Yes the computer is extremely painstakingly slow-and old but it holds sentimental value to my mom so I was hoping to at least slap on a usb adapter so she could go online and not wait 20 seconds for each page to open! She doesn't use it for anything else so it being a dog is not that big a deal. The wired connection and wifi are the same, about 15Mbps download and 15 or 20 Mbps upload, which is also a little puzzling. I though it might be a registry issue but I can't find any help in that area online and forget about help from Lenovo Tech support-unreal. I have no trouble with wired or wifi on any other machine. The speed is there it's just being limited by something in the Lenovo.
Anyway, I really appreciate your response, have a good one,