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Is surfing the internet slow on other machines as well? &nbsp;Maybe it's your connection and not necessarily the PC. &nbsp;Are any other applications effected? &nbsp;Have you tried to run a bandwidth test?<br />
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<a href="http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest" rel="ugc">http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest</a>
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No, the Internet is fine on 2 other machines I have here. &nbsp;I dont have any applications installed except what came with XP, but everything such as Outlook Express, Media Player, Movie Maker.. run fine. &nbsp;Its only the Internet on this one PC that is affected.
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Try running this: <a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html" rel="ugc">http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html</a>
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Do a full online scan for viruses and malware at: <a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_frame.asp" rel="ugc">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_frame.asp</a>
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I cant do a scan because I cant get to the website. &nbsp;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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If you resolved your own problem, post a new question in the Community Support TA, with a request that this question be closed and PAQ'd/deleted.<br />
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Comments will be asked for from other experts who participated, and after 4 days the question will be closed.
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The Internet was starting to slow down on my PC until one day it finally quit working. &nbsp;I had installed Diskeeper 2007 and ran a complete degrag which is what I thought finally did it in. &nbsp;I decided to reload so I put the XP cd in and deleted all partitions on the drive, then created 2 new partitions. &nbsp;I installed XP and nothing else, but accessing the Internet is still slow. &nbsp;Opening other applications such as Outlook Express are not slow. &nbsp;Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. &nbsp;THanks!
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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!

Slow Internet access after format and reloading XP

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Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.