I'm using XP Pro SP1 and am experiencing sloooow connection. It takes ages to load up pages. How can I increase my connection, please?

taurusx5, SWAG, your slowness probably has nothing to do with your connection. Rather, it likely has to do with the stuff you have running in the background. Most software writers think their masterpiece is a 'must have' and lots of them put a link in your start menu. Take a look at the real 'musts' @: http://www.castlecops.com/startup_c... Or http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php See if you can cull anything. Another pretty common ailment is lots of nasties (spyware, adware, Trojans, worms, etc.). Be aware that a virus and a Trojan are similar, but not the same. Many times, an AV detects one it can't clean , other times, it gets missed entirely. If you need to clean one, Superantispyware can do the job and you can get it free @: http://www.superantispyware.com/ among other places. They have a Vista compatible version if needed. If it turns out that you need to use it, be sure to update prior to running. They just released a new update recently and it changes all the time. Things are in a constant state of flux. Another common ailment is a file called 'index.dat'. It's like a log file and keeps a record of every site you visit on the web. Empty, it's 32K, but it can grow HUGE. It's a protected file and can't be deleted by normal methods. CCleaner (free @: http://www.ccleaner.com/) can get rid of it (not to worry, it gets rebuilt EMPTY on the next boot.) HTH. Ed in Texas.

hi swag. my wireless internet connection has nothing to do with wares (spyware, adware, etc.). I beleive theres a bottleneck in my XP Pro. This is because I download large filesat high speeds like, 170 kB/s and notice that my web browsing is dead slow. Pages take years to load. This has nothing to do with the web browser, by the way, which is Opera. Also, I previously installed linux (ubuntu) months ago and the internet connection was flying! So, this is definitely an XP problem. Do you know of any tweaks or suggestions at this point to increase my net connection? .