Why does my computer 'stall' when viewing only videos?

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  1. wm17959

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    I recently got high-speed and I've been watching a lot of videos on YouTube. I noticed that after watching for a while the computer has a hard time loading the file, so it will stall as it loads the next segment. But after I've turned the computer off and start again the next day it seems to have refreshed itself and it runs fine. What can I do to always have maximum video stream?
    I don't know a lot about computers - sorry!
     
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    onboard videocard or a videocard in a slot? how much ram do you have? what windows? is the computer left on all the time?
     
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    Hi DDP,
    The video card is in the tower and I don't know how to check the 'ram'. I'm running WindowsXP and the computer is turned off after every use.
     
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  4. scum101

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    is this only streamed video from websites like goobtube?

    does your isp have a daily bandwidth cap?
     
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    I was watching videos on YouTube. I'm sorry, but I really don't know much about computers.
     
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