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PC SLOWS DOWN BY 50% WHEN I PLUG IN THE INTERNET CABLE WIRE

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/pc-slows-down-by-50-when-i-plug-in-the-internet-cable-wire.14400/

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rahulstein Original post #1
Aug 22, 2005 at 4:20 PM
Hi guys and gals!
This is my first post!
I dont what happened or whenit happend but as soon as i swithch on the computer,it took me 30 minutes to reach my accont desktop! :evil:
I see in the Task manager there were no programs other than all MS WINDOWS programs like svchost.exe explorer.exe etc.
I even tried to disable all the programs and services(hiding all microsoft programs).Even this did not work.
:arrow: And once due to some mistake when my friend pull out the internet cable and when windows showed me "Internet Cable Unplugged", I noticed that my pc worked 50% faster.
What was the problem?
I found no spyware or Virus when I scanned the whole hard drive.

Windows XP
128 MB RAM
596 Mhz Processor

Sometime before it worked well.
I have 2 OS both XP(c: , f:) I experience this problem first on f:
So i reinstalled the XP on c:
Now i get this problem both in c: , f:

Please Help!!
Thank U!
N
Aug 22, 2005 at 4:57 PM
Upgrade your PC to P4-2.8Ghz and 512MB DDR RAM. then you will see a boost in performance. Their is no spyware but your PC is slow. Use only one OS as 2 OS will surely make your PC even more slow.
R
Aug 23, 2005 at 9:00 AM
Thank u 4 di reply!
infra_red_dude
Aug 23, 2005 at 11:09 AM
well my fren has a p3 500mhz, 128mb sdram and winxp runs fine on his pc. uninstall all the drivers and try reinstalling them (especially the IDE,ethernet drivers).
club_pranay
Aug 23, 2005 at 1:36 PM
try using multiple spyware scaners (MS antispy, Spybot S&D, Lavasoft AdWare, XsoftSpy etc)
disable all eye candy features from Xp.
upgrading is no solution.

i ran Xp on 333Mhz celeron + 128mb(SD) ram perfectly.