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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/

Internet Explorer/Main/Enable_Disk_Cache

Then, select no to turn off all caching.

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1.Start REGEDIT

2.Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet/

Services / Class / Modem / 0000 / Init

3.Change the settings to the values for your modem

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There are four network settings that can be configured so when dialing to an ISP, you should get somewhat greater throughput.

They are the MaxMTU, MaxMSS and DefaultRcvWindow, and DefaultTTL

MaxMTU and MaxMSS

1.Start REGEDIT 2.Go to Hkey_Local_Machine / System / CurrentControlset / Services / Class / netTrans / 000n

(where n is your particular network adapter binding.)

3.Right click on the right panel

4.Select New / String Value

5.Type in MaxMTU

6.Double click on it and enter then the number you want. The usual change is to 576

7.Similarly, you can add MaxMSS and give it a value of 536

DefaultRcvWindows and DefaultTTL

1.Start REGEDIT

2.Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System /

CurrentControlSet / Services / VxD / MSTCP

3.Add a new string DefaultRcvWindow and give it a value of 2144

4.Add a new string DefaultTTL and give it a value of 60-64

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In Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, a list of installed applications is displayed for the purpose of easy removal. Only programs that are correctly designed for Windows95 will show up here, but there is no obvious method for removing these entries without uninstalling the programs. Also, if you've deleted a program without uninstalling it, the name will stay here and you can't get rid of it.

To remove an entry, do the following:

Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SOFTWARE/ Microsoft/ Windows/ CurrentVersion/ Uninstall, and remove any unwanted keys under "Uninstall."

Note: This setting can also be changed with TweakUI, one of Microsoft's PowerToys.

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Restore the Registry by using DOS. Win95

System.dat and User.dat are your current registry files, while System.da0 and User.da0 are saved copies of the last time your system started properly. To change, go to the DOS prompt. Change to the /Windows directory and turn off the attributes on all four files.

attrib -s -h -r System.dat

attrib -s -h -r System.da0

attrib -s -h -r User.dat

attrib -s -h -r User.da0

Then copy the .da0 files over the .dat files.

At the same prompt, type:

copy System.da0 System.dat

copy User.da0 User.dat

Then restore the attributes by typing:

attrib +s +h +r System.dat

attrib +s +h +r System.da0

attrib +s +h +r User.dat

attrib +s +h +r User.da0

Try setting the following registry value to all zeros as shown.

All files will be flushed from the cache each time IE is closed.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Internet Settings/Cache

Persistent=00 00 00 00

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When you click on Search from the tool bar, this edit allows you to choose the default search engine that you use.

HKEY_USERS|Default|Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer|Main|, then to the right, change Search Page to what you want it to be.

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Remove the Internet Icon from your desktop.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Add a Binary value named NoInternetIcon and set it to 01 00 00 00

You can restore the icon by removing this value. Thanks to Costas Andriotis for this tweak.

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If you think your cache expires too soon, you can change these settings in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion|Internet Settings|Cache

Change CleanupInterval and FreshnessInterval (value is in seconds, LSB first).

I set them both to seven days (value=80 3A 09 00). No more expired channel icons, the cache can get bigger (I have it at around 32MB, but it never filled...). Browsing is faster now.

Many items in the cache expire at the time set in CleanupTime (defaults to 0: midnight?).

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Go to Start-Run- type "regedit" no quotes.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\De sktop\NameSpace

One at a time, click each of the keys under NameSpace, watching the name that appears in the right pane, one of them should match the icon you want to get rid of. When you find it, right-mouse click its key in the left pane, choose Delete, and close the Editor.

Click on the desktop once, then F5 on your keyboard (to refresh). The icon should then disappear.

BTW, You can use this same technique to get rid of the InBox, MSN, and Recycle Bin icons.

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No matter what I do, I cannot keep Outlook Express as my default mail client.

Open Regedit - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Clients / Mail. All available mail clients have entries (subkeys) under this key, and the value of the key itself determines which of the clients actually is used. Change the default value of DWORD in the right hand pane for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Clients / Mail to "Outlook Express" (without the quotation marks). Or make any mail client the default one in the same manner.

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Cut 'n' paste the file below into Notepad, save it as anything you like (e.g. ie4speedtweak.reg) and double-click it after you save it. The edits will be put in the Registry for you.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"AutoRefreshLocalPages"="no"

"Delete_Temp_Files_On_Exit"="no"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\NWLink\Ndi\params\maxsockets]

"ParamDesc"="Maximum Sockets"

"optional"="1"

"type"="int"

"min"="10"

"max"="255"

@="15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\NWLink\Ndi\params\maxconnect]

"ParamDesc"="Maximum Connections"

"optional"="1"

"type"="int"

"min"="10"

"max"="128"

@="15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\0000]

"MaxMTU"="576"