1. off-topic question
- Posted by wolfgang fritz <wolfritz at KING.IGS.NET> Nov 02, 1998
- 552 views
Wondering if any of you might know the syntax, if thats all it is, of creating an HTTP link within a Windows HELP file. I've seen this being done, but of course, can't "read" it because it's compiled. .."flame" to wolfritz at king.igs.net Thanks, Wolf.
2. off-topic question
- Posted by Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> Oct 09, 1999
- 486 views
This is totally off topic, but could anyone help me? I used MTUspeed Pro to speed up my internet connection. Now it seems = that it slowed it down. How can I restore my original win98 SYSTEM.DAT = and USER.DAT files? --Talvitie
3. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Oct 09, 1999
- 507 views
First, Only do this from a SHUTDOWN to DOS or boot to command prompt. If I remember correctly the registry backups are also in the windows directory along with the original registry files. If I'm not mistaken, everytime you boot windows a new backup is made. in Win95 only one(1) backup is created. I heard that in Win98 five(5) sequential backups are made. This means that after five(5) boots to windows after the MaxMTU settings have been set you will no longer have a backup without unless you had specifically made one yourself. If you Exported your registry for backup purposes you simply went thru one of the longest operations known to man. An export won't help you in this case however. REASON: MaxMTU settings are specified in the registry by default. Import only Overwrites existing settings with the ones imported. Since there was no setting for MaxMTU to be Exported Then there won't be one to import. cd C:\windows attrib -r -h -s system.dat attrib -r -h -s user.dat copy system.da0 system.dat copy user.da0 user.dat attrib +r +h +s system.dat attrib +r +h +s user.dat Lucius L. Hilley III lhilley at cdc.net lucius at ComputerCafeUSA.com +----------+--------------+--------------+----------+ | Hollow | ICQ: 9638898 | AIM: LLHIII | Computer | | Horse +--------------+--------------+ Cafe' | | Software | http://www.cdc.net/~lhilley | USA | +----------+-------+---------------------+----------+ | http://www.ComputerCafeUSA.com | +--------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 5:01 AM Subject: off-topic question > ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> > Poster: Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> > Subject: off-topic question > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > This is totally off topic, but could anyone help me? > I used MTUspeed Pro to speed up my internet connection. Now it seems = > that it slowed it down. How can I restore my original win98 SYSTEM.DAT = > and USER.DAT files? > > --Talvitie >
4. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> Oct 09, 1999
- 497 views
- Last edited Oct 10, 1999
Lucius L. Hilley III wrote: >... I heard that in Win98 five(5) >sequential backups are made. This means that after five(5) boots to >windows after the MaxMTU settings have been set you will no longer >have a backup without unless you had specifically made one yourself. I've restarted my computer over five times and didn't do any backups. = %#@& Is there any other way? There has to be a way to remove MaxMTU's = settings. Can I download those two files somewhere??? --Talvitie
5. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET> Oct 09, 1999
- 507 views
If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the control panel. It should have a unistall feature. Bernie
6. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Oct 09, 1999
- 500 views
Quick solution: Run regedit, Find MaxMTU. Remove that entry. Educational solution: Search the Internet about MaxMTU settings and how the effect your Internet connections. The MaxMTU is only one of a few settings that are usually tampered with to maximize Internet speeds. Yes, MaxMTU was probably set by a program he installed. However, MaxMTU is a value that determines the block sizes that are sent to the server. If you are old enough to remember Terminal programs and Zmodem you should be familiar with older protocols transfer protocols that sent CRC checks every 128K, 256, & 512K Even Ymodem later upgraded to using 1024K. synchronizing the sending and receiving of these block sizes can greatly increase your transfer speeds. I believe that Windows default MaxMTU setting is 576. However, by default there is not a MaxMTU entry in the registry. The windows setting is much to small for most ISP connections and speed surfers. Different ISP's have different MaxMTU settings. It is difficult to get the exact setting in most cases but one can usually get a pretty close setting. If set it too high your speed will dramatically decrease. But if you set it too low your speed isn't hindered as much. I don't know or claim to know the full dynamics of all of this. I am simply telling you what I understand to be true. The setting that windows uses for MaxMTU is optimized for a particular type of local area networking system. ???(IX/SPX)??? I'm not really sure which system it is set for. IPX/SPX is just my guess. Could be Netbeui, Netbios or any one of many others. May even be for TCP/IP but for LAN's. Good Luck !!! Sincerely, Lucius L. Hilley III lhilley at cdc.net lucius at ComputerCafeUSA.com +----------+--------------+--------------+----------+ | Hollow | ICQ: 9638898 | AIM: LLHIII | Computer | | Horse +--------------+--------------+ Cafe' | | Software | http://www.cdc.net/~lhilley | USA | +----------+-------+---------------------+----------+ | http://www.ComputerCafeUSA.com | +--------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:57 PM Subject: Re: off-topic question > ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> > Poster: Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET> > Subject: Re: off-topic question > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the > control panel. It should have a unistall feature. > > Bernie >
7. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Oct 09, 1999
- 513 views
Use a search engine and read up on MaxMTU settings. All you should really have to do is find it in your registry and delete that entry. Lucius L. Hilley III lhilley at cdc.net lucius at ComputerCafeUSA.com +----------+--------------+--------------+----------+ | Hollow | ICQ: 9638898 | AIM: LLHIII | Computer | | Horse +--------------+--------------+ Cafe' | | Software | http://www.cdc.net/~lhilley | USA | +----------+-------+---------------------+----------+ | http://www.ComputerCafeUSA.com | +--------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:37 PM Subject: Re: off-topic question > ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> > Poster: Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> > Subject: Re: off-topic question > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Lucius L. Hilley III wrote: > >... I heard that in Win98 five(5) > >sequential backups are made. This means that after five(5) boots to > >windows after the MaxMTU settings have been set you will no longer > >have a backup without unless you had specifically made one yourself. > > > I've restarted my computer over five times and didn't do any backups. = > %#@& > Is there any other way? There has to be a way to remove MaxMTU's = > settings. Can I download those two files somewhere??? > > --Talvitie >
8. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM> Oct 10, 1999
- 485 views
Lucius L. Hilley III wrote: > Use a search engine and read up on MaxMTU settings. >All you should really have to do is find it in your registry and delete >that entry. > > Lucius L. Hilley III > lhilley at cdc.net lucius at ComputerCafeUSA.com Lucius, I usually agree with you, but not on this one. When I use Netsonic, one of whose functions is to adjust MTU, it preserves the original value in a setting called origmaxmtu. I think that it would not be wise to delete maxmtu, since it is part of a larger set of values. It would be safer to just set it back to 576 until you can get one of the many dynamic mtu setters that will handle it. Actually, I believe that a value of 1500 will work in most circumstances. Everett L.(Rett) Williams rett at gvtc.com
9. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by Talvitie <smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI> Oct 10, 1999
- 516 views
>If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the >control panel. It should have a unistall feature. > >Bernie Yes it has a unistall feature, but it doesn't work. Everett wrote: >Actually, I believe that a value of 1500 will work in most = circumstances. The default Windows 95 and Windows NT packet size (MTU) is 1500 bytes = which is actually the default for an Ethernet network and not the = Internet (which has a "standard" of 576 bytes). Although 576 is the = Internet "standard" many ISPs use an MTU other than 576. I'm not really wise in these things, but the Windows settings were = working better with me. My internet connection was then on speed 41k but = now its 28k ar slower. Chancing the MTU value doesn't seem to work, = alltough I'm not sure if I've used the rigth value yet. I did send a = message to my ISP and asked what MTU they use. Now, I'm afraid that = MTUspeed Pro chanced some other values too cause I don't even have a = clue what they then should be.=20 Well, anyway, thanks for everyone trying to help. I try to find a = solution with a help of your advices. --Talvitie
10. Re: off-topic question
- Posted by Raude Riwal <RAUDER at THMULTI.COM> Oct 11, 1999
- 524 views
You can find some advices about MTU, RWIN, MSS in the trumpet winsocks help. see the url : www.trumpet.com/support/winsock/faq3.htm Riwal Raude rauder at thmulti.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Talvitie [SMTP:smtoa at SAUNALAHTI.FI] > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 12:06 PM > To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Subject: Re: off-topic question > > >If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the > >control panel. It should have a unistall feature. > > > >Bernie > Yes it has a unistall feature, but it doesn't work. > > Everett wrote: > >Actually, I believe that a value of 1500 will work in most circumstances. > The default Windows 95 and Windows NT packet size (MTU) is 1500 bytes > which is actually the default for an Ethernet network and not the Internet > (which has a "standard" of 576 bytes). Although 576 is the Internet > "standard" many ISPs use an MTU other than 576. > I'm not really wise in these things, but the Windows settings were working > better with me. My internet connection was then on speed 41k but now its > 28k ar slower. Chancing the MTU value doesn't seem to work, alltough I'm > not sure if I've used the rigth value yet. I did send a message to my ISP > and asked what MTU they use. Now, I'm afraid that MTUspeed Pro chanced > some other values too cause I don't even have a clue what they then should > be. > > Well, anyway, thanks for everyone trying to help. I try to find a solution > with a help of your advices. > --Talvitie