Improving your computer & download speeds

[Andyt]

Found this interesting...and it works!smileys/smiley4.gif

Link (http://www.digital-update.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64623)

[C2_VTR]

need to log on... Can't be bothered to sign up...

Fancy copying and pasting lol

[Dan]

cannot be arsed doing that now! looks like it'll take time!

[C2_VTR]

Copy and paste anyone... smileys/smiley13.gif

[Zany_Jim]

or your login for us

[Dan]

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IMPROVING YOUR COMPUTER AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS - My Guide
Posted by asim2002
Posted 21st May 2004
-= Improving your Computer ”“ Windows, Net Speed, Security and Performance =-
by Asim

I do this in hopes of becoming a VIP here spent a lot of time making this. hope u guys like it !


This will be a comprehensive guide to installing Windows XP the Right Way, improving your internet speed, improving system performance and removing any unwanted load on your computer. You MUST follow all steps to get a KICKASS system setup. Doesn’t matter if you have a P3 or a P4! I will explain in great details for newbies so please bear with me. Professionals can skip any steps they are familiar with.

First and foremost backup all your data. If you have multiple partitions like C: D: E: make sure u move all data from C: because this is where we shall be reinstalling windows and C: will be formatted.

Once all your data is backed up follow these steps :

* PRINT OUT THIS GUIDE. YOU WILL NEED A HARD-COPY!
* Download Zone Alarm, Lavasoft Adaware, DivX 5.1.1 Codec, Flashget, DUMeter, TuneUp Utilities, DCOM BOBULATOR and SHOOT THE MESSENGER (the last 2 are available from www.grc.com)
* Unplug your cable modem from the computer.
* Insert your Win XP CD-ROM into the drive and restart your computer.
* On the boot screen press F2 or Del (whichever it is) to get into the bios
* Go to Boot Devices and choose your CD-ROM as 1st boot device
* Save your settings on exit and restart your computer.

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On restart the Windows XP CD will start to install. Follow these steps :

* The "Welcome to Setup" screen appears with the option of Continuing Setup, Repair a previous installation, or Quitting. Press ENTER to Continue Setup.

* The "Windows XP Licensing Agreement" screen pops up. Press F8 to agree.

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* Hard drive partition information is now displayed. This varies with each systems hardware configuration.

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Select the FIRST partition C: and then press D to delete it.

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It will ask your to confirm. Press ENTER. It will then ask again. Press L

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* Enter the maximum partition size (usually it is displayed on its own) and then press ENTER

* Once partition is created choose C: as the partition to install Windows XP on and press ENTER

* Setup will ask you to format the partition. Choose NTFS (QUICK FORMAT) option and press ENTER. Setup will then format this partition

* Setup will then continue to copy files and computer will restart.

* On restart the Windows XP boot screen is displayed. Just sit back and chill till everything installs. Have a smoke…

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[Dave_J_UK]

Wow!!!!!!

[Zany_Jim]

I will send 10p to the first person who does all that through paypal and proves it lol

[Mark]

A fairly good overview.
When installing Windows you should not have the computer connected to the Internet until up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software has been installed.

First website you should visit is windowsupdate.microsoft.com and make sure all security updates are installed. I'd also install Firefox and remove all shortcuts to Internet Explorer.

This bit worries me somewhat...* I do not use an antivirus software running in background all the time coz it hogs my system Ram. Rather I install it and then disable it and then just scan suspicious files with it.
Background scanning does consume system resources, but it's a trade-off I'm prepared to make.

The above probably helped for the original poster with his equipment and it is possible to improve performance by tweaking QOS/MTU/RWIN/etc but those settings (e.g. an MTU of 1500) won't suit everyone's connection. smileys/smiley5.gif

[Andyt]

sorry guys, i never knew it requied a logon.
As for the QOS/MTU/RWIN settings...it does ell you to experiment. Tuneup utilities has a program which sets them to the "optimum setting" as well.

[Andyt]

sorry guys, i never knew it requied a logon.
As for the QOS/MTU/RWIN settings...it does tell you to experiment. Tuneup utilities has a program which sets them to the "optimum setting" as well.

[Andyt]

wtf...i meant to press the edit button. I must still be drunksmileys/smiley4.gif

[Dan]

lol @ andy