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Thread ID: 114720 2010-12-14 22:12:00 Slow Internet Connection after Reformat camo (4895) Press F1
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1161664 2010-12-14 22:12:00 Hi there,

My last HDD bit the dust, so bought a brand new HDD, and did a fresh Windows XP Pro installation .

After everything was finished, the internet connection is VERY sluggish . . . which definitely wasn't a problem before .

All Automatic Updates and other downloads have been completed, so it's not that .

Have downloaded all the latest drivers for all the bits, NIC etc .

Have tried different browsers - Firefox, Chrome etc . . . . no difference .

Called ISP . . . . no problem at their end .

The cat5e cable between the modem and the computer looks a bit old, bent in one place, could this be the problem?
camo (4895)
1161665 2010-12-14 22:56:00 Does the browsing just take a while for the page to appear? What about download speeds?

You could try using something such as OpenDNS?
Chilling_Silence (9)
1161666 2010-12-14 23:18:00 All Automatic Updates and other downloads have been completed, so it's not that .



maybe it is . Updates have been known to cause problems before .
pctek (84)
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