HOW TO DOWNLOAD VIDEOS FROM VIDEO HOSTING SITES LIKE YOUTUBE , METACAFE ,NOVAMOV ETC ?

press windows button and in the search type msconfig go to startup tab and uncheck those you dont want to start.

scroll to the bottom toolbar bottom of screen right click you can select task manager applications also processes you will see whats running on your computer and ticking over you might have a virus

if you see something running that you does not need to be running select end now then you might you might uninstall that particular program

and some unnecessary programs


Change the browser settings on your computer, so that when you open an web page no animations, graphics, video, sound or other multimedia content appears.

The multimedia features usually take up a lot of bandwidth space.

Turn off your media browser settings by selecting the control panel option on your computer and opening up the internet options.

When the internet options come up, left click the tab that says "advanced" and scroll down to multimedia. Deselect the multimedia options and save your changes.

Clear out unnecessary information in your Cache and Cookies within your browser. Cache and Cookies work to store information from the internet like passwords and log-ins.

However, they also take up a lot of bandwidth space. Click the tools tab in your browser, select "Clear Recent History" and then select which files you'd like to clear. Press ENTER or CLEAR NOW an then save your settings

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Don't let the dull name fool you: Internet Download Manager is a full-featured package that handles downloading tasks with aplomb. It conveniently integrates into your browser, even if you use Mozilla or Opera.
It automatically sorts incoming files by file type and puts them in the appropriate folder. Most importantly, it supercharges download speeds (it doubled ours).

this should speed up your download


hope this helps