the os with the disk check was windows xp professional SP3. it is the same machine for which this entire post was about up until recently when i added the mini...
i still think that there might be something significantly wrong, because as per the latest exercise that we did with the java upgrades, and unable to see/uninstall certain components of java, i suspect the same underlying problem which we had from the very beginning...
re: HP mini
the speed has not improved at all and it is evident in all browsers, chrome, ie, etc.
I am planning to do a usb bootable unbuntu and check the internet speed that way, I just don't have the time to go through all of it.. I was hoping that maybe you can think of something that might hit the nail right on the head?!