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Slow Internet access after format and reloading XP

The Internet was starting to slow down on my PC until one day it finally quit working. I had installed Diskeeper 2007 and ran a complete degrag which is what I thought finally did it in. I decided to reload so I put the XP cd in and deleted all partitions on the drive, then created 2 new partitions. I installed XP and nothing else, but accessing the Internet is still slow. Opening other applications such as Outlook Express are not slow. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. THanks!

b0fh

Is surfing the internet slow on other machines as well? Maybe it's your connection and not necessarily the PC. Are any other applications effected? Have you tried to run a bandwidth test?

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest

turtletrax

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No, the Internet is fine on 2 other machines I have here. I dont have any applications installed except what came with XP, but everything such as Outlook Express, Media Player, Movie Maker.. run fine. Its only the Internet on this one PC that is affected.

and235100

Try running this: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

and235100

Do a full online scan for viruses and malware at: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_frame.asp

turtletrax

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I cant do a scan because I cant get to the website. Is there any type of download I can save from another PC so I can install it on the problem PC?

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