REFLECTOR: Off Topic - Internet problem

Randy Wharton rwharton at buckeye-express.com
Wed Jan 12 15:25:48 CST 2005


John, Microsoft is in the middle of upgrading (via online) Windows XP to
Service Pack 2, if it hasn't been done already. The download is about 130
megabytes, as I recall, and depending on your connection speed can take a
long time. Fortunately, if you turn the computer off, the download will pick
back up when you go online again. All this can go on in the background once
you've said it was ok for it to start in the first place. It sounds like
this is what's going on, but with MicroSquish, who knows. But if this IS the
case, I'd recommend just letting it (laptop) have some quiet time to itself
so it can finish downloading and upgrading. Once it's done, your speed
should pick back up again. Just my 21 cents worth.

Randy Wharton
N248RB
http://clik.to/Velocity

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of John Dibble
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:07 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Off Topic - Internet problem

Sorry to bother you guys with this, I just need someone to point me in the
right
direction.  This past year I bought a new laptop with Windows XP.  When I
connect to
the internet, the computer relentlessly sends data.  I don't know what's
being sent,
or to whom, or how to stop it.  It seems to take priority over what I want
to do and
it can take me several minutes just to retrieve or send one email.  I don't
have this
problem on my older computer with Windows ME.  I would like to put Windows
ME on the
laptop, but was told that loading Windows ME on the laptop might result in
hardware
conflicts.  Any suggestions.  Thanks

John


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