Network Tweaks

Tweak Category

Description

Versions

URL

Network

Automatically Detect Slow Network Connections

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=143

Network

Change the IRP Stack Size

Windows NT

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=756

Network

Control Network Browser Elections

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=54

Network

Define the Slow Link Time-Out

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=144

Network

Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=927

Network

Enable Random Adapter Responses

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=742

Network

Enable the Network Adapter Onboard Processor

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=954

Network

Increase Network Performance and Throughput

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=56

Network

Load Balance Network Adapters

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=951

Network

Manage the Domain Controller Cannot Be Reached Message

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=208

Network

Manage the QoS Packet Queuing

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1162

Network

Manage the Reserved QoS Bandwidth

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=855

Network

Remove the Hand Icon for Shared Resources

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=802

Network

Specify the Schedule for Alerter Service

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=832

Network

Specify Users to Receive Administrative Alerts

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=831

Network

Specifying a Preferred Netware Server

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=127

Network/Clients

Automatic Logon for Novell Netware Clients

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1110

Network/Clients

Binding Multiple IP Address to a Single Network Card

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=796

Network/Clients

Change the Client-Side DNS Caching Timeouts

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1203

Network/Clients

Change the Number of Simultaneous Connections

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=733

Network/Clients

Control Keep Alive Parameters

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=731

Network/Clients

Control the DNS Port Used for Lookups

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=727

Network/Clients

Control the Timeout for LMHOST Name Resolution

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=732

Network/Clients

Delete Cached Copies of Roaming Profiles

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=142

Network/Clients

Disable Automatic Netware Logon

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=128

Network/Clients

Disable SAP Packets for Netware Networks

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=129

Network/Clients

Display Domain Logon Confirmation

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=133

Network/Clients

Dynamic Domain Name Updates

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=848

Network/Clients

Manage Persistent Connections

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1029

Network/Clients

Prevent Uploading Folders to a Users Server Profile

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=827

Network/Clients

Specify the WinSock Database Files Location

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=880

Network/Clients

Speed-up Browsing Remote Computers

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=913

Network/Clients

Use System-Wide Proxy Settings

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1147

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Cable Modem and DSL Speed Tweak to Increase Performance

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=646

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Disable Automatic Modem Connections at Startup

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=998

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Enable IP Packet Forwarding

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1171

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Enable Remote Assistance

Windows XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1213

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Increase Transfer Rates with ICS and Broadband Connections

Windows 98

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=911

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Keep Remote Connections Active After Logging Off

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1099

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Modify the Internet Auto-Dial Settings

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=446

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Optimize Broadband Cable Modem and DSL Connections

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=645

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Optimize Broadband PPPoE Connections

Windows Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=930

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Optimize Internet Connection Speed

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=30

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Optimize the DefaultRcvWindow & DefaultTTL Settings

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=31

Network/Internet and Remote Access

Speed-up Modem and Serial Connections

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1164

Network/Protocols

Change the Number of Simultaneous HTTP Sessions

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=536

Network/Protocols

Change the RPC Packet Size

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1140

Network/Protocols

Specify the NetBIOS Name Cache Timeout Period

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=722

Network/Protocols

Specify the NetBIOS Name Resolution Mode

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=739

Network/Protocols

Specify the Number of Broadcast Name Resolution Attempts

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=719

Network/Protocols

Specify the Timeout Period for Broadcast Queries

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=720

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Change the PPPOE MTU Size

Windows XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1104

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Change the TIME_WAIT Timeout to Increase Connections

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=878

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Configure DHCP Server for Unicast

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1187

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control Keep Alive Parameters

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=891

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control RFC 1323 Time Stamp and Window Scaling

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=896

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control RFC 1323 Time Stamp and Window Scaling Options

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=745

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) Operation

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=895

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control the Number of TCP/IP Connection Attempts

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=734

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control Windows Treatment of Priority TCP/IP Data

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=721

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Control Windows Treatment of Priority TCP/IP Data

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=894

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Detect Black Hole Routers During Path MTU Discovery

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=887

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Disable TCP/IP Source Routing

Windows NT 4.0

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=368

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable Dead Gateway Detection

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=723

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable Dead Gateway Detection

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=886

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable IP Packet Forwarding

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1171

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable MTU Black Hole Detection

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=740

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable MTU Discovery

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=741

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Enable Path MTU Discovery

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=888

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Modify the Number of Duplicate ACKs for Fast Retransmit

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=899

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Offload IP Security Task Processing

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1172

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Optimize the Windows TCP/IP Window Size

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=268

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Optimize Windows TCP/IP Connection Retransmissions

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=266

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Optimize Windows TCP/IP Data Retransmissions

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=267

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify System-wide TCP Receive Window Size

Windows 2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=897

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Conformance Level for IP Multicast

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=729

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Conformance Level for IP Multicast

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=890

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Default TCP/IP Time to Live

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=726

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Default Time to Live for TCP/IP Packets

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=885

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Maximum Number of TCP/IP Connections

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=893

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Router Buffer Size

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=889

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the Router Packet Queue Size

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=892

Network/Protocols/TCP-IP

Specify the TCP/IP Receive Window Size

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=724

Network/Protocols/WINS

Control Network Adapter Responses to a WINS Query

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=952

Network/Protocols/WINS

Control Network Adapter Responses to a WINS Query

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=953

Network/Protocols/WINS

Control the WINS Refresh Period

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=730

Network/Protocols/WINS

Enable WINS Proxy Agent

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=728

Network/Servers

Change LAN Auto-disconnect Timeout

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=194

Network/Servers

Control Automatic DNS Server Cache Updates

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=79

Network/Servers

Control MS-DOS File Control Blocks (FCBs) Usage on Servers

Windows NT/2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=837

Network/Servers

Disable the Printer Server Browse Thread

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=164

Network/Servers

Display Configure Your Server Wizard

Windows 2000

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1186

Network/Servers

Include a Comment in the Server Announcement

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=835

Network/Servers

Search for Network Folders and Printers

All

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=960

Network/Servers

Specify the Idle Timeout for Server Connections

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=836

Network/Servers

Specify the Server Announcement Frequency

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=833

Network/Servers

Specify the Server Announcement Variation

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=834

Network/Servers

Support Browse Lists for Multiple Domains

Windows NT/2000/XP

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=1185

Network/Servers

Support Long Filenames on Netware Servers

Windows 95/98/Me

http://www.winguides.com/tweak/redirect.php?id=126