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Yea Yea, I know windows XP by default is not very fast, so there are many softwares ( which we mostly used with crack or cracked serials ) and there are many other guidelines too for optimizing windows. But I felt, all are not complete, one software is good for Optimizing Operations Speeds, another one good for increasing network speed, may be another doing it something more - a single software is not complete solution. So, we - windows XP users hunt for new tools always for optimizing the settings for Internet and Operating System performance. After researching with many tools and manual optimization setting for windows XP, I am publishing the 1st version of registry tweaking ( pre-build ).

Few Features, what this tweak will do…

Disable Windows File Protection
Disable "Offline Files and Folders"
Enable Windows Installer Rollback (slower msi installs, but needed for installing XP updates)
disable FTP folder view (for faster browsing)
Use passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatibility, and for compatibility with older FTP servers)
allows boot files to be placed optimally on the hard-drive for faster boots.
Show volume icon in the Task Tray
Faster Web Page Loading
Disable QoS
Show Lan Errors
Increase Network Throughput
Broadband Network Optimizations for Windows 2000/XP/2003
Increase Network Throughput
Forward Buffer Memory Tweak
Enable the Network Adapter Onboard Processor
Increase RPC Packet Size
Speed Up browsing remote computers (Your Network)
mount net-drives first, when they are needed
Turn off Adobe splash screen
Don’t let Windows Messenger load involuntarily at every boot-up
Prevent new ads being downloaded every 6 minutes in windows messenger
Unbundle Windows Messenger from Outlook Express
Prevent new ads being downloaded every 6 minutes in windows messenger
Unbundle Windows Messenger from Outlook Express
Enables Live Scrolling in Microsoft Word
Get rid of ’EULA’ dialog for MS-PowerPoint Viewer 2003
Disable the Ability to Remotely Shutdown the Computer Browser Service
Automatic Updates
Disable UPS Service and Helper
Disable System Restore to save space and faster operation
Disable Smart Card
Disable Smart Card Helper
Disable QoS RSVP
Remove display of zone infomation in file properties
Don’t search Windows Update for drivers (when new HW detected)
Disable Security center ( and remove anoying red icon at taskbar )
Disable Information Bar Prompt in Internet Explorer
Recycle Bin Uses 3% of Available Space Rather than 10%
Increase the USB Polling Interval
Cache more Icons
Force DLL To Unload From Memory
Stop MSN Messenger from Running on Windows Startup

Before Applying the Patch,

• Click Start, and then click Run.
• In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK
• Place the mouse key on "My Computer"
• On the File menu, click Export.
• In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the Registration Entries (.reg)
• In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

(Backing up a selected branch/key of the registry)

Now that you’ve created a Registry backup for whole registry. Save the REG file in a safer location in case you want to undo the registry changes made. You can restore the settings by just double-clicking the REG file. It automatically merges the contents to the Registry.

Now, download following zip file

Faster_XP_v1.zip

Unzip the zip file and you will fing a file named XP.reg . Click on that file, and it will ask for confirmation. Press yes, and Voila !!! You are done.

Now reboot your computer and enjoy faster XP.

NOTE: If something goes wrong, select backup registry you created as per instruction , click on it and confirm with yes and it will go back to your old setting.

Enjoy !!! If it worked well for you - please don’t forgot to drop me an email which will encourage me to publish more release of it.

uTorrent was very slow for me until recently I applied a few tweaks finding on the internet. 1st what is uTorrent - this one is the smallest size client written for BitTorrent P2P .

Here’s what I did.

Note: Some of the settings mentioned below are optimized for 256k ADSL Broadband connection. If you want to calculate the optimal settings for your connection, check at the end of this tutorial. But I suggest you to read the entire tutorial for guidance on other settings.

First go to Options>Preferences>Network

Under ‘Port used for incomming connections’, enter any port number. It is best to use a port number above 10000.
Randomize port each time utorrent starts: UNCHECKED.
Enable UPnP port mapping (Windows Xp or later only): UNCHECKED. I leave this unchecked because few have experienced it slowing down speeds. It is not needed if you manually port forward.
Add utorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later only): UNCHECKED (do this only if you have windows firewall disabled)
Global Maximum upload rate (kb/s): [0: unlimited]: 22 (for 256k connection)
Protocol Encryption: ENABLED. I would recommend everyone to enable this. This can help increase speeds with many ISPs.
Allow incoming Legacy Connections: CHECKED

Options>Preferences>Torrents
Global Maximum Number of Connections: 130 (for 256k connection)This number should not be set too low or the number of connections made to your torrents will be limited. Setting it too high may cause too much bandwidth to be used and can cause slowdowns.
Maximum Number of connected peers per torrent: 70 (for 256k connection)If you see that the peers connected to a specific torrent are exactly this number, or very close, increase this number to improve speeds.
Number of upload slots per torrent: 3 (for 256k connection)This depends on how much you want to upload to other users. Do not set too low or it may affect download speeds.
Use additional upload slots if upload speed <90%: CHECKED
Maximum number of active torrents: 2 (for 256k connection)
Maximum number of active downloads: 1 (for 256k connection)
Enable DHT Network: CHECKED .This is recommended to be checked to improve speeds. More people will be available for sharing if this is checked.
Enable DHT for new torrents: CHECKED
Enable Peer Exchange: CHECKED
Enable scrapping: CHECKED
Pre-allocate all files: CHECKED
Append .!ut to incomplete files: CHECKED

Options>Preferences>Advanced
net.max_halfopen: 50

If you use Windows XP SP2, patch tcpip.sys with LvlLord’s Event ID 4226 Patcher to get better performance.

DO NOT CHANGE THIS OPTION unless you have Windows XP SP2 and have patched tcpip.sys.

If you have a firewall

Open up the options/preferences/settings for the firewall - usually your firewall will have an icon to click in the taskbar
Look for the keywords “allow list” or “programs”
Add the application you want to give access to the internet
Make sure to save your settings when you are done
If you have a router
Go to start>run>type cmd, press enter>type ipconfig, press enter
Remember both your ip address and your default gateway
Type in your default gateway into your default browser, a password prompt may come up. The default username and password are admin for my router
Under ‘Applications’ fill out one line for each p2p client you use
You need to use your ip address, the correct port range and set either tcp or udp
You can find and change the ports in the actual p2p client’s settings, just make sure they are the same in the router
Most p2p apps need both tcp and udp checked, if you are not sure check your p2p client’s FAQ
Save your settings
Check PortForward.com to forward ports for uTorrent.

Some of the settings I mentioned above are relative to my bandwidth.

How to calculate optimal settings for your connection

In order to apply the following tips you need to know your maximum upload and download speeds. You can test your bandwidth over here.

Maximum upload speed
If you use your Maximum upload speed, there won’t be not enough space left for the files you are downloading. So you have to cap your upload speed.

This is how I calculate my optimal upload speed…

upload speed * 80%

Maximum download speed
Setting your maximum download speed to unlimited will hurt your connection. So use this to calculate your optimal setting.

download speed * 90%

Maximum connected peers per torrent
upload speed * 1.3

Maximum upload slots
1 + (upload speed / 6)

Disable Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall hates P2P and so disable it and get yourself a decent firewall like Comodo Firewall or Zone alarm.

Know any other tricks to increase uTorrent’s download speed? Please share them here. Soon I am publishing Optimized registry Setting for Windows XP I am using for months without any issues to make Windows XP faster a lot.

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