Fellow nerds: Windows XP question

[MarthaStewart]

Your avatar rules.

 

[supersizeme]

Over the past couple of days, I've been having network connection problems on my pc at home. I get massive packet loss everywhere I go, and sometimes I can't even connect at all(I'm on cable). I'm plugged directly into the cable modem and not through a router or anything. I have a second pc that I've hooked up to the cable modem, and it runs fine without any connection problems, so I know it's not my cable modem that's the problem. I have switched NICs on the two pcs, and they both work fine in the second pc, so it's not a bad NIC. I also downloaded Norton antivirus, and cleaned 5 viruses off the pc, but this still didn't resolve the connection problem.

So basically I think I'm out of things to try other than reinstalling XP. I have one hard drive on the pc which is divided into two partitions. I realize I'm going to have to at least format the partition that XP was installed on, but will it format the entire disk thus wiping out the other partition as well? I was going to move all the things I don't want to lose over to that second partition before reinstalling XP. This would save me from having to copy everything over to my second pc. I obviously do not want to lose all my horse fucking women and Japanese vomit videos.

 

[supersizeme]

Martha, do you think I could put it in the ass if I bring you some dried flowers and fresh apricots afterwards?

 

[Paulos]

I think your computer needs a good exfoliation, Broseph.

 

[supersizeme]

No shit, homie. It's running about as fast as a Miata loaded with 3-4 Pauloses.

 

[Dragon14]

I'm not an expert... but I don't see why it would be your operating system that is causing the trouble. You describe "packet loss"... what specifically is happening?

 

[WODIN]

Martha is so right about your avantanard.

 

[Paulos]

No shit, homie. It's running about as fast as a Miata loaded with 3-4 Pauloses.

Paulii is the proper term I believe.

And I think the maximum Paulii you could put in a Miata is 3, two in the front and one in the trunk if you ran said third Paulii through a wood chipper.

 

[dballistic]

you may also have tons of spyware on your system sending various packets of info to their marketing sites.

Get ad aware from lavasoftusa.com and run a scan.

Reloading XP is probably the best bet tho.

 

[XBiker]

SSME.

You claim to have replaced the NIC, did you try a different PCI slot, or did you just pop it right back in to the same one? Did you remove the adapter from the hardware manager prior to replacing it?

When troubleshooting network problems, always check the physical connections first.

If the modem is working fine on the other PC, then the modem sounds good. Are you using the same network cable for both PC's? I know it sounds elementary, but you know...

Have you tried removing the TCP IP stack in your network settings and starting over?

If you do have to reinstall, just format the C partition on the drive that has two partitions. Don't FDISK it, or you'll lose all the data on the drive as a whole. You could always install right back over the existing directory, but if the OS is causing the problems, it's best to format the C drive and reload.

The D partition should remain intact and just run the normal XP install (to the C drive).

Good luck.

 

[supersizeme]

I tried the same PCI slot. I will try a different one before I reinstall and be sure to remove the adapter from hardware manager prior to doing that. Good suggestion. I don't have the original XP cd though...it'll be able to reinstall drivers without the cd, right? And, yes, I have ruled out network cables as an issue.

I downloaded Pest Patrol a couple weeks ago and cleaned my system of all the spyware on it. I may have new stuff though. I did have some viruses on there that allowed my computer to be used in denial of service attacks by making it join an irc channel, but I cleaned off those viruses. The virus definitions were updated as of yesterday.

I haven't tried removing the tcp/ip from network properties yet. Do I need the cd to reinstall them?

Also, I only have one partition on the C drive. The other one is on the D drive. I won't have to format D will I?

 

[flexygrl]

Did you try replacing the cable? When you tried it out on the other pc, did you use the same network cable. What OS does that computer have? This sounds more like a hardware issue, than a software issue. So I don't think the OS is the problem.

 

[supersizeme]

Did you try replacing the cable? When you tried it out on the other pc, did you use the same network cable. What OS does that computer have? This sounds more like a hardware issue, than a software issue. So I don't think the OS is the problem.

Yeah, I ruled out the network cable as the problem. It's running Windows XP.

 

[flexygrl]

The other computer that works fine is also running XP?

Can you take out the nic of that pc and put it into the one that's being flaky? Make sure to use another slot, like someone else suggested.

 

[messofaboogie]

search for a prog called xpantispy.. that will rid you of the spywear that is constantly calling home and bogging you down... if you use kazaa and remove the spywear it installs it will no longer function... i suggest kazaa lite spywear free

now, when you install xp there is a way to do it so that the spywera that microsoft installs in your computer will be removed before you connect to the internet, thus disabling xp to call home to microsoft... however, you have to remove some registry entries and unless you know a bit about what you are doing i wouldnt recommend doing it...

but, if you are interested, you can easily find the info online or pm me and i can help you

 

[XBiker]

I haven't tried removing the tcp/ip from network properties yet. Do I need the cd to reinstall them?

Also, I only have one partition on the C drive. The other one is on the D drive. I won't have to format D will I?

More than likely, it will ask you for the disk to reinstall the TCP/IP stack. However, any XP cd will have the appropriate files for the TCP/IP.

You won't have to format the D drive. However, if you have a CD burner on either PC, I would make a backup of anything you want (like your equine fisting movies).

Better safe than sorry.

 

[Y_lifter]

Heaven forbid you should lose the Japanese vomit videos...
Where oh where could you get replacements on the web ?

 

[jnuts]

Here is what it sounds like to me...

When you have a massive upload going on your computer (your full upload pipe), it will often choke the download speed of your system - the TCP/IP stack / Router canna handle it. It's a pretty easy thing to see when Kazzaa is cooking on the upload - it almost looks like a DOS attack, when it's actually you doing it to yourself.

Since you've clean 5 virii off your machine, I'm kinda wondering if there isn't another trojan on that machine sucking up some of your bandwidth....

My vote would be to totally nuke that drive and re-install a fresh OS.

 

[Bullit]

Probably totally unrelated.. but do you have SQLServer on your machine?

My SQLServer got hit with that pseudo-virus.

 

[jnuts]

Probably totally unrelated.. but do you have SQLServer on your machine?

My SQLServer got hit with that pseudo-virus.

username: sa
password:

ooops....

 

[supersizeme]

If SQLServer is some sort of Japanese vomit video enhancer than I've probably got it.

I am going to first try reloading the NIC drivers, then the tcp/ip stack, then the whole OS if all else fails.

 

[flexygrl]

Please let us know. I like to store this stuff in my memory bank for further use.

 

[supersizeme]

I think I fixed it. I first tried reinstalling the drivers for the NIC, but that didn't help. So I tried to uninstall TCP/IP from Control Panel/Network, but it won't let you. It's considered part of the core OS, so they won't let you remove it. I found a command searching online that does exactly what reinstalling TCP/IP would do(i.e. resets all the TCP/IP parameters back to the defaults that came when the OS was installed).

netsh interface ip reset logfile.txt

"logfile.txt" is a file you can designate where you can see the output of what was done with the reset command

it seems to have fixed it and saved me an episode of reinstall drama

 

[ZKaudio]

too lazy to read whats above... but if you completely uninstall (low level) the NIC drivers and reinstall them, it will also remove the previous tcp/ip settings.

 

[ungbygger]

I think I fixed it. I first tried reinstalling the drivers for the NIC, but that didn't help. So I tried to uninstall TCP/IP from Control Panel/Network, but it won't let you. It's considered part of the core OS, so they won't let you remove it. I found a command searching online that does exactly what reinstalling TCP/IP would do(i.e. resets all the TCP/IP parameters back to the defaults that came when the OS was installed).

netsh interface ip reset logfile.txt

"logfile.txt" is a file you can designate where you can see the output of what was done with the reset command

it seems to have fixed it and saved me an episode of reinstall drama

Hey! on XP the problem could be related to the QOS Packet shceduler. It seriously fucks up all the time, and limit bandwith/interfere with other applications. i suggest you disable it.

This page explains how to remove it:

http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_XP/6800.psc.html