Hiya guys
I did a clean install of windows XP Home, now i have very slow internet response and sometimes pc seems to "stutter"a little, i followed the install instructions,i was wondering if there were any suggestions as i feel i have obviously missed something.
Athlon 64x2
AMD 4200+
2 GIG RAM
windows XP SP3

Probably not enough info,im not sure what to give,any help at all would be appreciated.
After installing XP did you install all drivers starting with the chipset driver?Yes i did,well to the best of my knowledge anyway,i have no yellow exclaimation marks against anything when i go into Device Manager
My driver disk says M2V VIA K8T890 Chipset Support,i down loaded all that was on it.Okay, that's good. How do you connect to the internet? Also, please describe the stuttering in detail.Internet is via a gateway modem as ADSL is not available here, it was never super quick,but what i have now is far slower than i remember dial up ever being.
i am connected via cable to the modem.
By stuttering i mean clicking on an icon will sometimes not respond, or may take a while, its only occasionally,i did this install only 5 DAYS AGO.could i have perhaps forgotten something in the setup, by the way i thought i would mention that my antivirus is "BITDEFENDER" which i am trying instead of Nortons.I've also checked in Internet Options to see if there is anything there that should be changed,problem is,i really dont know what im LOOKING for,i know this is kinda vague,but im at a total loss,as 6 days ago i did'nt have a problem.i downloaded updates from Windows Update,SP2 and SP3 took hours to load.Also emails seem to be fine.If you INSTALLED all drivers and there are no yellow or red symbols in device manager I don't think you forgot anything. Have you gone to Windows Update and installed all software updates (only software - do NOT install driver updates from Windows Update)?Ooopppps...i think i did install graphic driver updates for Nvidia as well as a couple of others,i thought it best to update everything,am i best to redo the clean install?? Also i run a genuine XP disc, and i first tried "repair" before the clean install.its gone 10pm here so i gotta get to bed,i'll check back tomorrow,and again,thank you for your time and any light you can shed upon my issues.
RogAssuming this is a desktop, drivers should be downloaded from the websites of the various hardware manufacturers, not from Windows Update.i might start again i think,only this time be a little more organised.