My wife forward it to me from a news letter she gets at work, I'll ask her for more information on it and get back to you. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Job Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] speeding up your computer tips
> 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] 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]
