if you go to run in the start menu and type regedit

it will present you with the windows registry explorer

on the left there will be a sidebar

here there are five folders

open HKEY_CURRENT_USER

then Microsoft

and finally Windows --> CurrentVersion

click on the folder Internet Settings

now if you look to the right there is the panel right? with lots of blue and red files which make no sense

you want to right click in this area

and make a new DWORD

name this DWORD --> MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

(exactly how I have spelt it - caps wise)

set it to --> a

in the panel the new DWORD should be 0x0000000a (10)

now make another DWORD and call it --> MaxConnectionsPerServer

and also make it's value --> a (0x0000000a (10))


this will make (at least ie) ALOT faster

basically the default for these DWORD's is 4

if you imagine a pipe with water running through it the wider it is the more water can pass through it

but if it's too big -- it could not run (or very slowly anyway - you get the point!)

that's what this does .. it gives you more connections to any one server so you can recieve information faster because it's in smaller pieces..

phew :)

hey thanks!

:)

next -->

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

and then Control Panel

click on the folder Desktop

there should be a red box called --> HungAppTimeout

double click it and set to --> 2000

(this will make your programs close more quickly)

there is another one called --> WaitToKillAppTimeout

set this to --> 5000

(this will make windows shut down faster)

basically the defaults are set at a really stupidly high level just in case someone has a really reaaally slow computer

these levels I have set are safe

in fact you can set them both at 2000 tbh!

How about you credit someone you fucking cocksucker?

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/winxp.htm

japanalex is cocksucker

and barfed in the tin

we noticed he looked like Bob Barker

his feeble grin drips like a blood-streak down his chin

japanalex is ballsack

While Janie turns thumbscrews and fondles his chain

Christ, is that a knife in my back?

The sun sparkles, and sprinkles not the rain

How about you credit someone you fucking cocksucker?

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/winxp.htm

i worked with microsoft a few years ago

I have many friends who work in microsoft

what makes you think i stole this information?

and also -- who cares? I'm helping you :think:

you guys are just bored

why don't you pick on someone your own size?

i.e. no of posts!



p.s i work in the I.T industry and I know alot more than just tweaks so hit me up anyone who is actually interested!

do you have anything that will let me minimize warcraft faster?

p.s i work in the I.T industry and I know alot more than just tweaks so hit me up anyone who is actually interested!


Tell me how to completely erase vista and replace it with XP without destroying my computer. I fucking hate vista. It also glitches and gives me black screens.

I'm going back to an osx when this one dies.

it's highly unlikely that anyone could find out this information from any other scource than the internet. give credit to the people who deserves it or leave the board.

I also have a dead computer in the closet. The power pack went out and it took the mother board with it. I wish I could just fix it myself. I lost alot of pictures and music because I didn't back up :( :(

Tell me how to completely erase vista and replace it with XP without destroying my computer. I fucking hate vista. It also glitches and gives me black screens.

I'm going back to an osx when this one dies.

i guess you could rent an external hard-drive and move everything onto that?

the only way to (safely) switch OS' is two wipe everything -- because everything in the computer is affected - the registry is one of the most important issues with this..

there is an especially large gap between changes made in XP and Vista - XP and 2000 are relatively similar (I know you didn't ask! haha)

I also have a dead computer in the closet. The power pack went out and it took the mother board with it. I wish I could just fix it myself. I lost alot of pictures and music because I didn't back up :( :(

what hard-drive was in it? you could put it in another pc!

it's highly unlikely that anyone could find out this information from any other scource than the internet. give credit to the people who deserves it or leave the board.

well the arguement for that is - where did they find the information from? :confused:

I'm sorry but mostly everything I know I have learnt from friends in the business

I'm sorry to .. disappoint you..? :think:

do you have anything that will let me minimize warcraft faster?

overclocking

what hard-drive was in it? you could put it in another pc!

on c... I just want to grab the info off of it. I hope it's still there.

you can take it out and swap it for one in another computer

it's highly unlikely that anyone could find out this information from any other scource than the internet. give credit to the people who deserves it or leave the board.

That's a bit of a stupid argument.

JapanAlex are these things ok to do on my 1GHz Pentium 3 with 512MB RAM?

That's a bit of a stupid argument.

richard the third, you are quite the turd

That containeth no margarine spread

There he stood, waxing absurd.

over the counter and into the oven with his head




*bow*

i do like your poems... :)

richard the third, you are quite the turd

That containeth no margarine spread

There he stood, waxing absurd.

over the counter and into the oven with his head




*bow*


Marvellous.

JapanAlex are these things ok to do on my 1GHz Pentium 3 with 512MB RAM?

yes! i mean i wouldn't apply tweaks to a machine with 64mb of ram - but seeing as how most machines around now have over 256mb -- i.e yeah it's safe!

also there is a tweak about getting the most out of your internet connection

I may post about this but there is a site here which is pretty good at explaining things and the guy in the forum will answer any threads in like and hour! lol he must have no life but he's nice..

www.speedguide.net


basically everything on the internet is sent, from the website to your computer, in "packets"

a packet is like a bag full of website goodies (ie pictures, flash, html etc)

the default XP packet size is something like 546? I think.. hmm

anyway -- the packet size is called the "MTU"

in the same registry explorer i talked about above you can change the size of the "MTU"

this will allow larger bags of goodies to be sent to your computer - thus faster downloads/uploads/surfing!

I want to system recover my laptop to factory installation, but when my computer restarts to open the application, it doesn't read the recovery disc and opens up windows xp instead. I have used it once before, so I know the disc worked.

on c... I just want to grab the info off of it. I hope it's still there.

was this a laptop?

I want to system recover my laptop to factory installation, but when my computer restarts to open the application, it doesn't read the recovery disc and opens up windows xp instead. I have used it once before, so I know the disc worked.

did you set it to boot from cd before the hard drive in the bios?

did you set it to boot from cd before the hard drive in the bios?

how do you do this?

press F2 at startup

then go to --> boot

change the boot sequence to CD

well you access the bios by pressing a button on start up. usually you see a screen when you first turn on the pc that says press Fsomething for a bunch of options. One of the options should be for the bios.

Are you using a store bought pc? what is the model number, i can try to look up what button you would specifically press.

Yeah, it's not always F2 as japanalex suggests. For example, mine is the Delete key. But your computer will tell you right when you boot.

try F2 F5 F8

GOSHDARNIT JAPANALEX IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FUNCTION KEY

okay, I'll try that when I get home.

Are you using a store bought pc? what is the model number, i can try to look up what button you would specifically press.

Toshiba Satellite A105-S2712

also, it's not a good idea to just press random function keys until you get the right one because they might be mapped to do something else that you have no idea of.

GOSHDARNIT JAPANALEX IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FUNCTION KEY

oh chill out!

it's gonna be either F2 , F5 , F8, F10, F12 or the delete key

just google your PC brand (eg dell etc)

google search: dell bios key

you get it i'm sure :banging:

esc key is for toshiba's

i found a post that says you can access the boot menu by pressing F12 on the model you have, xyumachine. I can't find a specific site for the bios itself but i think you could boot the cd from the boot menu option. I'm not totally sure. Check when you turn the computer on at the first screen you see, it should tell you the options you have in small font on the screen.

oh, i found this thread.

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/laptops/bios-key-toshiba-satelite-5205-series-30003.html

Toshiba Notebook [Newer models]
1. Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key.
The machine will beep, then display:
Check System, then press [F1] key.
2. Release ESC key
3. Press F1 key

thanks for the help Floppy Nono. I will give this a try later today.

was this a laptop?

nope.

even easier, do what japanalex said and take it out and put it in another computer.


Or, you could buy a usb enclosure and turn it into an external hard drive!

Or, you could buy a usb enclosure and turn it into an external hard drive.

I would rather do this. Now I have to know how to do it. :blush:

they're pretty easy to do for the most part. You just attach the given adapter to the end of the hard drive once you take it out of the computer and slip it into a shell and close that bad boy up! I don't know if you'd have to mount it with screws inside the enclosure, i've never had one like that but i suppose it's possible that it exists. I did this with an old 2.5 (laptop size) hard drive and made myself a nice little pocket usb drive out of it in minutes. For a desktop pc it would most likely be a 3.5 enclosure you'd need.

Ok, I can do this. I'm hoping nothing was damaged on the HD when the power pack blew. It's a crappy comp and they quoted me around $400 to fix it completely.

lol for that much you'd have been better off saving up a bit to buy a lower end pc superior to that one ( i assume it's rather old). Technology sucks in general anyway, i wish netphoria was just a bunch of cave paintings.

I wonder what an emo girl would look like when scribbled on a cave wall...

Better yet, in this life you need a time machine.

no way, you just need a rewind button!

Wish I had a fackin' rewind button... *grumbles*

me too, nick, me too

Let's make out.

ok but i warn you, i'm probably going to cry afterward and put lyrics to fall out boy song in my away message

Sounds good. I'll go with The Promise Ring.

Ready.... GO!

:cry:

When I wake up,
I'm willing to take my chances
On the hope you hate him more than you notice I wrote this for you.
( For you so)

You need him.
I could be him....
I could be an accident but I'm still trying.
That's more than I can say for him.

Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman.
Maybe he won't find out what I know:
You were the last good thing about this part of town.

:hanging:

i suddenly find myself playing and humming that song Hey Leonardo (she likes me for me) and i don't know why...

We need to get a list going of all these embarrassing bands.

they'll all come from me, i've been on a reliving bad 90's music kick. Last night i listened to s club 7 and i kind of liked it. But only their first album, not the 2nd one where they went all balladish

Oh wow, S club 7. I was willing to go as far as TBS, but man... that's really in there. That's like... beyond All-4-One and Simple Plan. I completely forgot they existed. In this life if I had a time machine I'd probably stab a few of these bands' founding members early on in their lives tbh.

Ok, I can do this. I'm hoping nothing was damaged on the HD when the power pack blew. It's a crappy comp and they quoted me around $400 to fix it completely.

you can get some cheap enclosers at newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures) you need to know what type of HD it was though

Oh wow, S club 7. I was willing to go as far as TBS, but man... that's really in there. That's like... beyond All-4-One and Simple Plan. I completely forgot they existed. In this life if I had a time machine I'd probably stab a few of these bands' founding members early on in their lives tbh.

i remember watching the tv show about them on Fox Family after school at like 5 pm, it was a sad period in my life when i look back on it.

:(

So why are you up so late? On a bad sleep schedule or is Easter just that exciting?

bad sleep schedule, its my spring break this week and i don't feel like sleeping much i guess. party on!

Spring break, woo!

aww yeah, i'm getting down with my bad 90's loving self!! :rockon:

japanalex is trying to take a place in this community that is already taken by deviousj (who is now on vacation) by being helpful and knowledgeable about computers (not really because it's stolen information). stay put and lee will take care of all your computer problems.

Tell me how to completely erase vista and replace it with XP without destroying my computer. I fucking hate vista. It also glitches and gives me black screens.

I'm going back to an osx when this one dies.

I had the same problem with Vista, ended up reformatting and reinstalling XP... what a piece of shit it is.

japanalex is trying to take a place in this community that is already taken by deviousj (who is now on vacation) by being helpful and knowledgeable about computers (not really because it's stolen information). stay put and lee will take care of all your computer problems.

how am I trying to take a place? haha it sounds like im some sort of plant!

leave me alooone lol all i wanted to do was have some fun with some random people who didn't care about anything they said

but obviously you do have feelings.. (cute lol)

in real life i have to be all serious n all :rolleyes:

anyways -- im gonna post a patch which you can merge into your registry

the patch will contain XP tweaks which are safe not all the ones which are bullshit

like "large system cache"

oh and deany -- i never said i was a computer whizz -- but i have been making PC's for several years (around 12)

and i have about as much knowledge on PC's as any microsft employee

and if i don't? all i need to do is call my friends who WORK THERE! :rofl:

fuck

because of your tips, my pc won't boot.

fuck

because of your tips, my pc won't boot.

lol what computer are you on now??

lets just assume yes

Ive never known JapanAlex to lie.

well why would i lie?

*evil cackle*

ps. cackle comes from the pumpkin

I tried the tweaks and my PC works fine.

I used most of them, and mine works fine...

my computer just stopped working after i implemented the advices. it says "internal terminal error" on the screen. well done japanalex.

lol

well all i can say dean is that you must have typed an EXACT different VALID name

and put in a value which would cause an error! the registry is dangerous if you do that ... but you can't be that stupid... can you?




ps. I know you're just trolling -- but if something has seriously happened -- tell me what happens at boot and I'll help you fix it

well here is another internet speed trick -

press ctrl & R and type "regedit"

open and browse left-hand column

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM

CurrentControlSet

Services

Tcpip

Parameters

****

Ok, let's add some new DWORD's in here ok! So right click and create new value

here are the names of the DWORD's you want to create:

1. EnablePMTUBHDetect -- set this to "0"

2. EnablePMTUDiscovery -- set this to "1"

3. Tcp1323Opts -- set this to "1"

4. TcpMaxDupAcks -- set this to "2"

5. SackOpts -- set this to "1"


ok :) now there are two more you need to create -- these are very important -- they will give you the maximum speed your internet provider (and windows!) is holding back on

you will have to add these two value's -- but wait till i've finished cos they are different for everyone

1. GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize

2. TcpWindowSize

you will need to check your internet speed for me okay and we can work together to get the best speed for you!

basically i said before about how the internet is like a pipeline and if you widen it you can let more through..

this is correct - but he's the more detailed version-

if the above two DWORD's are too small (for the provided speed) then you will not get your full speed

if it's two large your computer will loose packets of information from the server it is downloading from when you run a webpage

there is also a distance factor between you and any server you download from (different countries more distance)

okay PHEW!

so tell me your internet speed

is it 10Mbps? or whatever

just hover over the little internet sign in the taskbar

Here's the only tweak you'll need... XP loads explorer into active memory whether or not you're using it. To stop that from happening and gain more active memory as well as reduce crashing:
press ctrl & R and type "regedit"

open and browse left-hand column

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon

change explorer.exe to progman.exe then reboot


you should get a 10-15% performance boost

Here's the only tweak you'll need... XP loads explorer into active memory whether or not you're using it. To stop that from happening and gain more active memory as well as reduce crashing:
press ctrl & R and type "regedit"

open and browse left-hand column

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon

change explorer.exe to progman.exe then reboot


you should get a 10-15% performance boost

Interesting, will try this. I've always wondered why explorer always gets loaded up automatically.

lol what computer are you on now??

work.

NTLDR is missing.

Please press ctrl+alt+delete to restart.

i need OSx86 help with Leopard 10.5.2, not Windoez

bueller?

Here's the only tweak you'll need... XP loads explorer into active memory whether or not you're using it. To stop that from happening and gain more active memory as well as reduce crashing:
press ctrl & R and type "regedit"

open and browse left-hand column

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon

change explorer.exe to progman.exe then reboot


you should get a 10-15% performance boost

its used for stopping children fiddling with computers

i don't think you should be messing around with the shell though


if someone tries this and has no clue what to do to get it back to normal

ctrl alt delete and then add new process "regedit.exe"

change it back to Explorer.exe

work.

NTLDR is missing.

Please press ctrl+alt+delete to restart.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

nothing to do with what i told you

one to make your start bar open quicker

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Control Panel

Desktop

MenuShowDelay --> change it to "0"

(0 is a little too fast sometimes so "why not try 100?")

I've always wondered why explorer always gets loaded up automatically.

explorer.exe is the windows GUI - so if it doesn't load

no taskbar - no desktop - nadda nadda

explorer.exe is the windows GUI - so if it doesn't load

no taskbar - no desktop - nadda nadda

Lucky I didnt follow Nimcock's advise then. :)

<img src="http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/vistacrash-1.jpg">

NVIDIA eehhh?

well i dunno about that lol - it must be their drivers

*someone shouts GEEEK!*

I like the sound of that "Unknown" chunk. But I especially like how it's right beside Microsoft.

thread sucks, lets groove to S Club 7

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whoa running without explorer.exe is pretty cool now that i know about the task manager thing

Lucky I didnt follow Nimcock's advise then. :)

It's one optional GUI. Windows still loads fine and faster using the tweak I posted.

Don't listen to this JapanAlex guy he knows just enough to be dangerous

why hasn't japanalex stolen davins yellow font?

thread sucks, lets groove to S Club 7

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I forgot what a great show that was.

It's one optional GUI. Windows still loads fine and faster using the tweak I posted.

Don't listen to this JapanAlex guy he knows just enough to be dangerous

Is copying shit from another site really knowing anything?

Is copying shit from another site really knowing anything?

Not really.

Vista sucks. If they don't get it fixed it's going to be the next Windows ME. SP1 apparently didn't do much.

sigh

why would i just copy stuff from a website? i would just post a link

and no disabling explorer.exe is pointless

i know im in a forum with teenagers so i have to understand that a few of you are obnoxious

It's one optional GUI. Windows still loads fine and faster using the tweak I posted.

Don't listen to this JapanAlex guy he knows just enough to be dangerous

windows does not load fine

if you do not know the process names of everything you want to use on your computer you are fucked

so again, its mega stupid

ps. i know what you mean when you say "fine" but you are not understanding that the average user will not see that as "fine"

ah the new monte

ahem....i SAID thread sucks, lets groove to s club 7

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JapanAlex seems to know his stuff if you ask me.

no one asked you.

Oh look it's nim's cock-guard.

Oh look it's nim's cock-guard.

nigga please

I had the same problem with Vista, ended up reformatting and reinstalling XP... what a piece of shit it is.

When you reinstalled xp, did it try to update you to the evil win 2 service pack?

i have the new service pack 3

i can't get automatic updates cos the service makes my cpu usage skyrocket to 100% everytime i switch on the pc

yeah.. i should probably get round to fixing that!

Richard III - thanks lol (jee shucks :D) but i'm no IT pro - i just have learnt alot from IT pros

if they don't want to take my advice (cos their so damn clever) then who cares? it's an open invitation -

I just don't like assholes! nigg nugedy nigg nagg please

The last update I downloaded for vista crashed my multi media keyboard driver. These updates do nothing but cause major fail.

windows does not load fine

if you do not know the process names of everything you want to use on your computer you are

a noob

funny. i assumed japanalex was about 15 tops.

japanalex sucks. he pisses me off

no, not at all... i got rid of explorer weeks ago, and im starting to come around to it

so is there a single xp tweak listed in this thread that hasn't fucked up at least one person's computer?

I did <a href="http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm">these</a>, and when I got to Services, I changed them to what was in the "Safe" column. Worked out fine.

ok have your fun! :)

whatever you want!

they haven't done anything to anyone's computer - these are valid tweaks which many people know about

i was just trying to inform you - if you didn't already know

obviously noone cares about having a faster more effiecient windows and faster internet WITH FASTER DOWNLOADING FOR MUUUUSIIIIIIC?

jesus christ people are fucking pussies

a noob

you obviously haven't tried this then

you need to know the process names of everything

including internet

so unless you write does everything before you apply this you can't do anything

its stupid and so are you

i know you're just having fun now aren't you..

you can't be THIS stupid can you??