Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
could find in the MS list.

With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive on
one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are all
using the same linksys router.
I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I know
of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed some
ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.

What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on computer
A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping response
times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would appear
that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
running.

What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application called
Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that was
a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.

Any ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks,
Steve

have you scanned for viruses and spyware? the programs i like for spyware
detection/removal/preemption are "spybot search & destroy" and "spyware
blaster," which can both be downloaded from download.com. the reason i like
spybot better than ad-aware, is that the free version of spybot's license
allows for corporate installations, the free version of ad-aware does not.
spyware blaster is a program that will run resident on your machine and
prevent spyware from being installed in the first place. also, if you have
any spyware search bars installed, i recommend "cool web shredder" - this
cannot be found on download.com, but just do a google search for it. this
will remove just about any spyware search bar.
"sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
> could find in the MS list.
>
> With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive on
> one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are all
> using the same linksys router.
> I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I
know
> of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed
some
> ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.
>
> What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on
computer
> A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping
response
> times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would appear
> that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
> running.
>
> What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
> The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application
called
> Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that
was
> a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.
>
> Any ideas? Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

Thanks for the reply and info Dan.

I have checked for spyware. I have PC-Cillin up and running and it has
current definitions
I don't have have of that search bar crap except for the google
toolbar(which is great)
so none of the usual suspects... this is a sneaky one, if it is anything at
all.

Thanks again!


"Dan DeStefano" <augur5ATyahooDOTcom> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> have you scanned for viruses and spyware? the programs i like for spyware
> detection/removal/preemption are "spybot search & destroy" and "spyware
> blaster," which can both be downloaded from download.com. the reason i
like
> spybot better than ad-aware, is that the free version of spybot's license
> allows for corporate installations, the free version of ad-aware does not.
> spyware blaster is a program that will run resident on your machine and
> prevent spyware from being installed in the first place. also, if you have
> any spyware search bars installed, i recommend "cool web shredder" - this
> cannot be found on download.com, but just do a google search for it. this
> will remove just about any spyware search bar.
> "sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
> > could find in the MS list.
> >
> > With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive
on
> > one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are
all
> > using the same linksys router.
> > I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I
> know
> > of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed
> some
> > ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.
> >
> > What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on
> computer
> > A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping
> response
> > times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would
appear
> > that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
> > running.
> >
> > What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
> > The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application
> called
> > Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that
> was
> > a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.
> >
> > Any ideas? Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>

Dr TCP is a GUI for changing various TCP/IP registry parameters. Suggest
you run regedit and compare entries in a fast machine with those in the
problem machine under this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
> could find in the MS list.
>
> With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive on
> one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are all
> using the same linksys router.
> I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I
know
> of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed
some
> ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.
>
> What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on
computer
> A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping
response
> times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would appear
> that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
> running.
>
> What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
> The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application
called
> Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that
was
> a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.
>
> Any ideas? Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

I'll do that, it's a good idea. There are a lot of parameters to go
through!

If I wanted to revert to defaults, what would I need to do? I tried
uninstalling TCP/IP but it's grayed out. Maybe if I login in safe mode I
would be able to do that?

Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into that when I get home!



"Doug Sherman [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dr TCP is a GUI for changing various TCP/IP registry parameters. Suggest
> you run regedit and compare entries in a fast machine with those in the
> problem machine under this key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
> > could find in the MS list.
> >
> > With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive
on
> > one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are
all
> > using the same linksys router.
> > I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I
> know
> > of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed
> some
> > ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.
> >
> > What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on
> computer
> > A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping
> response
> > times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would
appear
> > that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
> > running.
> >
> > What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
> > The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application
> called
> > Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that
> was
> > a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.
> >
> > Any ideas? Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>

That was it. I went digging around int he registry and found that value
that Dr. TCP had changed, I then googled and found the default values and
reverted them back and everything is fine! Thanks for the tip.


"Doug Sherman [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dr TCP is a GUI for changing various TCP/IP registry parameters. Suggest
> you run regedit and compare entries in a fast machine with those in the
> problem machine under this key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Not sure of this is the most appropriate forum, but it is the closest I
> > could find in the MS list.
> >
> > With that said... 2 nights ago my internet speeds took a compete dive
on
> > one of the workstations... just one though, not all of them. They are
all
> > using the same linksys router.
> > I did not install any software or make any configuration changes that I
> know
> > of. I DID have company in town, so it is possible that they installed
> some
> > ActiveX junk or something, but I don't think so.
> >
> > What I can't figure out is WHAT could cause the speed to go down on
> computer
> > A and not on computer B? I did a tracert and then checked the ping
> response
> > times to the ISPs gateways, etc... everything seems fine. It would
appear
> > that there was a change made to computer A or some kind of rogue service
> > running.
> >
> > What I would like to know is what I should do? What I should check for?
> > The only thing that I can think of is that I installed an application
> called
> > Dr. TCP to attempt to resolve some replay TV streaming issues, but that
> was
> > a week ago, these changes just popped up 2 nights ago.
> >
> > Any ideas? Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>