I have a Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 11S. Windows 8. Chrome.
I live in a university residence, and so I have no access to the modem and therefore have no wire to connect with. I use wifi only.
According to speedtest.net:
Ping: 37 ms
Download speed: 1.09 Mpbs
Upload speed: 2.62 Mpbs
My link speed is 14.5 Mpbs.
As you can imagine, downloading things takes forever. Youtube videos are blurry for a while before clearing up, and have split-second black screen periodically. Generally, the internet connection is slow on my laptop. But when I use other peoples' laptops in the same room, it's much faster.
I have CCleaner, Avast, and Malwarebytes. I clean and scan my laptop regularly.
Possibly unrelated factors: Windows Defender doesn't turn on. I had another program though, so I didn't think this was a problem until something I read on the internet made me want to turn it on. I uninstalled the said program so it wouldn't conflict with Windows Defender, but it still refuses to turn on. So as of now I have neither.
I also have about 16GB of space left (lots of movies).
So what could the problem be? How can I fix this?
I live in a university residence, and so I have no access to the modem and therefore have no wire to connect with. I use wifi only.
According to speedtest.net:
Ping: 37 ms
Download speed: 1.09 Mpbs
Upload speed: 2.62 Mpbs
My link speed is 14.5 Mpbs.
As you can imagine, downloading things takes forever. Youtube videos are blurry for a while before clearing up, and have split-second black screen periodically. Generally, the internet connection is slow on my laptop. But when I use other peoples' laptops in the same room, it's much faster.
I have CCleaner, Avast, and Malwarebytes. I clean and scan my laptop regularly.
Possibly unrelated factors: Windows Defender doesn't turn on. I had another program though, so I didn't think this was a problem until something I read on the internet made me want to turn it on. I uninstalled the said program so it wouldn't conflict with Windows Defender, but it still refuses to turn on. So as of now I have neither.
I also have about 16GB of space left (lots of movies).
So what could the problem be? How can I fix this?