I am having a problem with my sister's new Sony Vaio all in one desktop. Runs Vista 
OS.  I have uninstalled all the bloatware that came with it.  The biggest problem 
is that her downloads are very slow , sometime as slow as 56K dial up. She has Shaw 
cable internet service. Her old computer running XP is much faster , so is my brother 
in laws MAC. I am using direct connection to the router , ie no RF . I have even 
tried direct connect to cable without router with no effect on speed. I also tried 
 disabling Antispyware and anti virus with no effect. Sometimes the download starts 
fast then slows to a crawl . Some web pages wont open with IE .Same pages OK with 
Firefox, so she now uses Firefox. 

Should I ask her to delete the Network card using Device Manager and have windows 
redetect it again? 

 I need some advise what to do try next .

Thanks

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re: Very slow download Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 9:17 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Doubt it has anything to do with the NIC. Cable internet speeds vary drastically depending on how many users are on at that time, just the nature of how it works. You can call the ISP about it but no guarantee they will do anything about it. On Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 8:58 am, Jeff wrote: >I am having a problem with my sister's new Sony Vaio all in one desktop. Runs Vista >OS. I have uninstalled all the bloatware that came with it. The biggest problem >is that her downloads are very slow , sometime as slow as 56K dial up. She has Shaw >cable internet service. Her old computer running XP is much faster , so is my brother >in laws MAC. I am using direct connection to the router , ie no RF . I have even >tried direct connect to cable without router with no effect on speed. I also tried > disabling Antispyware and anti virus with no effect. Sometimes the download starts >fast then slows to a crawl . Some web pages wont open with IE .Same pages OK with >Firefox, so she now uses Firefox. > >Should I ask her to delete the Network card using Device Manager and have windows >redetect it again? > > I need some advise what to do try next . > >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very slow download Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 9:32 am Posted by sportflyer (23 messages posted) If its ISP related then the other 2 computers connected to the same router and service should exhibit the same problem but instead they have a much higher download speed from the same website and they do not get stuck haflway thru the download. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum