Jasper Recto wrote:
> I have a Dell 5150 box that used to have Windows 2000 on it. I
> recently upgraded to Windows XP and noticed that downloading files
> from our server is extremly slow. a 2MB file takes about 5 minutes
> to download to the computer.
>
> However, if we upload the 2MB file to the server, it works great.
>
> What could be going wrong. When the computer was Windows 2000 we
> had no speed problems. As soon as we switched the OS, it's very
> slow.
> I tried changing the speed and duplex settings on the computer and
> switch but no combination worked. I even replace the network card
> and nothing.
> Any ideas?

Did you make sure you have the latest Windows XP drivers from each of the
network card manufacturers web sites?

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