I'm a big fan of Avast Antivirus and they also have a free version. I have seen a couple (very few and AVG is great software also) slow down a computer once it's installed. So if AVG slows down your computer a lot try avast. www.avast.com On 8/6/06, Donovan Niesen <dniesen at gmail.com> wrote: > > Two utilities I use on a lot of client machines where the network > connection gets hosed: > > Winsock XP fix (fixes 90% of issues): > > http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html > > Dial-a-Fix (fixes more obscure issues, go into tools and reset network): > > > http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix#Mirrors.2Fdownload_locations.2C_and_articles > > Wouldn't hurt to run a check for viruses either. I've seen a number > of poorly written Windows worms nuke a connection. AVG Free is > generally solid (and free!): > > http://free.grisoft.com > > > > On 8/6/06, Eugene Samuel <esamuel at mn.rr.com> wrote: > > Greetings all, > > Please do not flame me for asking a windows question. > > Problem: I reinstalled Windows XP on my daughters computer and I am > > unable to acquire an IP address from D-Link router. However, when I boot > > up with Knoppix live cd there is no problem establishing a network > > connection. > > Any thoughts? > > Eugene > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -- > Donovan Niesen > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060806/5594a24c/attachment.htm