08-09-2022, 10:44 PM
HP ProBook 450 G5 five years old. 8GB RAM and 7.89 usable. 64 bit operating system.
Using Windows 11 Home and Norton Safe Search through Chrome.
Spark modem is about 3-4 years old.
Laptop is used for internet, email, Word.
Web pages are now slow to load or time out and sometimes a message states the internet connection is lost, even when the Internet connection icon says the connection is working. Turning the laptop internet connection on and off works but sometimes only briefly. No problems with internet on the mobile phone. I regularly use the clean-up function to remove web site history etc.
Options: a/ pay Spark $100 for a new modem b/ buy Norton's registry cleaner (Norton scan states that there are registry issues but I don't want to pay for their registry cleaner when it's possibly their bloatware that is the problem) or c/ time to replace the laptop?
Thanks.
PS: Recommendations for alternative to Norton?
Using Windows 11 Home and Norton Safe Search through Chrome.
Spark modem is about 3-4 years old.
Laptop is used for internet, email, Word.
Web pages are now slow to load or time out and sometimes a message states the internet connection is lost, even when the Internet connection icon says the connection is working. Turning the laptop internet connection on and off works but sometimes only briefly. No problems with internet on the mobile phone. I regularly use the clean-up function to remove web site history etc.
Options: a/ pay Spark $100 for a new modem b/ buy Norton's registry cleaner (Norton scan states that there are registry issues but I don't want to pay for their registry cleaner when it's possibly their bloatware that is the problem) or c/ time to replace the laptop?
Thanks.
PS: Recommendations for alternative to Norton?