Does Service Pack 2

UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">mess with your internet?</div> I recently installed a new serial ATA harddriver, installed windows, antivirus, ect, and then got service pack 2. Before with my old hd I would get 3mbit service, usalled dling at around 300KB max, but now Im lucky to dl at 50KB, and some online thing reports that I seem to have a 400kb connection. Even after turning off all that windows firewall stuff, and reinstalling and powercycling my modem, I'm still geting bad speeds. It is no fun to play ns at 300 ping, can anyone help?
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  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    The only thing that irritates me concerning SP2 right now is the fact that every time I use stand-by mode/sleep, I lose my Internet and I have to restart my computer.

    Can anyone tell me whether it's even worth it to use Sleep mode? The only reason I use it is from the assumption that it cuts down power useage.

    Other than that, my speeds don't seem to be affected.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    My internet is fine, and sleep mode should really only be used if you plan on going out for several days but dont want to just shut down. Or leave it on.
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  • UnCriticalUnCritical Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 73Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2netwk.mspx#XSLTsection127121120120' target='_blank'>Microsoft Infomation</a>
    Take note about this particular paragraph

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The TCP/IP stack now limits the number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts. After the limit has been reached, subsequent connection attempts are put in a queue and will be resolved at a fixed rate. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Thats probably your problem, its limiting the number of tcp connections it can create.
    There is a work round that people have created that modifies your tcpip.sys file.

    Stolen from <a href='http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=228124' target='_blank'>this</a> thread:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's the unlimited TCPIP.sys from XP SP2 RTM (build 2180). It's been edited using the patching method <a href='http://www.lvllord.de/4226fix/4226fix-en-manual.htm' target='_blank'>here</a>.

    You can download it from here: <a href='http://www.supportbuddy.com/sp2/tcpip.sys' target='_blank'>www.supportbuddy.com/sp2/tcpip/sys</a>­

    Boot into "Safe Mode" and Copy the "tcpip.sys" file to these directories:
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
    C:\WINDOWS\SERVICEPACKFILES\I386
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DLLCACHE<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Hopefully this will be what yor looking for.
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