(Don Taylor) wrote in message news:<aP2dnVbNAbYMJqncRVn->...
> "Unknown" <> writes:
> >Its an ISP problem, not SP2
>
> >"Byron Hinson" <> wrote in message
> >news:%23x$...
> >> Is this every time you connect, it could just be a less than great
> >> connection to your ISP.
> >>
> >> "dean pearce" <> wrote in message
> >> news:001601c48d1a$f2b96940$...
> >>> After installing sp2 my modem speed has decressed from 46
> >>> Kbps to around 33.6. What the hell is gonig on???
Mine went down to 18! It would try 3-4 times to connect with my ISP
and by the time it could, it was down to that speed.
> A variety of people have reported 56 k modems only connecting at 33 k
> or even 2400 baud after SP2. This doesn't sound like your ISP decided
> he didn't like SP2 or that you have been connecting fairly consistently
> at 56 k and suddenly your phone line magically only works at 33 k now,
> this sounds like SP2 didn't like your modem or it substituted drivers
> that now don't work at 56 k.
> Anybody who can show this is an ISP doing this, I'll put my money on
> the table.
It is most certainly NOT an ISP problem. Do all these people posting
about this problem have the same ISP? It IS an SP2 problem.
I installed SP2 yesterday and as soon as I did I found I had trouble
connecting to my ISP and when I did finally, my connection speed was
WAY DOWN.
They suggested I try calling into some of their different dial-up
numbers, including the main one. I had the same problem everytime.
Called Microsoft and had to make 3 different phone calls to them since
my computer uses the same line as the phone. (I was put on hold once
and heard some of the most ****ing annoying, loud musak I ever heard
in my life. I almost hung up it was so shitty.)
So MS had me turn off the SP2 firewall; they had me turn on the SP2
firewall and turn off my virus protection software, my spam-killing
software, and my spybot scanning software. It got me up to 33 and
that was it; it didn't get me back to 45+. When I tried calling back
a 4th time, the wait-time had gone up to an hour. Sorry, not tonight
for waiting that damn long!
So I did something my ISP suggested. I UNINSTALLED SP2 to see if that
fixed things. And once it was off, SURPRISE! I was back to my usual
45 speed connection.
> And anybody who can actually show that a virus really did cause one
> of these SP2 problems, not just claim that this might be the problem,
> I'll do the same. I really think this is just something to point
> your finger at when you don't have any way to know what it really was
> or how to actually fix it. Likewise for "defrag."
It is a virus problem being spread my Microsoft called Service Pack 2.
I have to admit this is one of the cleverest spam spreading I have
ever see.
So I am going to try to see if there is an update drive for my modem
at their website. Microsoft has nothing; I tried the Update.
But what the **** happens if I cannot get an update drive? This
leaves me with a choice of reinstalling SP2 and dealing with the much,
much slower connection speed, or leave it off, and then not be able to
install further updates because they will likely depending on SP2
being on my PC.
Do I want to spend more hours on the phone with MS, having to hang up,
try to connect, and call back everytime they want me to try something
else and see if it works???
Gods, I wish I could afford DSL but I don't even have enough money to
pay all my other bills each month.
Tom Swift Sr.
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