I've had exactely the same problem as you've been describing (including slow
running backups).

I run Windows XP Home SP2, IE 7, OE 6 & Systemworks 2006.
I have narrowed the problem down to when I used "Liveupdate" to upgrade to
"Symantec Network Driver" Version 6.0.6.604( I used Goback Safe mode to
eliminate all the other upgrades during liveupdate):

Symantec technical support weren't brilliant. They gave me 3 options to try
and the only one that appered to work was turning off e-mail scanning! I have
responded to this and am awaiting their reply!

Meanwhile, I'll try to uninstall the April ms updates and see if it solves
my problem as well.
"Carole" wrote:


Found the Realtek article if anyone's interested. There is a fix available.


http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130518/article.html