Guest helloimtim Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 The patch for xp sp2 thats been around forever. The one that increases the connections for the default 10 to 50 or more. DId they seem to help ya or make any diffrence? I have tried the patch from time to time. Really did not notice much of a diffrence. I know there is also a patch that I have used that increases the connection attempts in ie6. Got them both from speednet.com. Yes die hard ff users. The same "magic" tweak ff has, Has been around for quite some time. The ff tweak that is supposed to make web browsing so much faster. I believe you typed about:config in ff and changed a few settings. Been around for along time. It was never a ff tweak. Just a simple Xp tweak thats been around since sp2 had been released. By default xp only allows for 10 conections in hopes of slowing down any worm you system may become infected with. I believe that was the reason. The patch changes it to 50 or how many ever you want. I did see some guy changed his to like 200. Thats pretty crazy. Just thought some may have some thoughts on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 When I had SP2, I applied the patch and it didn't help me at all. My browsing was great as well as speed test results, but my bittorrent speeds suffered terribly. I uninstalled it through add/remove and bittorrent speeds went wild. Service Pack 2 is not required as of yet, and I still have every update offered without it. I don't need the extra features that it offers, especially the security increase. I really believe that it's geared towards novice users that can't protect themselves and clicks on every link/add that they assume to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 What is it called in add/remove program, i want to uninstall too, i got sp2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 I haven't had it installed in so log that I can't remember the exact name. I think it had sp2 in the name. Try here: How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer Use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel 1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK. 2. Click to select the Show Updates check box. 3. Click Windows XP Service Pack 2, and then click Remove. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove Windows XP SP2. 5. Perform a system restore to return the system to a point before Windows XP SP2 was installed. Note See "Use the System Restore process" in this section. 6. Click Start, click Run, type sfc /scannow, and then click OK. This will return the file system to the order that it had before you installed Windows XP SP2. Use the System Restore process 1. Click Start, click Run, type %SystemRoot%System32restorerstrui.exe in the Open box, and then click OK. 2. Click Restore my computer to an earlier time, and then click Next. 3. Click the date that you installed Windows XP SP2, and then click Installed Window XP Service Pack 2 in the Restore Point box. 4. Click Next, and then follow the instructions on the screen to remove Windows XP SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Oh you uninstaleed SP2, i thought you uninstalled the patch and speeds got better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Nah, service pack 2 is what limits how many connections you can have. Removing the patch won't do any good. The patch is designed to give you more connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Well i want to delete SP2 if it helps connection, but those methods wont let me uninstall, i cant see uninstall SP2, Spunist.exe isnt there but i searched it, and clicked of the files (there was like 15 spunist.exe but it says it restores before xp was installed) i dont want to remove xp. I deleted recent restore point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 I clicked the box that says "Show Updates" and "Windows XP Service Pack 2" showed up in the list. I selected it and clicked remove. I didn't perform a system restore afterwards. My system ran fine. Mabey you shouldn't attempt it. I have completely destroyed file systems and performed several fresh installs in a single day before. When I sense anything to be wrong with my system, I wipe it out ASAP. You may have important data that's not backed up, so removing sp2 might not be in your best interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 The patch changes it to 50 or how many ever you want. I did see some guy changed his to like 200. How do you get it to 200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 During the installing of the patch, it gives you the option to add whatever number you want. The patch's default connection number is 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Service Pack 2 is not required as of yet, and I still have every update offered without it. Hahaha.. it will never be "required".. ever! even my sound card that requires will run on an sp1 system just fine.. you hit it on the head.. if you have a good firewall/antivirus you dont need to worry.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 What should i set it to? A good number, if it is too high what will happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 I had mine set to 100. Still didn't help. Torrent speeds were bad. I was lucky to get 30kB/s on a well seeded file. After removal, I got 600kB/s plus (well seeded of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman1234 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 How do you remove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 Read reply #7. That's how I removed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resijs Posted August 19, 2005 CID Share Posted August 19, 2005 You can't remove sp2 if it came with the os. And you're sooo right, sp2 is for the link clickers, I had to fix my cousin's computer and alls I did was install sp2 and it all was fixed, go figure. btw, ignorance is the majority of our people, so you know why sp2 is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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