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  1. 2003/04/29
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hello all!

    At Kelly's XP Korner this registry hack is suggested to speed up browsing:

    Has anyone tried it and does it work on all OS?

    Thanks for Your time,
    Christer

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    Does anyone know what this registry hack achieves?
     
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  2. 2003/04/29
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    Hi Christer

    You must live life in the fast lane if Broadband is too slow for you :D

    Spare a thought for us folks with a simple dial up and no access to Broadband!

    Simple answer try it - back up the registry string first though.
     
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    You can find a description here .

    Since this affects browsing of Microsoft networks and XP (maybe Win2K?) I'll move it to the Windows XP Forum.
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Pete,
    well, broadband is quick enough when it works. I don´t have 10 Mbps at all times though. Sometimes it gets slowed down to a crawl (1 Mbps :D) and I thought that this might be a possible remedy.

    Kevin,
    the main issue for me is IE, not XP. I admit having found it on a XP site but my question is if it works on all OS.
    However, if Your sense of order prompts a move, be my guest!

    Thanks a lot for the link!
    I had no idea it was about network browsing. The context at Kelly's XP Korner didn´t indicate that.

    Regards,
    Christer ;)
     
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  6. 2003/04/30
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    If your broadband is cable, then it may work, as cable is treated as a "network ", in actuality, it's a WAN, but Windows treats it as a LAN. Think of the ISP as a really big router, assigning IP's to each computer on the LAN, and you get the idea.
    I have tried this trick, and doing multiple speed tests showed no difference, however, repeat browsing of some pages, did show load times slightly faster of the text, but images took longer, so the net increase in speed was nil. On my LAN, it did speed up browsing to other systems that are not mapped, but did not speed up anything to systems that were mapped.
    Your mileage may vary.
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Reboot,
    thanks for the information.

    My broadband is cable and I´m connected to the ISP via LAN.

    It seems like it´s not worthwhile though.

    Regards,
    Christer
     
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    It's not worth while.
    Take a gander at all the neat stuff over at www.speedguide.net for plenty more on getting the most out of broadband.
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Reboot,
    it will take some time to digest the contents of that site!

    Quite intimidating too, so far I´ve only managed to move a few system folders ......

    Thanks,
    Christer
     
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    May well be faster.

    But will it be better.

    Or the other side of the coin.

    I have had just as many bad downloads since on Cable as I did on Dial-up.

    The PC has to be able to digest things as fast as they come in.

    And as I have said about the OS itself. I look for reliability with the least amount of downtime and/or problems rather than speed.

    Automobiles are not the only place speed kills.

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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    BillyBob,
    You´re quite right!

    Better safe ...... :) ...... than sorry ...... :( ......

    A friend of mine said that broadband isn´t good at all, things go wrong much faster ...... :eek: ...... but I take that as an envious remark ...... :cool: ......

    Christer
     
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    Only those who don't have broadband would say something derogatory about it's speed.
    Changing something in the registry is NOT to be afraid of.
    Simply make a backup before doing anything.
    Set a restore point.
    Manually backup the registry.
    Edit all you like.
    If things mess up, it's easy to fix.
    Do a speed test.
    Get their MTU tool, and run it.
    Do a speed test again (or 2 or 3).
    Change things.
    Do more speed tests.
    Keep the settings that are fastest.
    On the list of software at speedguide.net are two tools that do work. The top one (MTU tool) and the bottom one (QWest thingy).
    Get them both. The top one has no installer, so there's nothing to uninstall. It can make changes, and you can change them back easily.
    The QWest tool can simply be uninstalled via add/remove programs.
    No need to do any registry editing if you don't want to.
     
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    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hi Reboot,
    thanks for the advice!

    When I first visited this board I was trying to make a tool (my PC) work as good as could be expected ...... :confused: ...... now it has turned into a hobby, almost an obsession ...... :eek: ...... do You know of a well reputed "detox" clinic ...... :p ......

    Regards,
    Christer
     
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    Ran into a interesting post in the "LangaList" list this week. Called FAST this could rewrite data communications. If end user could capture 1 percent of the stated performace gain... your data could travel 35 times faster than your current cable speed. Will be released to the public this summer.
     
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    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    That´s quite impressive if it only is a sofware hack.

    The question is what is meant by a "typical broadband connection "? In Sweden they vary between 0.5 Mbps and 10 Mbps.

    7 GB (gigabyte?) per minute equals 933 Mb (megabits!) per second. If this is 3,500 times faster than "typical ", then the "typical" is 0.267 Mbps.

    I wonder why they use bytes as the unit for transfer rate and not bits?
    Could it be a typo and really should be gigabits per second?
    That would bring up the "typical" connection to 2.0 Mbps.

    Anyway, if this makes the use of my 10 Mbps possible to the full at all times, then I´m happy!

    Thanks for the link!

    Christer
     
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