Hi Louise
>>This computer was doing fine (well, as fine as dialup can be)
>>until we had to reinstall the modem.
You seem to have covered everything Louise but from reading your message, you
seem to intimate that your pc is slow only when on line and the cause could
well
be revealed by your above comment. I would try reinstalling the modem again
using the most up to date drivers and make sure all the settings are correct,
especially the maximum bps connection speed (Connection Properties-> General->
Configure-> Maximum speed). You may also try hovering your mouse over the
connection icon to check your connection speed; with my old 56k modem I usually
achieved something like 46kbps, if it is drastically less than that I would
install a new modem. The existing modem may be faulty or have been damaged or
disturbed when the new hd was installed ... it does happen.
Rupert
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I have a Dell PIII, WinXP. I had some of my WIN98 programs on it that
caused problems and I deleted everything to start over. When my HD
started to fail, I had another one put in the computer. So the new
drive is "C" and the spare drive is "F". Could that be any part of
the problem? And why, since it WAS working ok.
I have searched and read lots of posts and so far I haven't had any
luck finding my solution. I have scanned and defragged til I am blue
in the face. Ran Complete Clean Trial version,AVG, AdAware and
Spywareblaster..... I unchecked everything in msconfig, started in
safe mode, deleted cookies and temp files...None did any good. This
computer was doing fine (well, as fine as dialup can be) until we had
to reinstall the modem. Since then it is terrible to move from page
to page. It isn't my phone lines because my laptop moves just great.
As I was watching AVG, I saw it scan a file called C:\recycler....what
is that? Is it the recycle bin? I have never seen it before. Also,
in a previous AVG scan is shows C:\windows\system32.dll and it says
changed while all the other files say OK. There is also another file
by the exact same name that says OK.
I have a headache, can anyone redirect me so I don't have to throw
this miserable thing out?
Louise
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