I'm a big fan of Avast Antivirus and they also have a free version. I have seen a couple (very few and AVG is great software also) slow down a computer once it's installed. So if AVG slows down your computer a lot try avast.
<a href="http://www.avast.com">www.avast.com</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Donovan Niesen</b> <<a href="mailto:dniesen@gmail.com">dniesen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Two utilities I use on a lot of client machines where the network<br>connection gets hosed:<br>
<br>Winsock XP fix (fixes 90% of issues):<br><br><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html">http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html</a><br><br>Dial-a-Fix (fixes more obscure issues, go into tools and reset network):
<br><br><a href="http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix#Mirrors.2Fdownload_locations.2C_and_articles">http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix#Mirrors.2Fdownload_locations.2C_and_articles</a><br><br>Wouldn't hurt to run a check for viruses either. I've seen a number
<br>of poorly written Windows worms nuke a connection. AVG Free is<br>generally solid (and free!):<br><br><a href="http://free.grisoft.com">http://free.grisoft.com</a><br><br><br><br>On 8/6/06, Eugene Samuel <<a href="mailto:esamuel@mn.rr.com">
esamuel@mn.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Greetings all,<br>> Please do not flame me for asking a windows question.<br>> Problem: I reinstalled Windows XP on my daughters computer and I am<br>> unable to acquire an IP address from D-Link router. However, when I boot
<br>> up with Knoppix live cd there is no problem establishing a network<br>> connection.<br>> Any thoughts?<br>> Eugene<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
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