I was in a meeting at the admin offices of an electric utility and the sign on the wall by the thermostat said "It doesn't matter what the thermometer says, room temperature is always the temperature in the room."
Update: Had an IT guy in here over the weekend and had him set one problem workstation to static IP on the network and that seems to have cured it. Thanks to all who offered input on the problem.
Twitter and Facebook are trash which will rot your brain. I never understood either when they came out and I don't understand why anyone is on them today. I realize lots of people use them. But does GM really sell more cars using Facebook? Or do they sell cars because they make good cars and...
The notion that electricity takes the shortest path is false. It takes all paths. That's how an electronic circuit works. If it only went one place, nothing else would work.
That being said, you're likely looking at more than a single component. Point of entry is first place to be suspicious...
No wireless; all hardwired.
I've swapped ports in the past to no avail.
Because it's intermittent and occurs on the same model machine with same frequency and characteristics, I doubt it's cabling.
The modem is the Comcast SMCD3G business class and the switch is a 16 port Netgear GS116...
Microsoft has a tool which you can download. It will tell you if your system is Win7 compatible. I suggest Win7 Ultimate x64. You can run almost all x32 programs on it but if you have trading specific software, ask the vendor if it's Win7 compatible...