I have tried everything mentioned on the Reduce Drag link or it doesnt really apply to me (1000's od shared files and full queue for example) and KOS says no traffic shaping. Ive excludied just about every possibility except Vista so Im thinking of dual booting my laptop with XP sp2 and see if it is any different. Than at least I know its a Vista issue and find out whether or not I can adjust for it. Options are running out. Thanks for all the ideas though. I will keep you posted as Im sure that if this gets figured out it could help at least a few people.