Turbocache in XP

First, install your video drivers. You've probably already done this, but if you want to make sure that you have something recent, do the following:-Right-click your desktop and click Properties-Go to the Settings tab-Click the advanced button-Go to the Adapter tab (note the Memory Size under Adapter Information)-Click on Properties button-Go to the Driver tab-Check the Driver Date and Driver Version to see if it's at least November 2006 and/or 93.71-Close the dialogs.-If your version isn't up-to-date, then download and install the latest nVidia...

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Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth Here's how to Get it back

A nice little tweak for XP. Microsoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)Here's how to get it back:Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "This opens the  group policy  editor. Then go to:Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable BandwidthDouble click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under...

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