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Why is this?
It's the main reason I reverted to s****y ME.
With ME my internet connection (150K broadband with ntl), is perfect.
But with XP and 2K it is a slow as a 28K connection, downloading speeds of about 700-800 bytes!
Does anyone know why this is so?
Is it anything to do with the tsunami of worms and viruses over the past month?
have you run a speed test on the connection?
where is the problem showing itself?
I weren't able to, it was that bleeding slow.
But I know it was something to do with the internet, not the connection itself, I think, coz it works fine with ME. There must be something about XP & 2K which affects it. It could be the change from FAT32 to NTFS, since my computer may not be all that compat. ATM. I got it in 2001. So it should be. Strange!
I have XP with the 600k NTL broadband..and i'll have to admit after upgrading from 98 S.E. my Connection on certain things slow's down, and this happens on sites that were previously fast as f**k..Downloading programs and stuff though still Rocket!!! ;)
Try disabling XP or 2K firewall.
follow the instructions HERE and when all internet apps are closed,
goto RUN,
type COMMAND,
press OK
type NETSTAT -N
how many connections are there that say ESTABLISHED??
if there are more than one or two (and internet explorer etc.. are closed), then you have some sort of virus/worm etc...
Get a good scanner and firewall.
also check the ntl service status: http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/lookup/default.asp
Frosty
i upgraded from win 98 to xp, my internet has never been faster.
win9x does use different networking protocols(?) and I have found that in some cases it will seem a lot faster. For some things... Not all. The problem is, the speed may be due in part to lower security than winnt/2k/xp. Less checks mean faster times obviously.
i have xp and mine is pretty fast
since you guys are talking windows xp etc. Can I upgrade from 98 SE with 2000 and have it saved over 98 se? A friend of mine said yeah, but I wanted to make 100% sure. Also I was wondering if I should go for 2000 or XP? I'm a little iffy about XP because I don't think some of my programs will run on it.