Network/Internet problems
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Well I have just installed Windows XP SP2 on a different computer, yet I can't really access the web on it. I have a netgear ethernet card that is working fine (so Windows says), but when I try to access the web, the speed is incredibly slow (On this machine I run over 500 KB/sec, so I know it's not my internet), I also can't get to my router's page because the connection is so slow, it barely is able to ask me for my password to get into my router. My question is, what is causing this to be so slow? I tried disabling the Windows Firewall and it didn't speed anything up, I've done pings to places like google.com and it responds to each packet at about 97ms and usually only receives 75% (only 4 sent). Is there something I'm over-looking?
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before you upgraded to Windows XP SP2 did you check with computer manufacture to see if they have recomendations before upgrade? I know with HP if you don't do pre-upgrade recomendaitions it dogs the computer way down and some apps don't work properly.
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I just installed XP Pro sp 2 on my new computer.
I haven't called for reactivation code yet but last night when I was doing program installs and MS Up-grades...IE slowed down .
The more I did the slower it got.
I suspect as soon as it is activated everything will speed back up.
Did you activate yours ?
I was warned about this as MS is monitoring your computer.
It has to do with pirating.
See my Thread a few days ago about Microsoft
I haven't called for reactivation code yet but last night when I was doing program installs and MS Up-grades...IE slowed down .
The more I did the slower it got.
I suspect as soon as it is activated everything will speed back up.
Did you activate yours ?
I was warned about this as MS is monitoring your computer.
It has to do with pirating.
See my Thread a few days ago about Microsoft
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Check the advanced properties of the network card. Make sure it's is set for auto-detect. Or set it for the speed of the router port.
From the sound of your ping report, it could be a bad cable. Or, if it's DSL, a bad phone line/filter block. Same if it's cable.
Try the website,
http://www.dslreports.com/
Lot's of good testing tools....
From the sound of your ping report, it could be a bad cable. Or, if it's DSL, a bad phone line/filter block. Same if it's cable.
Try the website,
http://www.dslreports.com/
Lot's of good testing tools....
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As long as you have two computers on the same network, test the speed between them by transferring files. You don't need to be connected to the Internet to do this. If it's still slow, then it's a local problem - either the cable or the card.
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Are you running a firewall program like Norton or Macafee? I have had customer computers that were slow and it turned out to be the firewall program holding things up. Try disabling them and see if the speed comes back..
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This is a brand new install onto a machine. I haven't even installed anything on this thing yet, no antivirus whatsoever. No firewall at all. Everything has been registered, and all is well. I ping my router and get 1ms response times, but when I ping websites I get ~240ms response times with a usual 1/4 of the packets missing. The cable is fine, the router is fine, I've tried different PCI slots, I've re-installed the OS, I've re-installed the drivers. Am I just missing something?
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You said: Quote:Well I have just installed Windows XP SP2 on a different computer, yet I can't really access the web on it.
This is a no-no wth MS unless you called for a re-activation code.
As per what I stated before, you can only XP on ONE computer per license
Now after reading you last reply,
This is confusing now.
Did you in fact install the XP to an original computer,register it and then activate it once already.... before you started this thread about yet another computer?
If so, and now you are telling us that you have installed the same copy of XP on yet another computer amd wondering why it is slow?
If you have already activated the code on one computer, you won't be able to use the other one after 30 days, It will stop working all together.
I'll wait for answer to my Q's before my next reply.
This is a no-no wth MS unless you called for a re-activation code.
As per what I stated before, you can only XP on ONE computer per license
Now after reading you last reply,
This is confusing now.
Did you in fact install the XP to an original computer,register it and then activate it once already.... before you started this thread about yet another computer?
If so, and now you are telling us that you have installed the same copy of XP on yet another computer amd wondering why it is slow?
If you have already activated the code on one computer, you won't be able to use the other one after 30 days, It will stop working all together.
I'll wait for answer to my Q's before my next reply.
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To be honest it's a version which doesn't require activation, and it automatically registers everything while installing. I guess you could say it's illegal but I had already had XP on the computer but I couldn't find the serial key for it, so technically I can own this program beacuse I already owned XP (bought it from Microsoft). There is also the laptop I'm using now that came with XP (it's all registered) and then there's my desktop which I've had a couple years now, on which I had bought XP before I owned the laptop. I don't know if this makes sense to you.
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i could be wrong....I have been in the past.....but I have yet to see a Windows XP OS version that does not require activation.....either over the net or by phone.
This version of XP you are installing.....was it originally on the computer you are installing it on? If so, it still requires activation. I reformatted a computer I have and reinstalled an XP OS that I bought for that machine and still had to call MS to activate it.
This version of XP you are installing.....was it originally on the computer you are installing it on? If so, it still requires activation. I reformatted a computer I have and reinstalled an XP OS that I bought for that machine and still had to call MS to activate it.
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Quote:, and it automatically registers everything while installing.
Automatically ?
Not without asking you first
as Jerry Lee Lewis once said: "There's a whole lotta ssuming goin' on"... here.
My copy of Windows XP is an OEM version.
Did you read this thread I mentioned.... paying attention to clicking the link provided in post #7 ?
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=496021
Then re-read post #4 in this thread ...... the 1st paragraph.
Automatically ?
Not without asking you first
as Jerry Lee Lewis once said: "There's a whole lotta ssuming goin' on"... here.
My copy of Windows XP is an OEM version.
Did you read this thread I mentioned.... paying attention to clicking the link provided in post #7 ?
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=496021
Then re-read post #4 in this thread ...... the 1st paragraph.
Last edited by Mil1ion; Jun 1, 2006 at 10:50 AM.