Hi David: Thanks for the info. While I already had tips 2-4 in-place on my PC, I did not know about tip 1. I implemented it and all I can say is WOW. What a difference in opening up web pages and emails that contain a lot of elements. It's amazing that we have to resort to obscure registry hacks to improve the performance of our machines. These should be right out there.
Thanks, again, John P.S. Where did you find these tips? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:58 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] speeding up your computer tips > Follow four simple steps to speed up home Internet browsing: > > Step 1: Increase Internet Explorer (IE) concurrent download limit. This is > a registry hack, so be careful. IE's default settings only permit two > downloads at the same time. Updating the download settings will permit > downloading up to 16 files concurrently from the same server. > Method - Open a command prompt and type 'Regedit'. Find the following > registry key ~ > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet > Settings > Right click the right pane and select New->DWORD Value. Type > MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and give it a value of 16. Add another DWORD > using the same process - call it MaxConnectionsPerServer with the same > value - 16. > > Step 2: Disable Windows indexing service. The indexing feature consumes > system resources, and may degrade system performance. By disabling this > feature, disk space is speeded up and performance is improved. > > Method - Goto Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services. Find the > Indexing Service, right click and select "Disable". > > Step 3: Resize the IE cache setting. The default cache settings of IE are > configured to hold a large number of cached temporary Internet files. > However, storing many small files on the hard disk consumes valuable disk > space and can cause disk fragmentation. Reduce the maximum size of IE > cache to 128MB for optimal performance. > > Method - Start Internet Explorer, Select Tools -> Internet > Options ->General. Under Temporary Internet Files click the Settings > button and type the amount of disk space to use. > Step 4: Increase Windows menu display Speed. Menus are displayed on the > computer according to Windows' default settings. By optimizing these > settings, the computer's speed in displaying (or hiding) these menus is > increased. > > Method - Goto Start -> Control Panel -> System. Click the Advanced tab, > and under Performance, click the Settings button. Clear the Fade or slide > menus into view check box, and then click OK. > > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
