Hi David, will following these steps only speed up Internet Explorer, or will it speed upeverything else on the computer? Just curious. Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> 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/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > 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] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3258 (20080710) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.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/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com 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]
