video playing issues and freezing PC

[Undine]

Generic 56K HCF data fax modem, Professional Version 2002..service Pack 2, ACCI Uniprocessor PC, 749 MHZ 480 MB of RAM. Aviva Antiviv,Advanced System Care.

I really have two issues. One is my computer freezes for a 4 seconds if not more. and the other is that when I go into Youtube the videos will not play through smoothly...I have the latest version on flash player which did not help...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

[mrrigga]

Sounds like your computer is on the old side. However try more ram say another 512MB to go with what you already have installed. Also go to Windows Updates and install all the critical updates. (That means you need to select express on the options) You should have Service pack 3 by now.
If you do these things it should make your computer faster which hopefully will solve your problems.
Try giving your computer a clean up. Get rid of unwanted files ,do a De fragment, and a Disk clean up.
You can get at these options by clicking on my computer Right click on Local disk.C and select properties all can be done from there. Will also see how much space you have left on your hard drive. Hope this helps

[rthompson80819]

As long as you are on dial up, video is never going to be very good.  Youtube video is usually low resolution, but there seems to be a trend to use higher resolutions, which will make your problem even worse. 

If you can't get cable or DSL, adding more RAM might help a little, but your connection speed will be the real bottle neck.