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Cheers for your response,
I have Kazaa Lite installed, but I only have it running when I want to use it, so i can't see that it would be causing the problem.
All my hardware is XP compatible (see my system specs in original post). Also, I have no third party browser extensions installed.
I am running Norton Anti-virus 2003 full registered version, and also ZoneAlarm Plus full registered version - I also have the XP firewall disabled. I've tried running my system without these two programs active but the problem is still there.
The strange thing is this problem is not something which happens all the time - sometimes when I turn my PC on the net conenction is fine - other times when it first gets into windows it will spend ages polling the connction, and other times it windows will load fine, but connecting to sites will take ages - after the intial conenction everything is fine for that particular site.
The problem i have is that is very difficult to tell if the issue is at mine, or the ISPs end - as far as I can tell there are no conflicts etc on my PC, as every is listed as working correctly, and I am not noticing any other issues, stability or otherwise.
I've got a stong IT background and am skilled with PCs - however this is the first time I've had a B/B net connection so I'm a bit in the unknown at the moment!
The only thing I think it can be is my NIC - but that is all listed as working correctly, and there is nothing to suggest that it is causing a problem - even when it takes ages connecting to a site, once I'm connected I get my full 130kb/s download speed - very strange.
The other thing left for me to try is to swap out my NIC, but Chello did not leave me instructions on how to link a new NIC to my cable modem - so until they send instructions though I'm a bit stuck......
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