| Many frustrated users addicted to video | | | | cause of many browser and applications errors |
| streaming ask this question. Although the sudden | | | | causing a conflict situation. |
| slowdown of the giant video site occurs | | | | * Test your computer for viruses and spyware. |
| occasionally at the user side, people are clueless | | | | * Run SpeedTest to test whether you have |
| what could be the cause of this problem. It is | | | | sufficient bandwidth available to smoothly play |
| understood no body wants to wait long for | | | | YouTube videos without causing the site to run |
| videos to load and then watch them especially if | | | | slower. |
| the videos are longer and are in several parts. | | | | * Disconnect your internet and then reconnect it |
| Faster streaming is the need of every internet | | | | to know why is YouTube slow and whether it is |
| user. If YouTube runs slow sometimes then there | | | | because of the poor internet at your side. |
| are surely some reasons behind that. Most people | | | | * Disable ads through some of the browser plug |
| are not sure what to do in such a situation and | | | | in that will allow you to run fewer background |
| make the videos load faster in YouTube. | | | | services while you are playing videos online. |
| Before I share the guidelines to deal with this | | | | * Try to change your flash player version. |
| speed slowdown I would invite you to think of the | | | | Although the YouTube has started to stream |
| reasons which result in YouTube errors such as | | | | videos through a new technology there is still a |
| sluggish streaming, flash crashing in YouTube and | | | | large number of web sites using the flash |
| other YouTube videos errors. There are two | | | | platform. So it is a nice idea to try to change the |
| major reasons which result in these annoyances. | | | | flash player version to play videos without |
| One is the problem at the user end that includes | | | | crashes and error messages. |
| PC speed, Internet speed, PC Windows errors, PC | | | | * Try to change your browser. One good |
| programs conflict such as Flash issues, while the | | | | browser to play YouTube videos is Chrome. If |
| second reason may be caused by the server or | | | | you have not tried that go for it. Also contact |
| external internet traffic load. Although the web | | | | your ISP provider if they are limiting your |
| site is very effectively maintained there appear | | | | bandwidth at specific durations of the day. |
| some troubles sometimes. This, however, is not a | | | | * Also recommended that you do the following |
| big issue as we all trust the services provided by | | | | steps if the YouTube is slow due to DNS related |
| such a user friendly web site. The issue becomes | | | | settings: |
| serious when video errors and slow speed | | | | Click start > settings > control panel > network |
| becomes a routine. This has to be something to | | | | connections > Local Area Connection/ Your |
| do with the personal computer one is using. | | | | default internet connection > properties > Internet |
| Here I am outlining some tips that will help you to | | | | Protocol TCP/IP > properties > check the option |
| make YouTube faster for you: | | | | "use the following DNS server address" and use |
| * Start from repairing your Windows registry and | | | | this address: Preferred DNS Server: |
| fixing your Windows errors that become the | | | | 208.67.222.222 Alternate DNS Server: 208.67.222. |