Insane Lag

[Stealth]

My other computer (the family box) has never had Windows reinstalled on it since its birth 4 years ago at a Dell factory in Texas. The only time I changed it was about a year and a half ago to upgrade it to XP, as well as numerous hardware changes over the course of its life (including a SECC2 cartridge-style processor upgrade).

If you're smart about it, and use tools at your disposal, there's no reason you should have to format at all. My current computer is a self-built XP Home box, and I have never had a single stability or speed problem with it. It runs just as well as the day I turned it on for the first time nearly a year and a half ago.

[muert0]

What a/v are you running? Ihave a freind who just d/l's anything and everything and just puts his computer through hell. He brings it to me every couple of months to clean it up for him. I ran norton on it the first time and found nothing. I knew there was something on it so I uninstalled norton and put mcafee on it found I think it was about 10 or so viruses and 3 trojans. And like Probe said, did you defrag?

[hismajesty]

I ended up formatting anyway, it's nice and fast now. Except my internet is acting weird, the cable modem is only working when I connect with USB but not with my ethernet card; thus, my network is messed up until I can fix that. Any ideas?

[muert0]

windows xp?
Did you try running the new network wizard without the usb plugged in and reboot afterwards?

[hismajesty]

Says it cannot find the hardware, it's there though.

btw, reformatting sucks. I put the folder of stuff that I've programmed (and their sources) onto the disk *I though* and when I went to open a project that I've been working on for 4-5 months, it wasn't there, nor any of my other sources.

[Fr0z3N]

My other computer (the family box) has never had Windows reinstalled on it since its birth 4 years ago at a Dell factory in Texas. The only time I changed it was about a year and a half ago to upgrade it to XP, as well as numerous hardware changes over the course of its life (including a SECC2 cartridge-style processor upgrade).

If you're smart about it, and use tools at your disposal, there's no reason you should have to format at all. My current computer is a self-built XP Home box, and I have never had a single stability or speed problem with it. It runs just as well as the day I turned it on for the first time nearly a year and a half ago.

Same with me, mines on 5 years and no format. Go go home built pc's!

[hismajesty]

Mine was home built.

[muert0]

go to the website of your ethernet card, get new drivers, install those, and reboot.
that'll prolly fix the problems.

[hismajesty]

Correct, I was looking through this small box of stuff I had of what came with the computer parts. (CD's, cords, etc) I noticed I hadn't installed the drivers for the motherboard and stuff. Everything is fixed now, as far as lag/networking etc. Nothing I can do about lost sources and programs and stuff. Thanks for everyones help.