Mick

Thanks for that. Microsoft has a BAD habit of mucking around with NIC cards
updates; they always have done it.
I have a policy with any NIC updates: " if it is working, don't download
probs"

"Stuart Forshaw" wrote:

> I hope this proves helpful to all.
>
> We received yesterday via Microsoft Update an updated driver for Realtek
> RTL8139 series ethernet NIC cards v6.103.126.2007, which we duly accepted,
> downloaded, reboot etc.
>
> However we noticed that connection to the internet was slow to say the least
> and downloads either would not connect or took for ever and a day to
> receive. Consequently we rolled back the driver to version 6.101.1124.2006
> all appears fine again.
>
> Today we have had 5 customers contact us to say they had an update yesterday
> and now they either cannot connect or connection is very slow. On
> investigation we found that they had also had the Realtek download via
> Microsoft Update and having rolled back the driver in all cases, connections
> are now back to normal.
>
> I hope this helps anyone who is now experiencing similar problems.
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
>
>