupport, on Sep 23 2008, 07:24 PM, said:

have experienced some slowness loading web pages in their browsers soon after a full cleaning using CCleaner.

Never to my knowledge. Typically I think it's either ISP or website congestion related. Don't forget websites also run maintenance periodically which will mean they'll run slowly for some time, or not be available at all.