For Those Running Windows XP

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old.coolme

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Increase your internet bandwidth by more than 20% in XP

this ones simple:

this is for broad band connections and dial up connections .

1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
to log in as an administrator:
click on start->logoff->logoff
in the logon screen hold Ctrl+Alt+Del.
in the user field type 'Administrator' <-case sensitive.
in the password field type the password for the administrator (if you dont have any leave blank. click ok.

2. start - run - type gpedit.msc

3. expand the "local computer policy" branch

4. expand the "administrative templates" branch

5. expand the "network branch"

6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window

7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting

8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item

9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0

10. go to your Network connections (start->connect to->show all connections). right click on your connection then under the General or the Networking tab (where it lists your protocols) make sure QoS packet scheduler is enabled.

11. reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done. Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot.

This is more of a "counter what XP does" thing. In other words, XP seems to want to reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self. Even with QoS disabled, even when this item is disabled. So why not use it to your advantage. To demonstrate the problem with this on stand alone machines start up a big download from a server with an FTP client. Try to find a server that doesn't max out your bandwidth. In this case you want a slow to medium speed server to demonstrate this. Let it run for a couple of minutes to get stable. The start up another download from the same server with another instance of your FTP client. You will notice that the available bandwidth is now being fought over and one of the clients download will be very slow or both will slow down when they should both be using the available bandwidth. Using this "tweak" both clients will have a fair share of the bandwidth and will not fight over the bandwidth.


for example. now neowin.net loads in less than 1 sec instead of 7 secs before changing the bandwidth limit.
 
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Summo

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Ooh... smart stuff. I'll try this when I get home, though tbh I didn't notice a reduction in download speeds when I upgraded through Me/2000/XP.
 
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Summo

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Don't get all cocky yet, penguin-boy. I suspect this is baloney!

Nyeeer...
 
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Testin da Cable

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no worries :D
but...
I've heard lots of baloney that turned out to be true, and lots of things [which should have been true] that turned out to be pigs on the wing heh ;)
 
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Ch3tan

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Bah XP, scary stuff, I hope never to have to use it.
 
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old.coolme

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I aint had a chance to try this yet either but I am open minded to this actually being true.
I noticed my pipe getting thinner after I moved to xp.
Someone at home is gonna wake up and test the cable for us :)

plzz :)
 
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Testin da Cable

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a friend of mine has a winxp sticker stuck in his toilet bowl, and yes I did a dump on it :D
 
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old.coolme

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LMAO

cool

Did Madonna sing when you flushed?
 
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Nibbler

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Originally posted by coolme
Did Madonna sing when you flushed?

And did your friend then fly around the room, with his arse still dirty?


:p
 
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isuck

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I have a tip for any XP users out there, FDISK !!!

It should speed up performance considerably and you wont have to use xp anymore :clap:

I use win2k on my games machine and i've never had a problem
 
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Summo

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None of you know WHAT you're talking about. I've used every MS OS extensively since 3.1 and XP is by far the best of the bunch.

Haven't I said this before?
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by Lead Nibbler


And did your friend then fly around the room, with his arse still dirty?


:p


he may well have but I was laughing so hard I didn't notice :D
 
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isuck

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i've been adding stupid comments to posts for about a fortnight now.... adding my 2-penny worth.
 
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Ch3tan

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I errm err, hadnt noticed.

/me shuffles quietly out of the thread.
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by isuck
i've been adding stupid comments to posts for about a fortnight now.... adding my 2-penny worth.

you do so fit right in
I'm quite sure none of us even noticed heh
(till now that is =P)
 
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shabazz

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gotta agree with someguy, i'd say its the best.

2k comes a close second (only tainted cos agp refused to work despite numerous tweaks, etc, under it)

Where as xp worked first time!

(plus it looks nicer, feels better, and seems quicker)
 
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Ch3tan

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Yes with its mouse lag problems, runs just fine :)

2k only didnt work for you cause your system isnt designed to run software shabz.
 
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old.coolme

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what are you lot like??? ffs

SomeGuy is right with the fact that XP is the best so far, 2K is excellent but XP runs games more efficiently.

\me goes of muttering and growling and looks for a corner to bung these spammers into....
 
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Stazbumpa

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My dad has just got a new PC with XP on it and to be honest I fucking hate it. How the hell are you suppose to concentrate with all that garish colour on your desktop and those stupid buttons they've designed?

Please tell me that there is a way to customize it so that it looks normal.

And someone also tell me what is best: 98 SE, Win Me, Win 2k or Win XP coz I aint got a fecking clue.
 
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Summo

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Okay, Windows XP is Windows NT 5.1 (where 2000 is 5.0). It's a newer version and has many additional features and tweaks, all of them positive, imo.

Windows 9x (including Me) is shoddy as hell. Seriously flawed in comparison. I hate it now whenever I'm forced to use any of these operating systems.

To revert to a standard grey-bar Windows look, open the Desktop Properties and click on the Appearance tab. Select Windows Classic style in the Windows and buttons drop-down list.

The XP style is what Windows will look like from now on. Might be an idea to get used to it. Personally I love the new design. I think it's what an operating system should look like in 2001.
 
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Summo

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Heh heh. Just found another cool little thing in XP. You can smooth all screen text by doing this:
  • Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Appearance and Themes.
  • Click the Display icon, click the Appearance tab, and then click Effects.
  • Click the Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts check box to select it, and select ClearType from the list.
  • Click OK, and then click OK again.
Not sure I'll keep it on this as although it makes all text obviously clearer, smoother and more 'arty' (especially these ol' BW forums) I don't think my eyes have got used to it yet. Looks like my monitor is out-of-focus.

Time will tell...


/edit: Forty minutes later and ClearType rawks! Makes it look like the text is crafted rather than just a collection of pixels. It's a much, MUCH better implementation than in previous WIndows versions.
 
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(Shovel)

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Gotta agree about ClearType - it looks horribly blurry at first but you get accustommed to it and it is much much nicer.

Gotta wait for Dabs to take back my new modem before I can get online though. (gotta get a different one with XP support).

But I've been using it since the week it came out and it hasn't crashed at all. In fact, I've used the "hibernate" shutdown mode (doesn't close anything down) and it still wont die :D

It didn't even crash when, having loaded it up for the first time, I went to "MY Music" and told it to "Play All Items" - resulting in it starting up hundreds of copies of WinAmp. It managed to play about 12 MP3s at once and STILL DIDN'T die.

I ran out of RAM of course so had to reset it cause I couldn't close anything down - but that was kinda my fault for thinking the warning message "Opening 251 files in WinAmp may take a long time" would be bollocks. It wasn't.

XP rocks.
 
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Sawtooth

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I hate to admit it but Someguys absolutely right.



I've not had a crash since I installed XP. Can't comment on Win2000 as it wasn't really an attractive option for me with all probs getting games to run. Not had any probs with games in XP

Saw
 
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Stazbumpa

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Well I'm fucked if I'm actually paying for a copy. Also I don't like the idea of this whole registration thing and the thing about XP not working if you upgrade your computer.
 

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