hey everyone out there, in the past couple of months, i realized that my internet connection is slow. I did the msn internet speed test and always get around 400Kbps. At first i just thought it was Comcast's end. But yesterday i finally did a test with another computer and plugged it in on the same port and realized the speed coule be at 2Mbps!!! And this was on an old computer that i had. My download speeds are normall only at 50 k/s but i realized they could be at 150 k/s+ I have ran every spyware/adware program out there, (latest retail version of spysweeper, spybot, adware, mcafee security center with all the updates) Comes back clean!!! It is also free of viruses. Is there some kind of setting thats messing out the computer? I did a search on here and did most of the recommendations, set intenet cache to 6MB only, disabled the Qos under aministrative tools. But no help!! Every aspect on this Dell Dimesion 8400 seems pefect, free of viruses, programs open/run fast. I am at the end of the straw here and I am about to just reformat the computer back to its original factory state. But i really dont wanna do that because i would have to reinstall everything and it would just be a pain. Any help would be awesome. Thanks

Try this and see if it helps you. Device manager and open Com ports. You should have atleast a port 1 and a printer port listed. Double click the non printer port one(s) and select portsettings. change the bits/p/s to the highest setting and change the flow control to Hardware now click the advance button and open the sliders to full throttle then ok on out. Do that to all the com ports that you have other than the printer port. IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE, swim with the current; in matters of principle, STAND LIKE A ROCK Visit Computer Vitals For A Pleasant Surprise

I tried it and no help. I dont understand why that would have anything to do with it. I havent touched any of those settings??

you tried all scans? Try this free On-line Spyware Scan see if that finds anything, because it picks up on stuff the others miss.What is your AV? If it's Norton or McAfee, it may be hogging all your resources. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

Quote{I tried it and no help. I dont understand why that would have anything to do with it. I havent touched any of those settings??} By default your computer settings are set to the dial up settings of 9600kb/s this in itself will cause a slowdown no matter how fast your connection speed is...your computer has been set to only allow that speed to come through your ports.. There are some tweaks that auto change these for you but I like to do it myself and not rely on a tweak command to do it. Sorry it didn't help you but you should have still seen a difference in accessing data. IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE, swim with the current; in matters of principle, STAND LIKE A ROCK Visit Computer Vitals For A Pleasant Surprise

It could be that your nic card could be bad. Have you tried to install the one from the older computer in the newer one and see what it does then? IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE, swim with the current; in matters of principle, STAND LIKE A ROCK Visit Computer Vitals For A Pleasant Surprise

Here I also found this and maybe it is what you are having issues about. Increase Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed in XP This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXP professional version - might work on Home version also. It may also work with networked machines as well. This tweak assumes that you have let WinXP create a connection on install for your cable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print sharing - and client for Microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes that WinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not try this. In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and choose properties), highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK. From the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab, extract the file netcap.exe and place it in a directory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive. Next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you put netcap.exe. then type "netcap/?". It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be installed. At the bottom you will see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be for LAN and the other will be for WAN something or other. Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver. Open up Control Panel->System->Dev Man and look at your network adapters. You should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right-click on the one without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! You are uninstalling your network adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet. Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you get a wizard just cancel out of it. Now re-start the machine. After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a new connection called "Local area connection 2". Highlight the connection, then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK. Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box. Re-start the machine. After restart enjoy the increased responsiveness of IE, faster page loading, and a connection speed boost. Why it works, it seems that windows XP, in its zeal to make sure every base is covered installs two separate versions of the NIC card. One you do not normally see in any properties. Remember the "netcap/?" command above showing two different adapters? The LAN one is the one you see. The invisible one loads everything down and its like your running two separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards, this method breaks this "bond" and allows the NIC to run un-hindered. IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE, swim with the current; in matters of principle, STAND LIKE A ROCK Visit Computer Vitals For A Pleasant Surprise