Page 1 of internet issues, please advise!

for some reason it takes a lot longer to connect than usual and my internect connection disconnects after a certain amount of time even though i have unchecked the disconnect option in advanced options?

OS: XP
ISP: Pipex broadband
ps: would kazaa lite ++ downloads be causing this?

Thanks

kazaa takes a lot of bandwidth, so if you are running it in the back ground, expect the internet to go at dial up speed.

try an internet speed test like mcadee with kazaa running and with it not.