SP4 and Sluggish LAN Connection

[Steve Joyce]

After installing SP4 my T1 LAN connection to the internet is "sluggish" to
nonexistent.

LAN connection properties match 3 other computers in this office that are
running
Win2K SP3 and have no problem connecting.

I have uninstalled my network card and reinstalled using updated drivers to
no
avail.

Does anyone have a similar problem and, maybe, a solution.

Thanks,
Steve Joyce
Tampa FL

 

[David C. Jenner]

If you look back over all the old posts in this group, you'll find
that several people have had exactly the same experience.

Hopefully, you installed with the uninstall option. You may have
to forget about upgrading to SP4.

It would be nice if Microsoft or an MVP would address this issue.

Dave

 

[Steve Joyce]

Well, I managed to answer my own question.
I uninstalled:
Client for Microsoft Networks
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Rebooted

Placed the Win2000 Installation disk in
my CD drive.

Reinstalled the above.

It worked.

 

[David C. Jenner]

This solution is not one that I would like to attempt.
I have about 20 network connections that use one or the
other of these (TCP/IP) for sure. What happens to these
connections when you uninstall all that? I am not going
to reconstruct 20 network connections after reinstalling.

There must be a simpler solution to this? How about it,
Microsoft or Microsoft MVP? Why does the network become
unusable after upgrading to SP4? How do you correct the
situation other than uninstalling and reinstalling all
the networking stuff?

Dave
(Staying at SP3, maybe forever, unless MS
gets their act together.)

 

[Skillman Hunter]

Try uninstalling IIS.
It is NOT the network. It is IIS hunting for "metabase".
IIS is installed/removed via Add/Remove Programs, click "Add/Remove Windows Components".
I had the same slow-down, actually froze but OS was in fact running 1/10000 normal speed.
When I installed SP4 in Safe Mode, at mid-install IIS gives an error that it can't connect to "metabase", whatever that is.
Just restore SP3 via KB825062, uninstall IIS, in Safe Mode install SP4, then reinstall IIS if you actually need it.

Skillman Hunter