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From: RipperT on 28 Mar 2010 18:01 Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with 5 machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to Belkin wireless router and has spotty internet connection. IE8 sluggish loading and running. Loading tabs sometimes take forever, sometimes takes no time at all. All other machines networked with each other and surfing the web without problems. I've narrowed the problem down to this machine because it behaves the same way if I bypass the router and connect it directly to the modem. I have/have tried: All recent XP updates Disabling Add ons Registry cleaner Resetting TCP/IP settings Optimizing TCP/IP settings with DrTCP WinSockFix LSP Fix Creating and setting registry keys: NegativeCacheTime NetFailureCacheTime NegativeSOACacheTime Uninstalling/reinstalling network adapters Testing each of two built in adapters Swapped out cables Swapped cables among different different router jacks Reset IE8 to defaults Ran MalwareBytes AVG Free Scan AdAware Spybot Incidentally, programs that update themselves aren't having any problem connecting to their servers Can anyone think of anything else I might check before I re-install an OS? Many thanks! Ripper
From: JimC on 28 Mar 2010 18:16 You don't say if you have checked for hardware updates. Go to Start>Programs>Windows Updates. Then choose 'Custom' from the two options. After a while, updates should show. Check the left-hand panel for hardware updates - there may be one for your ethernet adapter. Install any others relating to chipset etc. If still the same, try installing a separate PCI adapter to the machine, that may rule out issues with the adapter. Cheers Jim "RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" <<RiPpErT> wrote in message news:eMM2uJszKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with > 5 > machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to > Belkin > wireless router and has spotty internet connection. IE8 sluggish loading > and > running. Loading tabs sometimes take forever, sometimes takes no time at > all. All other machines networked with each other and surfing the web > without problems. I've narrowed the problem down to this machine because > it > behaves the same way if I bypass the router and connect it directly to the > modem. > > I have/have tried: > All recent XP updates > Disabling Add ons > Registry cleaner > Resetting TCP/IP settings > Optimizing TCP/IP settings with DrTCP > WinSockFix > LSP Fix > Creating and setting registry keys: > NegativeCacheTime > NetFailureCacheTime > NegativeSOACacheTime > Uninstalling/reinstalling network adapters > Testing each of two built in adapters > Swapped out cables > Swapped cables among different different router jacks > Reset IE8 to defaults > Ran MalwareBytes > AVG Free Scan > AdAware > Spybot > > Incidentally, programs that update themselves aren't having any problem > connecting to their servers > > Can anyone think of anything else I might check before I re-install an OS? > > Many thanks! > > Ripper > > > > >
From: RipperT on 28 Mar 2010 19:52 Thanks for the response. Sorry, forgot to mention that I did check for hardware updates and there weren't any. Also didn't mention that the machine behaves the same or worse in safe mode. I'm very tempted to blame IE, but FireFox acts the same way. Can anyone think of anything else? Rip "JimC" <justonside(a)live.co.uk> wrote in message news:ujbKWRszKHA.5548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > You don't say if you have checked for hardware updates. Go to > Start>Programs>Windows Updates. Then choose 'Custom' from the two options. > After a while, updates should show. Check the left-hand panel for hardware > updates - there may be one for your ethernet adapter. Install any others > relating to chipset etc. If still the same, try installing a separate PCI > adapter to the machine, that may rule out issues with the adapter. > > Cheers > Jim > > > > "RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" <<RiPpErT> wrote in message > news:eMM2uJszKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with >> 5 >> machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to >> Belkin >> wireless router and has spotty internet connection. IE8 sluggish loading >> and >> running. Loading tabs sometimes take forever, sometimes takes no time at >> all. All other machines networked with each other and surfing the web >> without problems. I've narrowed the problem down to this machine because >> it >> behaves the same way if I bypass the router and connect it directly to >> the >> modem. >> >> I have/have tried: >> All recent XP updates >> Disabling Add ons >> Registry cleaner >> Resetting TCP/IP settings >> Optimizing TCP/IP settings with DrTCP >> WinSockFix >> LSP Fix >> Creating and setting registry keys: >> NegativeCacheTime >> NetFailureCacheTime >> NegativeSOACacheTime >> Uninstalling/reinstalling network adapters >> Testing each of two built in adapters >> Swapped out cables >> Swapped cables among different different router jacks >> Reset IE8 to defaults >> Ran MalwareBytes >> AVG Free Scan >> AdAware >> Spybot >> >> Incidentally, programs that update themselves aren't having any problem >> connecting to their servers >> >> Can anyone think of anything else I might check before I re-install an >> OS? >> >> Many thanks! >> >> Ripper >> >> >> >> >> >
From: LD55ZRA on 29 Mar 2010 00:24 It looks like you have installed Microsoft Updates released in September 2009 and these and other updates since then are the culprit to cripple your system beyond repair. My advice to you is to perform a clean install of Windows XP with SP3 and to stop all Automatic Updates from Security Centre. Also configure your firewall so that "No exceptions is allowed". Then install MSE and definition updates manually please. There is absolutely no need to install any updates because they don't enhance any functions nor do they enhance any security features unless crippling your internet connection is called an "inbuilt security features". This will surely stop you visiting any websites! This is all you need to have a system remaining in pristine condition without needing any hardware or software updates/upgrades. hth "RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" <<RiPpErT> wrote in message news:eMM2uJszKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with > 5 > machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to > Belkin > wireless router and has spotty internet connection. IE8 sluggish loading > and > running. Loading tabs sometimes take forever, sometimes takes no time at > all. All other machines networked with each other and surfing the web > without problems. I've narrowed the problem down to this machine because > it > behaves the same way if I bypass the router and connect it directly to the > modem. > > I have/have tried: > All recent XP updates > Disabling Add ons > Registry cleaner > Resetting TCP/IP settings > Optimizing TCP/IP settings with DrTCP > WinSockFix > LSP Fix > Creating and setting registry keys: > NegativeCacheTime > NetFailureCacheTime > NegativeSOACacheTime > Uninstalling/reinstalling network adapters > Testing each of two built in adapters > Swapped out cables > Swapped cables among different different router jacks > Reset IE8 to defaults > Ran MalwareBytes > AVG Free Scan > AdAware > Spybot > > Incidentally, programs that update themselves aren't having any problem > connecting to their servers > > Can anyone think of anything else I might check before I re-install an OS? > > Many thanks! > > Ripper > > > > >
From: Jack [MVP-Networking] on 29 Mar 2010 10:13
Hi Did you check whether it is IE, Internet, or Local Network slow down. I.e., try to transfer files between the computer and other computers on the Network, and see what the Speed of transfer is. Try another Browser too. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).. "RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" <<RiPpErT> wrote in message news:eMM2uJszKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with > 5 > machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to > Belkin > wireless router and has spotty internet connection. IE8 sluggish loading > and > running. Loading tabs sometimes take forever, sometimes takes no time at > all. All other machines networked with each other and surfing the web > without problems. I've narrowed the problem down to this machine because > it > behaves the same way if I bypass the router and connect it directly to the > modem. > > I have/have tried: > All recent XP updates > Disabling Add ons > Registry cleaner > Resetting TCP/IP settings > Optimizing TCP/IP settings with DrTCP > WinSockFix > LSP Fix > Creating and setting registry keys: > NegativeCacheTime > NetFailureCacheTime > NegativeSOACacheTime > Uninstalling/reinstalling network adapters > Testing each of two built in adapters > Swapped out cables > Swapped cables among different different router jacks > Reset IE8 to defaults > Ran MalwareBytes > AVG Free Scan > AdAware > Spybot > > Incidentally, programs that update themselves aren't having any problem > connecting to their servers > > Can anyone think of anything else I might check before I re-install an OS? > > Many thanks! > > Ripper > > > > > |