Xiile

I got it fixed! It turned out to be my NIC card after all (thanks .s1!). Thanks to everyone who helped me out

If it were the NIC card, wouldn't my connection not work at all?

It might not be the modem. The other two computers on the network run perfectly fine. Just mine is slow.

Some backstory first... Last week, there was a lightning strike (very) close to my house, and this damaged the cable temporarily. The cable company came up yesterday and fixed this. When I finally got onto the Internet, I found that I was downloading a bit slow. Oh how right I was... <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/Xiile/56kcable.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 76 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 9 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Fri Apr 29 2005 23:19:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 113.78 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 3.96 % of your hosts average (ptd.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LSWEM2R3H And the Upload test doesn't seem to want to start. What fun! But seriously though, I'm getting really frustrated with this whole mess. I've tried everything... TCPOptimize, CableNut, CCleaner, virus scanning, adware scanning, defragmenting, switching cables around on the router... I can't see what's wrong. At all. Help appreciated...