Connection Problem after upgrading to SP2

[Chris]

Hi,

I just installed SP2 on my computer a few days ago and I
found some problems that really frustrated me.

Here is the problem:

The connection speed to the internet drastically gone down
from 1mb to about 10kbps. I have tried every setting to
optimize the connection speed, turned off the firewall,
and I even tried to solve this issue at diffent time of
the day so to make sure it's not caused by the traffic jam
on the internet but nothing seems to be working.

Can anyone please kindly teach me how to solve this
problem?

Thanks you,
Chris

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I just installed SP2 on my computer a few days ago and I
found some problems that really frustrated me.

Here is the problem:

The connection speed to the internet drastically gone down
from 1mb to about 10kbps. I have tried every setting to
optimize the connection speed, turned off the firewall,
and I even tried to solve this issue at diffent time of
the day so to make sure it's not caused by the traffic jam
on the internet but nothing seems to be working.

Chris,

from this information the problem cannot be pinpointed, but I
would try first to uninstall, reboot, then reinstall the
Ethernet adapter driver.

The other question, of course, is whether SP2 was indeed the
cause of the slowdown. To find that out, you could uninstall SP2
again and retest.

When have you run your last virus check? How about checking for
adware?

Hans-Georg

 

[Chris]

Hans-Georg Michna,

Yes, I have tried your suggestion and it didn't help with
the problem. The only time that the problem is solved is
when I uninstalled sp2. However I don't want to leave my
computer at this state because I formatted my computer
recently and all the sp1 updates are no longer avaliable.
So can you please kindly help me to solve this problem?
and what info do you need in order to pinpoint the
problem? I am not a computer expert so please give me a
list of info you need and I will try my best to gather
them for you

Thank you,
Chris

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Yes, I have tried your suggestion and it didn't help with
the problem. The only time that the problem is solved is
when I uninstalled sp2. However I don't want to leave my
computer at this state because I formatted my computer
recently and all the sp1 updates are no longer avaliable.
So can you please kindly help me to solve this problem?
and what info do you need in order to pinpoint the
problem? I am not a computer expert so please give me a
list of info you need and I will try my best to gather
them for you

Chris,

the next thing I'd try is the adware check and Winsock repair
described in http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm.

If that doesn't solve it, the next thing is to uninstall the
entire network including the network adapter driver, then
reinstall Service Pack 2, then install the network components
again.

But I'm only stabbing around in the dark. I don't know this
particular problem.

Hans-Georg