Hi,
After trying all sorts of workarounds, I finally suspected my router
(which is about 4 years old). A firmware update fixed the problem.
On Jun 7, 8:58 pm, "Dave Griffiths" <davegino...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:
> 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" <P...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:5FAF3825-9B77-4711-9345-C5ED2E42A37D@xxxxxx
>> Quote:
> > 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).
> Quote:
> > 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.
> Quote:
> > 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.
> Quote:
> > I've tested downloading the file from my WinXp Desktop, and it was around
> > the same time (6:XX).
> Quote:
> > 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).
> Quote:
> > 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.
> Quote:
> > Thanks in advanced, and I hope you can help me
>