Tim

I am having the same issue as well. I installed the latest vista driver
version from realtek and no change. How do you roll back a driver? I know
stupid question, but I can figure it out, sorry.

Tim


"Stuart Forshaw" wrote:

> Hi Mick and to Dean
>
> This updated driver really is a problem, I have downloaded the same
> allegedly updated driver directly from the realtek site as per Dean's idea.
>
> It is exactly the same driver v6.103.126.2007 as from Microsoft and causes
> exactly the same problems, e.g slow connectivity/downloads and connection
> dropouts. Rolling back to v6.101.1124.2006 resolves the issue.
>
> I have notified realtek by email. To all users I suggest that you proceed
> with caution regarding this update if using Vista, as yet we haven't tried
> it on XP.
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
> "Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96E7B2F6-226B-41E2-96EF-341193DDFB5F@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>