Re: Really Slow Internet Connection
From: Kenneth Gorelick (pulmon_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/12/05
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:53:21 -0500
Sounds like a plan! I will do that tonight!
Thanks,
Ken Gorelick
On 2/12/05 9:27 AM, in article BE345D83.11019%john@mcghie.name, "John McGhie
[MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@mcghie.name> wrote:
> VPC here gives me about the same download speed as I get from either the Mac
> or the real PC -- I have a 10 MBps cable.
>
> Note that MS Project's Server is a real bandwidth hog: quite that if you are
> looking for Internet speed.
>
> But I suspect that what is happening is that you have run Windows Update to
> get downloads while Windows had already run another copy of Windows Update
> in the background. You may actually be running several copies of Windows
> Update, one you started, and one or two that Windows started. You may also
> find that your Antivirus is also concurrently downloading updates.
>
> To overcome this, the simple way is to restart your PC (if you know what you
> are doing, you can find the Windows Update icon in the SysTray, double-click
> it, and tell it to suspend its downloads -- but restarting is simpler).
>
> Then leave it running overnight with Automatic Windows Update enabled.
> Windows will then download all its high priority fixes and install them in a
> single stream. Then go back to Windows Update manually and get the rest.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> On 9/2/05 3:27 PM, in article BE2EFB49.7A3D%pulmon@comcast.net, "Kenneth
> Gorelick" <pulmon@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I checked and there is not a lot of processor usage. VPC is taking the most,
>> but the processor is still only about 50-80% used--20-50% is free!
>>
>> I am shutting it down and will try to restart. I closed the previous window
>> and tried to log on through MS Project. 30 minutes later it had still not
>> gotten into the web site.
>>
>> Ken Gorelick
>>
>>
>> On 2/8/05 11:12 PM, in article ucW4l2lDFHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Colin
>> Barnhorst" <colinbarharstnojunk@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Have you checked to see what processes are running? Is anything else
>>> hogging the processor?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
>>> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
>>> "Kenneth Gorelick" <pulmon@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:BE2EF576.7A35%pulmon@comcast.net...
>>>> I am now over 2 hours and 40% done....any ideas on what to do about it?
>>>> Ken Gorelick
>>>>
>>>> On 2/8/05 10:31 PM, in article eZWHmflDFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>>>> "Colin
>>>> Barnhorst" <colinbarharstnojunk@msn.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Although I just connected without any delays, this is patch Tuesday and
>>>>> would be the slowest day of the month. Having said that, your time is
>>>>> much
>>>>> too long.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
>>>>> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
>>>>> "Kenneth Gorelick" <pulmon@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:BE2ED769.79F0%pulmon@comcast.net...
>>>>>> I am running VPC 7.01 on iMac G5 1.8 GHz/2GB RAM. The only software I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> installed on VPC is MS Project 2002, MS Office 2002 and Zone Alarm Pro.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am running the Windows Office Updater for the first time. I have a
>>>>>> screen
>>>>>> that says "This can take up to 45 seconds over a 56.6 Kbps connection."
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> have a cable modem with 3 Mbps download speed and I am now at about 10
>>>>>> minutes. The little bar is about 10% across the screen!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have turned off every bell and whistle I can in Win XP pro. I have
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> closed most other programs. Activity monitor shows variable usage but
>>>>>> always
>>>>>>> 50% idle and system memoray has >800 MB free. Disk activity fluctuates
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>> data in runs 15-80 KB/sec. There is no network usage showing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea why this is so slow?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ken Gorelick
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