Thanks David,
Just found that fix in the same group you did I think. Wish I had seen it a
week ago :-)

"David McGown" <dmcgown_NOSPAM********.com> wrote in message
news:58451E18-FF3F-4799-B306-C05549C93B2D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I had this problem and your symptoms sound pretty much identical to mine. I
>found the procedure below in another group, and it solved the problem for
>me and at least a couple of other people that I know of. Apparently Vista's
>"auto-tuning" networking
> feature doesn't play nice with some routers. Not sure if it is a bug in
> Vista, a bug in Messenger or a bug in the router firmware.
>
> Try this:
> - Click start
> - Type: cmd
> - Right-click cmd.exe when it appears under Applications
> - Click Run As Administrator
> - Type the following: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
> - Press enter
> - Restart your computer
>
> Regards,
> David[/color]