disturbed Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 so okay...today i went and installed windows xp pro on a virtual machine (microsoft virtual pc 2004) - it has no service pack yet, just a base install of windows.... here is an interesting thing....i did some tests, and according to testmy.net, the virtualpc setup actually is faster (bandwidth wise) than my actual setup...about .5mb faster.....wowzers.... and also, every website I have pinged so far, much faster as well....literally twice as fast for the response.... why would this happen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 Not sure, just a guess. Maybe the service packs slow them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 hm, i dont think that would affect it.....im gonna research this some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 Remember AV and such slows things down. Was just figuring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 I imagine it has something to do with the virtual bridge of your network adapters. Have you downloaded a large file to test the speeds, or just ran tests here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 its not really that fast. if you go and download a file it will be slower then your normal install of window. its just something that happens with virtualpc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 i am on that virtualpc right now, and i tried downloading a large file It seems as if it is significantly faster than my regular windows install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 i tested on my regular xp install and I was able to do only 750kb/s when the speed stabilized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 i tested on my regular xp install and I was able to do only 750kb/s when the speed stabilized thats really odd. your regual xp install must not be tweaked right, or you have somthing running that is slowing it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted October 2, 2006 CID Share Posted October 2, 2006 thats really odd. your regual xp install must not be tweaked right, or you have somthing running that is slowing it down. Question, Virtual PC is like VMWare right? So wouldn't he technically be running it off of the same machine? I still think it's something with the virtualization. If it really is faster though, that's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 3, 2006 yes, it is the same machine - it is pretty much like vmware - and im totally amazed by this.... i keep my regular (real) install of win xp clear of any spyware...i defregment it regularly and i have not used any kinds of tweaks on my internet connection....wierdness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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