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Depending on the type of network connection you have, you might be able to tweak your connection so that the speed of your Internet, as well as your local area network, will be faster. By hacking the System Registry and editing the TCPIP parameters, you can fine tune the values to take advantage of more reliable, faster Internet connections, such as DSL and cable. These next sections will guide you through the steps of increasing both the speed of your local area network and your Internet connection. Does your computer slow down when you browse your local area network and connect to other computers that are sharing data One of the most common causes of this slowdown is a feature of Windows Explorer that looks for scheduled tasks on remote computers. This effort can take some time on some computers and can really slow down your browsing. The window with which you are browsing the network may appear to freeze momentarily, as the system is waiting for a response from the remote computer. Although this problem is a complex one, the solution is very simple. Instead of having to wait for the remote scheduled tasks, which is useless information to anyone who is not a system administrator remotely configuring scheduled tasks, you can disable this feature. In order to do this, you will have to hack the System Registry and delete a reference to a key so that this feature will not be loaded. To do this, follow these steps. Open up the Registry Editor by clicking the Start Menu and selecting Run. Then type regedit in the text box and click the OK button. Once the Registry Editor has loaded, expand the HKEYLOCALMACHINE key. Next, expand Software and then Microsoft. Locate Windows and expand that as well. You will want to be editing the main system files, so expand Current. Version. Because this feature is a feature of the Windows component known as Explorer, expand the Explorer key. Next, you will want to modify the remote computer settings, so expand the Remote. Computer key and then expand the Name. Space key to show all of the features that are enabled when you browse to a remote computer. In the Name. Space folder you will find two entries. One is 2. 22. 7A2. AEA 1. 06. 9 A2. DE 0. 80. 02. B3. D which tells Explorer to show printers shared on the remote machine. The other, D6. 27. C6. A 1. 1CF 8. D8. 7 0. 0AA0. 06. F5. BF, tells Explorer to show remote scheduled tasks. This is the one that you should delete. This can be done by right clicking the name of the key and selecting Delete. Tip If you have no use for viewing remote shared printers and are really only interested in shared files, consider deleting the printers key, 2. A2. 80 3. AEA 1. A2. DE 0. 80. 02. B3. 03. 09. D, as well. This will also boost your browsing speed. Once you have deleted the key, you just need to restart and the changes will be in effect. Now your network computer browsing will be without needless delays. Disabling unneeded protocols. With every computer comes programs installed that you do not need. As with extra programs taking up space, extra protocols are just wasting your network connection and can actually slow it down. How is this possible By default, a few different protocols are installed on your computer to allow for maximum compatibility with other computers on a network these protocols each require bandwidth to operate. Most users will not use too many protocols, and their computers will use up a portion of their connection as they respond and transmit information for these protocols. Additionally, with extra protocols installed on your network adapter connected to the Internet, you increase your risk of security related problems. One of the most common risks for broadband users is that they have the Client for Microsoft Networks networking protocol enabled on their connection. This protocol allows everyone in their neighborhood to connect to the users computers and view any files that they may be sharing. This fact alone should be a good enough reason for you to turn off the extra protocols. But with them disabled, you will also save a little bandwidth as well. Viewing protocols on your network adapters Viewing the protocols installed and active on your various network adapters is easy. Just follow these quick steps and you will be viewing them in no time. Right click the My Network Places icon on the desktop or in the Start Menu and select Properties. If the My Network Places icon is not in either of those locations, then go to the Control Panel and click the Network Connections icon that is shown under the Classic view. Next, right click the network adapter with which you want to view the network protocols and select Properties. This will bring up a list of the protocols installed as well as active on your adapter, as Figure 1. The protocols that are installed but not active are indicated by the absence of a check in the checkbox. Disabling a specific protocol. Now that you have the list of installed and active protocols on your screen, you are ready to disable a protocol. To do so, just click the check box to remove the check. Then click the OK button and the protocol is no longer active on the network adapter. I highly recommend that you disable all protocols except for the TCPIP protocol also referred to as the Internet Protocol. Doing so will optimize your adapter for speed and security. Be aware that if you remove the Client for Microsoft Networks protocol and the file sharing protocol, you will no longer be able to share your files. Additionally, you will no longer be able to connect to remote computers to view their shared files. Also keep in mind that if you have multiple adapters in your machines, such as a wireless adapter, a wired network adapter, and a dialup modem, you will have to repeat the preceding instructions for each adapter. Tweaking your Internet connection for speed. Almost every computer user has different Internet connection conditions. Some users have very high speed connections, while others have slow connections. Some users have high speed connections using cable based technologies, while others have high speed connection through DSL based technologies. On top of these differences, some are located farther away from their local network switching station than others and have a higher latency delay on their connections because of the distance the data has to travel. All of these different connection conditions make every user unique. The TCPIP protocol settings can be optimized for best speed under each of these situations. By default, Windows XP has these settings set in a one size fits all approach. As I mentioned earlier, Windows has to be abstract in certain areas because of its broad user base. Because of this approach, many users can fine tune their settings to be optimal for their connection conditions. Doing so will optimize the data transferred so your network connection will be more efficient, leading to high speeds. With a little help from some fine online tools and software programs, you can test your Internet connection and decide what needs fine tuning. The process of tweaking your Internet connection is not always easy, but it is doable. Caution Before going any further, you are strongly advised to create a system restore point, so that if things go wrong, which is not very likely, you will have a backup. The next step in the tweaking process is to get all of the software that is needed. The main software program that you will use is called Cable. Nut, which is developed by Cable. Nut Software and is available for free at www. Cable. Nut is a great program that allows users to edit their Internet settings easily. Visit their Web page and download and install the latest copy. Calculating settings for Cable. Nut. Once you have downloaded Cable. Nut, you are ready to start getting information to use with the program. The first value that you will need to calculate is the latency of your connection when it is active.