1. off-topic question

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.

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2. 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

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3. Re: off-topic question

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

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> 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
>

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4. 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

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5. 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

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6. Re: off-topic question

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
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> If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the
> control panel. It should have a unistall feature.
>
> Bernie
>

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7. Re: off-topic question

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.

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Subject: Re: off-topic question


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> 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
>

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8. Re: off-topic question

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

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9. 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.=20

Well, anyway, thanks for everyone trying to help. I try to find a =
solution with a help of your advices.
--Talvitie

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10. Re: off-topic question

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

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> 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

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