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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jan 1st at 11:32pm 2005

the title says it all [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Sat Jan 1st at 11:40pm 2005

Seeing as I have a course on PC architecture coming up in 5 weeks perhaps I'll pick up a copy just to compare.
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Posted by xconspirisist on Sat Jan 1st at 11:44pm 2005

Get you get some scan's orph? [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jan 1st at 11:47pm 2005

please don't get my topic locked bud.. my PM always works, and you know my policies.. you also know the pits.

people, my PM is always at your disposal, unless you are blocked for some reason

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jan 2nd at 1:07am 2005

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BROADBAND TIP: Windows XP is much better at handling high-speed internet connections than "made for dial-up" windows 98, but there is still one little tweak that can increase your connection speeds. The following tweak ONLY works with Windows XP pro edition:


  • click start,select "run"
  • type "GPedit.msc"
  • expand the "local computer policy" branch
  • expand the "administrator templates" branch
  • expand the "network branch"
  • highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in the left window
  • in the right window, double-click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
  • on the settings tab, check the "enable" item
  • where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0 (zero)
  • close out of this window and reboot to make the new settings active.


if there are any errors or typo's i appologize in advance. i typed this by hand from the PCG magazine, i figured it was a tip not to ignore.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jan 2nd at 1:11am 2005

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BROADBAND TIP: sites to measure bandwidth speeds.

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
http://speedtest.dslreports.com
http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
http://www.dslreports.com/tools

again, any typos are my fault, please point any link errors.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jan 2nd at 1:24am 2005

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BROADBAND TIP: DE-REGULATE DOWNLADS..
By default, the version of internet explorer that is included with windows XP limits your number of simultanious downloads to a paltry 2 downloads! this is pure bunk, but you can increase the number to whatever you like by hacking the registry. our standard warnings apply here- "before you fool around with your registry, make sure you back it up!


  • click Start>run and type "regedit"
  • go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent versionInternet Settings
  • select new>DWORD Value from the edit menu.
  • Name a new value "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"
  • right-click the MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server value and choose "Modify"
  • under Base,click the radio button next to "Decimal"
  • in the value Data Box, enter the number of simultanious connections you want set. (10 is a good number)
  • if you want to increase the number of connections to the server you can repeat steps 3-7 using the new value Max- ConnectionsPerServer
  • exit the registry editor and log off, or reboot to make the settings take effect.

once again, any typo's are mine, please report them.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jan 2nd at 1:26am 2005

for the record, this is a 45 page article guys. i really think its worth the buy. [addsig]



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Posted by xconspirisist on Mon Jan 3rd at 1:21am 2005

If you put bandwidth limit to 0%, you'll effectivly hog the entire bandwidth of you're connection, if you're on a lan - not very thoughtfull of other users. If you're a single pc on the net, tis fine [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Mon Jan 3rd at 4:22am 2005

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If you put bandwidth limit to 0%, you'll effectivly hog the entire bandwidth of you're connection, if you're on a lan - not very thoughtfull of other users. If you're a single pc on the net, tis fine


*cough*bulls**t*cough*
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 4th at 3:48pm 2005

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If you are using Windows 2000/XP, the Microsoft-supplied defragger is better than nothing, but if you want better proformance and faster results, go with "PerfectDisk" (www.perfectdisk.com). PerfectDisk can complet a full defrag with as little as 5% free hard drive space on the disk, will defrag all Windows system files, and supports scheduling and network drive defragging. Another popular defragmentation utility is Diskeeper (www.execsoft.com) which is from the company that created the defrag utility that ships with Windows.
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 4th at 3:51pm 2005

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SpaceMonger (www.werkema.com) gives you a graphical, proportional look at your hard drives contents, and lets you "drill down" into those big folders to see whats taking up so much darn space.
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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Jan 4th at 8:31pm 2005

Intruiging, lets see if that bandwidth command thing works on my buildings NAT lan. [addsig]



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Posted by Wild Card on Wed Jan 5th at 1:43am 2005

Got the mag... One word...

Holy crap!

Ok, two works...

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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 1:49am 2005

? quoting Wild Card
Got the mag... One word...

Holy crap!

Ok, two works...

yeah, i cannot stress enough, if you are an entry level, or intermediate computer user, you need to buy this issue.

normally i would offer some *taboo*, but 45 pages is a bit OTT.

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Posted by xconspirisist on Wed Jan 5th at 2:08am 2005

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If you put bandwidth limit to 0%, you'll effectivly hog the entire bandwidth of you're connection, if you're on a lan - not very thoughtfull of other users. If you're a single pc on the net, tis fine


*cough*bulls**t*cough*


Explain, please. That's sheerly my perception of it, did I get it wrong or something?
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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 10:25am 2005

? quoting xconspirisist


Explain, please. That's sheerly my perception of it, did I get it wrong or something?

in bandwidth, if you are on a lan, you are only going to get your portion of it. by setting it to zero, you are assuring you are not denying yourself any, you will not steal some from others. in essence, you are opening the gates wide, when they might be closed a bit now.

make sense now?

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Posted by SaintGreg on Wed Jan 5th at 6:32pm 2005

I was wondering why I never could get the full 10 Mbit at school <_<




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Posted by Wild Card on Thu Jan 6th at 6:27pm 2005

Turn to page 65, Step 2: Add Power.

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*Caution!* If you happen to drop a screw into the power supply by mistake during this process, DO NOT, under any circumstances, take the PSU apart to get at it. Even if it's unplugged, you may be in for the shock of your life!

I have taken many power supplies apart. Even one while it was turned on (ok, that was stupid of me I know). While I havent ventured the courage to touch the capacitors, since at camp I scared (scar nor scare) on the finger with a disposable camera's charged capacitor.. Yes, stupid camp jokes.

I have even ventured into the realm of the CRT when I did my paint job and have lived to tell the tale.

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