System Freeze when accessed via network

[RipperRoo]

this is the system: A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 512mb 2700DDR Ram
Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 2 x 200GB HDD (XP PRO)

the network card is a VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (onboard 10/100/1000mb) driver version 3.41.0.426 04/12/2004

every time i try to transfer files over my network be it to this pc or from it the whole thing freezes solid and requires a hard reset, been about a month since i used my network 2bh so this problem could of been there ages but only just been noticed.
i noticed this problem on saturday and reinstalled sunday just to be on te safe side, but even after a clean install the problem is still there.
windows firewall is off and no other firewalls installed.

anyone know of anything nasty that MS snuck in in SP2 that could cause this?

[greffov]

try upgrading to 2.6.10

[RipperRoo]

2.6.10 released on 2004-12-24?

i would but this pc is used mainly for games so *Nix isnt an option

[RipperRoo]

hum, turned off IEE 802.1x authenication and it looks like its ok now.

[greffov]

Lol