If you have did an upgrade (not a clean install) then you must get the latest
XP version of the drivers. You might have left-over Windows 2000 drivers,
which may work but not optimally.

On 21/05/2008 "Jasper Recto" <jrecto99@yahoo.com> 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?
>
>Thanks,
>Jasper
>
>