Standard Flash 9 player buffer problems

I have been experiencing problems when watching flash movies
anywhere. Youtube, GUBA, metacafe etc.. Whenever I click on the
movie it buffers a ton of it if not the whole movie before it
plays. I can use my laptop at home and it works well, I click on a
movie, it starts and it kinda follows the buffer line as its
playing.
I hope speed is not an issue. But I will tell you my setup.
Desktop PC ( the one Im having problems with)
- Core 2 Duo 3.0 ghz E-8400 6mb cache
- dual 250gb harddrives both WD SE 16mb cache's
- XFX 8600GT video card 256mb, 128-bit
- 4gb PC8500 in dual channel mode.
Laptop
- Core Duo 1.8
- 1gb PC4200 dual channel
- 80gb hitachi deskstar
- intel onboard graphics, I think 945GMA or something.
Both computers have the latest Flash player 9 installed, Both
have Windows XP Pro with latest windows updates and service packs.
Both have latest adobe reader 8 with latest updates as of
2/19/2008.
Im running cable internet at home, 9mbits connection. I test
out anywhere from 5400kbps, to 12000kbps through multiple bandwidth
sites, and have an average ping of 19-45ms. I can download steadily
from Microsoft at around 1.2 megabytes per second.
At work, the heck if I know what we have, I think OCx Fiber.
If unresitricted I can download from Microsoft at around 56
megabytes per second. with 2-10ms pings.
Either way, I can bring both computers to work and back home
and the desktop still does the same thing. buffers the whole stupid
flash movie ( or alot of it ) before it plays.
Could anyone give me a clue?

Well, considering Im using both my laptop and desktop both at
home and at work, I drag them along with me sometimes. And its not
intermittant. This is every single time, on every single flash
movie provided by any flash movie website such as Youtube I
experience this issue.
I have tracerouted both computers, both are going through the
same hoops, but in fact the laptop is connecting through my
wireless at home and my desktop is connected directly, at work I
connect both to 1Gbp optic switch with even less hops.
But every single time the desktop will buffer the whole movie
( if the movie is small) before it plays. and the laptop will play
it instantly. Now both computers, if you click on the same exact
movie will download it at the same time. but the laptop will start
playing it alot quiker than the desktop, the desktop will play it
after it has buffed a good amount of it.

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