Gamespy question

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I use gamespy to connect to a few games, but recently all I get are very
high pings or negative pings showing up on the servers Gamespy finds.
Server refreshes go OK, but timeouts occur in every game/server. Only
difference is that I now use WinXP instead of Win2000...but i am sure it
did work with XP, at least the SP1 XP. Nothing changes if i turn off XP
SP2's firewall. This is a recent change and reinstalling Gamespy doesnt
help either. Gamespy is configured correctly for my DSL, and finding
servers from within the games themselves is not a problem; so its not my
internet connection.

Any suggestions? Back to Win2k?? This isnt the only quirky thing i've
noticed since going to XP, but its the most irritating ;-)
Thanks
Mike