Literally overnight my cable modem download speed dropped from 2950 kbps to
550. Trying a known good computer returned speed to 2950 - so, the problem
IS in my computer.
My question: What's the likelihood the problem lies in some corrupted
portion of Win2000? If so, would re-installing Win2000 be a logical next
step? I'd rather begin by installing over-top of rather than a reformatted
clean install. Got so many carefully programs, I don't want to go that
route unless absolutely necessary.
Computer background: Dell Dim 1 ghz, 512 ram, Windows 2000, Firefox browser,
ZoneAlarm, Ad-Aware,
Spybot and SpySweeper. Computer works great! - except, for my now
less-than-DSL download speeds.
Norton current every other day. Ran all housecleaning programs yesterday.
Everything clean.
I tried a new Ethernet card. No difference. So, everything's proven good to
and including netcard.
I'm literally at the end of my cable here. I'm thinking all that's left is
the OS or Motherboard.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
James
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