Windows Operating System ~ Notes:

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- Increase Internet Explorer Download Sessions: (connections to HTTP 1.0 =16,  and HTTP 1.1=32)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

 

Create -

 

Value Name: MaxConnectionsPerServer
Hexadecimal Value Data= 10
 

Value name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Hexadecimal Value Data= 20

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282402    Internet Explorer 8.0

 

- IE 8:  Remove Favorites Bar

 

- IE 7, 8 Internet Options: 

- Internet Files and History Settings, Check new version = Every time I visit the webpage,
   Days to keep history =1

 

- Security, display mixed content= Enable

- Tools, View Menu Bar

- Windows Mail Options:

- Check new messages every 3 minutes, Mark messages read after displaying  for 1 minutes,
   Never send  a receipt,
Always check spelling before sending, un-select  Reply to messages using
   the format which message was sent

 

- Security - Internet Zone, Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me, un-select  Block
   images and other external content in HTML e-mail,
un-select  Do not allow attachments to be saved
   or opened that could potently be a virus

 

- Maintenance - Select only Compact the database on shutdown every 10

 

 Windows Live Mail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Check the TCP/IP state: netsh int tcp show global
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Disable Windows Scaling heuristics: netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled

Compound TCP
To enable CTCP: netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp
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RSS - Receive-side Scaling, enabled (2 or more processor cores and a NIC that can handle RSS)
netsh int tcp set global rss=enabled
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Direct Cache Access (DCA): netsh int tcp set global dca=enabled
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To enable NetDMA:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
EnableTCPA DWORD Value, To enable = 1

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Set DNS and Hosts Priority

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider
LocalPriority (DWORD, recommended: . 4, default:DEC 499) - local names cache
HostsPriority (DWORD, recommended: 5, default:DEC 500) - the HOSTS file
DnsPriority (DWORD, recommended: 6, default:DEC 2000) - DNS
NetbtPriority (DWORD, recommended: 7, default:DEC 2001) - NetBT name resolution, including WINS

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
TcpTimedWaitDelay (DWORD, 0xffffffff in registry by default. Recommended: 30 decimal, denoting 30 seconds) -
 

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http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=2574

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER

Value name: iexplore.exe
DWORD: 10 Decimal set 20


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER

Value name: iexplore.exe
DWORD:: 10 Decimal set 20
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282402#letmefixit

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