I just bought two new laptops for my wife and I and we've been having terrible trouble with download speeds since taking them out the box. We are using the exact same configuration and IP as before only our last two computers were on XP and Vista but there were no issues whatsoever. I even went and bought a new router just in case that was the problem but it made absolutely no difference, leaving me with the conclusion its a problem with the 64 bit version of Windows 7. Currently I cannot even watch a Youtube video because after loading the first couple of seconds, it stops loading and then after a couple of minutes there's a quick burst of speed and stops again. I can't complete a speed test on my connection on either laptop. Normally this would take only a few seconds but the site (speedtest.net) crashes every time using windows 7. Setup; Windows 7 64Bit Intel i3 2310M @ 2.1Ghz 4Gb of RAM My IP is VirginMedia UK on a 10Mb connection (same problem wired or wireless) As you can imagine this is very frustrating since I have just paid out over £1000 to find my browsing experience has virtually at a stand still. Any help in this matter would be very much appreciated

I recently had the same problem after installing Windows 7 64bit. The internet speed for some reason was really slow. After looking for a solution I tried to flush the DNS. It worked. Open start menu type "cmd" in the search then hit enter key when the new screen opens type: ipconfig /release hit enter and then type ipconfig /flushdns hit enter and then type ipconfig /renew hit enter and the problem is solved.