Just bought Dimension 3000 series...prob. with streaming music/video r/o

I just set this computer up today, it's a brand new Dell Dimension 3000. Before this, I had a total POS computer, (we're talking really, really bad) and for some reason it seems like the internet worked better on my old one. I'm using the same wireless USB network adapter, cable, as I did on the old one. I'm trying to do the same stuff I did before, listen to streaming radio, watch videos, and it keeps BUFFERING. Like every two seconds, and it takes forever to get back to the music or video. Also, downloading any programs seems to be taking much longer than usual. I disabled McAffee, thinking maybe some firewall or something was doing it, but it is the same. Can anyone help?

 

First things first...

DELL SUCK.

Service Pack 2 might be the problem (that's if you got it), The end server also makes a difference... are you streaming from the same server? the server might have bandwith issues due to to many users or something along the lines of that.

Umm... What do you use to stream your files?
Try using another program and see if it makes a difference.

 

Disable Internet Connection Sharing

Windows 2000 ICS
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
Double-click the Network and Dial-Up Connections icon.
Right-click the connection that you share, and then click Properties.
Click the Sharing tab, and then click to remove the check next to Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this connection.
Windows XP ICS
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
Double-click the Network Connections icon.
Right-click the connection that you share, and then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab, and then click to remove the check next to Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this connection.
Windows XP Firewall
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
Double-click the Network Connections icon.
Click to select the dial-up, LAN, or high-speed Internet connection that currently uses a firewall.
Under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Internet Connection Firewall, click to remove the check next to Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet.


Verify firewall or proxy settings.

Open the Windows Media Player program.

From the Tools menu, click Options.
The Options window appears.

Click the Network tab.

Verify that all of the protocol boxes are selected, and then verify that the proxy settings are correct.