Internet very slow after Win 7 upgrade

cougarric said:

I recently upgraded to Win 7 from Vista and since then my internet has been very poor.

The connection is still working fine with other accessories such as xbox live and my iphone.

I've checked that drivers are up to date and a few other suggestions I've found online whilst searching but nothing has worked so far.

Anybody got any suggestions on things to try to get it working properly again?

If it helps, when I use you tube it plays slower with full screen than normal size, so I'm not sure my problems lie entirely with the internet connection.

Please provide more information about your system.
You may need to update your NIC card driver.

Adrian

In some cases OS 7 may not use a specific manufacturer driver.

I've tried the cmd thing with no change to the connection.

I'm finding that just opening a webpage takes a while to open now, I get regular disconnects from my internet, and when opening a speedtest web based program it doesn't even start downloading to do the test.

i've checked task manager and nothing else is slowing the connection down.

Thanks for the suggestions though, just need to find one that works.

Msyeriously, after about 2 hours of sluggishness, my connection is now much quicker. However, it's done this before and has always gone bad again soon after.

cougarric said:

Here's the info you both asked for...

processor: 2.33ghz
RAM: 3gb
32 bit OS
Gfx: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT


I installed from the upgrade disk and didn't see an option to clean install. Would it say this during the process or is it just a phrase for manually wiping your hard disk first?

I use a linksys router.

Another thing I've noticed is that the pc with win 7 on badly affects other connection speeds, not whilst downloading files but general page surfing.

I think this is an easy fix, how ever we need to know which NIC card you have on board.
Attached is an image of my nic card. For you I suggest that you use device manager and go to hard ware so you can identify it for us. Since you had previously a better connection OS 7 installed its own driver. 1 way to change this is to go to your nic card and roll back the driver to a previous version. If you need help we are standing by.


Adrian

Reset your router to factory default.
Shut down your system and then your router.
After 10 seconds turn on your router, wait about 20 seconds and then power up your system. Sometimes if your router gets hit with power flux it tends to lock up.


Adrian

Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adaptor
broadcom 802.11g network adaptor
Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 network connection

These are the 3 items under network adaptors in device manager.

Even though the connection was good, I've just rebooted and it's still ok. I'll keep trying tonight and post an update later.
One thing that does keep reoccurring is that my internet icon and volume icon keep disappearing from the bottom right of the taskbar. It seems kind of random whether it appears on each reboot.
Not sure if it's linked to my other problems but thought I'd mention it.

further update a few hrs later.
still ok. could it be solved? doubtful as only thing i've done is the cmd thing and I rebooted after it without it working. not tried anything else though so it could be.