Managing open ports in Win XP

[Chucaro]

My download speed was very slow, so I run netstat and there were heaps of open ports. (Win XP)
Is there a managing ports utility were I can close ports that are not needed?
Thanks,
Arthur

[incisor]

have you measured what is being sent and received on your system?

Show Traffic | Free software downloads at SourceForge.net (http://sourceforge.net/projects/showtraf/)

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4865

http://www.bwmonitor.com/

[Chucaro]

Thank you Inc for the links :)

[clubagreenie]

Are you running a separate router? You can manage ports via it, assigning port/s to individual programs.