3 Day Speed Up Vista Mini-Course
Day 3 - Network Tweak, Increase DNS Cache, "WaitToKill" Parameters
Step 6, Network tweak - Disable network cards auto speed detects, dynamic IP, unused protocols and services
When comes to tuning Vista performance, network can improve overall performance up to 20%! Always check your network settings for optimum performance, not only your computer start faster, connection to other networks and Internet can be improved dramatically.
Disable network cards auto speed detects |
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Not every network
card can be configure, but most of
driver should have some settings to
fixed the card speed.
1. Press Windows key, select Control Panel. |
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2.Select System and Maintenance. |
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| 3. Select Device Manger. |
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| 4. Select Network adapters, the network card to configure, right click and select properties. |
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Look for Advanced tab(not necessary
in Advanced tab, may be in any tab). 6. Select Link
Speed / Duplex Mode (For reference
only, different driver might have
different name). 7. From Auto
Negotiation, 8. To any fix
speed that your network support,
normally will be 100Mbps / Full
Duplex, press OK button. |
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Assign Fixed (Static) IP address with OPENDNS |
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| 1. Press Windows key, select control panel. |
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| 2. Select System and Maintenance. |
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| 3. Select Network and Internet. |
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| 4. Select Network and Sharing Center. |
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| 5. Select Manage network connections. |
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Select Local Area Connection, right
click and 7. Select
Properties. |
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Uncheck any unused protocol, such as
QoS Packet Scheduler, File and
Printer Sharing... (do not disable
this if you want to share file from
your computer, if you only need to
access other files on the network,
disable it), Internet Protocol
Version 6, Link Layer Topology... 9. Select Internet
Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), press
properties button. |
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10. Assign any local IP with
192.168.1.xx, where xx is any no
between 1 ~ 254. If you are in
network environment, call your
network administrator and ask
him/her to assign you a Fixed IP
address.
11. DNS server can be any no from your network, or if you are home user, key in DNS server address from your ISP. If you live in Canada, U.S or U.K, you can use these IP addresses from OPENDNS, should be faster. 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Click OK button, then OK again. Your Network should be faster than ever! |
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Step 7, Increase DNS cache size
DNS is a place translate domain name into IP addresses, if you increase the DNS cache size, more domain and IP addresses can be stored on your Windows, so next time when you try to access the same domain, Windows will get the IP addresses locally and less request to the DNS server over Internet, faster access to Internet resources (and local area network too!)
| 1. Press Windows key, Type "regedit", then enter. |
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2.Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE =>SYSTEM
=>CurrentControlSet => Services =>
Dnscache => Parameters. |
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If the registry entries does not
exists (double check, it should be
there!),
4. Right click and create new=>DWord value. Change or create the entries below, in hexadecimal.
CacheHashTableBucketSize = 1 Exit Registry
Editior and restart. |
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Step 8, Increase maximum number of simultaneous connection in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer by default only allows 2 simultaneous server connections, you can increase the number and full utilize your bandwidth especially when you have broadband!
| 1. Press Windows key, Type "regedit", then enter. |
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| 2.Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER => Software => Microsoft => Windows => CurrentVersion => Internet Settings. |
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If the registry entries does not
exists (double check, it should be
there!),
4. Right click and create new=>DWord value. Change or create the entries below, in decimal.
axConnectionsPer1_0Server = 10 Exit Registry
Editior and restart. |
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tep 9, Reduce network wait time
Normally, when your Vista boot up, you still see some delay in network connection, because your Vista is preparing the workstation service for you to access or share your files and printers across the network. If you do not need the networking services, disable it for faster boot time.
| 1. Press Windows key, Type "services.msc", then enter. |
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Highlight any service, then type
"workstation", Vista will search and
position you to the Workstation
service.
3. Select Workstation service and double click,
4. Change Startup Type to Disabled, then Apply, OK Button.
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Restart and see if your network still delay your computer after boot into Windows. |
Final Step, The "WaittoKill" parameters
There are 2 types of WaittoKill parameters in registry
- WaittoKillAppTimeout (Together with HungAppTimeOut)
- WaittoKillServiceTimeout
All these parameters will instruct Vista to wait for certain time before killing the application or service. The value is in miliseconds. 1000 milliseconds = 1 seconds.
| 1. Press Windows key, Type "regedit", then enter. |
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Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER => Control
Panel => Desktop,
Set HungAppTimeOut
3. Do the same for
WaitToKillAppTimeOut. |
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There are 3 sets of registry entries
need to set the value between "5000
~ 10000":
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => System => CurrentControlSet => Control HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => System => ControlSet001 => Control HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => System => ControlSet002 => Control |
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Congratulation! You have finished all 10 steps settings, try to restart your computer and enjoy the speed!
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