Hmm the problem is still there im not sure whats wrong everything worked fine in Xp Sp1 but not anymore now with Xp Sp2...
I've installed the new Dc as well but still same problem the problem is only on dc it seems, apart from that the speeds and everything else is fine in the browser and etc, Hmm just tried doing ftp transfers on public ftp's and its very very slow around 1-3kbs but no problems with surfing. i tried ftp in passive as well it gets stuck with listing directories
List Complete: 3 KB in 21.83 seconds (0.1 KB/s)
finally it's done 21 secs for 3kb?
Went to device manager and listed hidden devices like you said and got a few new ones O.o in network adapters,
Direct Parallel
WAN Miniport (IP)
WAN Miniport (IP) Packet Scheduler Miniport
WAN Miniport (L2TP)
WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Should they be there?
Reinstalled my network drivers and ftp transfers are back to good now but dc still the same ... :S