Yet another SP2 Issue

Cannot download anything thru pretty much any port although web pages load
fine.

Also that microsoft chat thing that guy keeps posting doesnt work:
Chat is unavailable at this time. Please try starting your chat session
again later.

Most likely because:
A. The site doesnt work :P
or
B. It is affected by my issue (Cannot download any files on most ports since
sp2 was installed)

Although for some reason Norton's LiveUpdate runs nicely.
FTP(20) allows no traffic.
HTTP(80) allows no downloads
SSH(22 i think) allows no traffic.
Fresh install of XP Pro w/sp1, SP2 and Norton both installed (norton updated
without the internet, I downloaded the Virus Def's prior to reinstalling
windows) BEFORE connecting to the internet (physically disconnected until
everything was secure.

I've tried resolving this for the past week, reinstalling xp about 5 times
in the course of events among installing other OS's to ensure it was not a
server/ISP issue.

This is not an ISP issue:
A. LindowsOS gets a flawless smoking speed off this machine with perfect
downloads, no halts or lags.
B. Win2K Also gets great speeds.

No firewalls running (Immediately disabled that lame XP firewall, getting
annoyed with the "Your PC is at risk!" popups though...)

I've rebuilt the connection, cleared the ARP cache, used the Repair option
(in case I missed something) on the connection, and still no luck.

Webpages for the most part load fine, but as soon as I try to initiate any
type of file transfer (downloads, ftp, ssh, etc) I'm lucky to get 1% before
the download halts.
This is from any server, any download, not just some game site or something.

ALL FILE TRANSFERS (windows update included)

So how do I go about fixing this one

If you have the means to update definitions offline, why would you install
them before the operating system? Also you should have nothing connected to
the system when installing an operating system ( monitor, mice, and keyboards
are the only exceptions), anti virus disabled, then install the OS, or SP2,
and it will work fine and you will also gain a clean install.

"J.McIvor" wrote:

Cannot download anything thru pretty much any port although web pages load
fine.

Also that microsoft chat thing that guy keeps posting doesnt work:
Chat is unavailable at this time. Please try starting your chat session
again later.

Most likely because:
A. The site doesnt work :P
or
B. It is affected by my issue (Cannot download any files on most ports since
sp2 was installed)

Although for some reason Norton's LiveUpdate runs nicely.
FTP(20) allows no traffic.
HTTP(80) allows no downloads
SSH(22 i think) allows no traffic.
Fresh install of XP Pro w/sp1, SP2 and Norton both installed (norton updated
without the internet, I downloaded the Virus Def's prior to reinstalling
windows) BEFORE connecting to the internet (physically disconnected until
everything was secure.

I've tried resolving this for the past week, reinstalling xp about 5 times
in the course of events among installing other OS's to ensure it was not a
server/ISP issue.

This is not an ISP issue:
A. LindowsOS gets a flawless smoking speed off this machine with perfect
downloads, no halts or lags.
B. Win2K Also gets great speeds.

No firewalls running (Immediately disabled that lame XP firewall, getting
annoyed with the "Your PC is at risk!" popups though...)

I've rebuilt the connection, cleared the ARP cache, used the Repair option
(in case I missed something) on the connection, and still no luck.

Webpages for the most part load fine, but as soon as I try to initiate any
type of file transfer (downloads, ftp, ssh, etc) I'm lucky to get 1% before
the download halts.
This is from any server, any download, not just some game site or something.

ALL FILE TRANSFERS (windows update included)

So how do I go about fixing this one