Hi I had a similar problem with my Vista x64 which I traced to Norman Virus
Control purely by trial and error. I uninstalled NVC after saving the
installation key, restarted and found I was back to full speed, reinstalled
NVC the problem returned, uninstalled NVC installed AVG 8 and never looked
back.
"PMPP" <PMPP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> I have a Wifi Router/Modem to connect to the internet, and to connect my
> Vista Laptop (Wifi g all the time) to my WinXp Desktop (Ethernet to
> modem/router).
>
> Today I downloaded in my Vista Laptop a 650Mb file in 6:XX Min, then I
> decided to send a copy to my WinXp Desktop.
>
> The problem is that making a copy from my Vista Laptop, to my WinXp
> Desktop
> took me 9:XX Min. How can I download faster from the internet, that
> copying a
> file on my home network? I don't know, and thats why I'm here.
>
> I've tested downloading the file from my WinXp Desktop, and it was around
> the same time (6:XX).
>
> O didn't have any activity on the Home Network, no other background
> process
> using the wifi/ethernet on each computer (no more than the normal ones).
>
> I've search for solutions, I've tried the hacks, disabling this and that(
> QoS, the 20% limit thing, compression blá blá, Only God knows ) But I
> still
> can't manage to understand the reason for this to be so slow.
>
> Thanks in advanced, and I hope you can help me
>
> Pedro Pereira