Have you tried setting the MTU (Maximum transmission size) in the registry to 1454?
http://www.users.bigpond.com/dcwithers/adsl1.htmand
http://asia.cnet.com/itmanager/netadmin/0,39006400,39089320,00.htmOther than that, can you post your connection code? Or does the same code connect faster on other operating systems?
Tracy
.·*´¨)
.·`TCH
(..·*
010000110101001101101000011000010111001001110000010011110111001001000010011101010111001101110100
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"