Comcast Main Access Page for Customers Too Picture/Scripts Intensive

Using Task Manger to monitor both network activity and CPU activity, the only way I can get any CPU activity is to move the mouse rapidly across the scripted images, and there is *no* network activity except for a minor peak of no consequence when the larger graphic is refreshed.

Accessing the email inbox, there is absolutely no activity except for the occasional image refresh on the main page which is in the background.

My belief is that you have many applications running in the background that *are* using both network and CPU, and the little bit of activity from this page is saturating one or both. I suggest that you follow the advice provided on this link for fixing a slow computer:

I'm on TWC and it loads in about a second....

What kind of machine are you running this on? Do you get good speeds elsewhere?

Actually, that's not quite true. There are at least two ways that I know of to go directly to your webmail, bypassing the Comcast.net homepage.

I am sorry I did not make my points clear. Actually, it was not the "picture extensive" part that I was complaining, but rather the "scripts intensive" part that I did not like. It takes too much CPU time to format a page --

I do not have any problem with CPU or background tasks. I practically do not have background task. I do not even run Virus scan software, because I do not need it. All I need is a Firewall, and strictly control of inbound and outbound access. I do not boot from unknown floppy and never execute an unknown attached file from email. And I check registry startup section every few hours. Therefore, any virus, if any, will be caught right way if it tries outbound access, and will be killed right away.

Back to topic, comcast script intensive main home page takes too much CPU time. You can view the source code of their page and compare it with that of ebay.com or yahoo.com. See the file size and scripits size and page complexity.

Your points were very clear and I offered you two alternatives to bypass the Comcast.net home page and it's CPU-wasting scripts. Or did you just want to bitch and moan?

mady

Right-click the desktop, select New Shortcut...

mady wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Wish I could remember the instructions for creating a desktop shortcut into which one can enter ID and password, and when launched, it goes right to your personal email. I used it, and it worked great. I think it was given out on one of the (still existing) attbi newsgroups, and I believe it even worked after Comcast 'upgraded' the web email/servers.

I think it's on an older machine I have in the garage. I'll have to fire it up and see.

Bruce

May not work - depending on login code, but you could try :

http://:@lnkschl.home.comcast.net/mail_login.html where is replaced with your username etc.

Use either of the two links above. Save them (you might have to edit the actual url in Favorites/properties). Then open Favorites, right-click on the link and from the menu that opens choose Send to and Desktop.

mady

"Quaoar" wrote in news:E7udnZRZbLzz7_ncRVn- snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Guess I didn't phrase that question correctly (syntax error?)...

I know how to create a desktop shortcut, it's the script that auto logs my ID and P/W that I can't remember.

mady wrote in news:msham0dv90cfp9jp0htti1anmj0igunngu@

Hmmm, even when editing the link to insert my ID and pw, this still gets me only to the login page.

Here's what worked for me (YMMV):

right click on desktop left click new left click shortcut In the "Type the location of the item" box, I entered the URL you provided:

Works like a charm. Guess I was brain dead for the last two days.

Thanks. You saved me from lugging out that old pc under the house.

Bruce

Yes. That's what I meant when I said you would have to edit the url. I'm used to doing it in Favorites - Properties, but your way works just as well.

Glad to help. In fact, remove the "passurl=

mady, who likes shortcuts