Tweaks

Tweaking your computer using Virtual Memory. You can get to these settings by going to:
Right Click My Computer -> Choosing Properties
Advanced Tab -> Under Performance select Settings
Select the Advanced Tab -> Under Virtual Memory select Change
Select custom size, under the Initial size this number should be 1 1/2 times the amount of RAM in system, the maximum size should be 3 times the amount of RAM in system. Click OK and we are finished.

You may have to restart you computer to start these changes.

I have been recently trying to increase the speed of my computer and decrease the amount of RAM the system needs to operate. I figured out a few services that are running by default, which you don’t even need to use. I have put together a list, and hopefully you will find this useful as well.
Here is how you can get into see what services are running and are not running. First you go to Start and Run Second you type in services.msc
This is the list of services you can disable:
Error Reporting Service – This just shows you a report if your computer ever crashes. Don’t really need this.
Help and Support – This just helps you with troubleshooting windows. If you are not good with windows, keep this enabled.
Indexing Service – Indexes the hard drive to find files faster. How many times do you really search for files on your computer. I have this disabled.
Messenger – This is not the same as MSN Messenger or any other type of instant messaging services .A very bad service to leave running. This service allows your computer to send out spyware, if you are infected with it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO DISABLE!
Remote Registry – You only want to change the registry locally, not from another computer. Disable.
Secondary Logon – Do you really have to log in twice into one computer? Disable.
Telnet – Not sure what this is. Disable it.
Terminal Services – Unless you don’t have people looking at your desktop, you will want to disable this as well.
Wireless Zero Configuration – If you use wireless internet, DO NOT DISABLE THIS! If you are running off of Ethernet or other type devices, disable it.

Windows has set a limit on all their operating systems to cap it at 3 Mbs. So if you have an 8 Mbs connection, you are losing 5 Mbs.

What is TCP/IP?
TCP/IP is a protocol all computers use to access the internet. Without this protocol you cannot browse the internet, play online games, listen to internet radio, not even check you e-mail.
In this article I am going to help you tweak your internet to run at optimal speeds.  First we need to look at the program we are going to use. Speedguide.net has written a little but powerful program called TCPOptimizer. Once you have downloaded this software and save it to you desktop, you want to run it.
NOTE: Windows Vista users will need to right click this software and run as Administrator.
Make sure that you have your network card selected on the Network Adapter selection window. Now, what we need is to know how fast of internet you have, for instance – I have 15 Meg down and 1 Meg up. In other words, that is about 15,000 Kbps down and 1,000 Kbps up. So for the Connection Speed, I would slide the bar to 15000. Next we want to click at the bottom, Custom settings. Now, we need to make sure that the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) and TTL (Time To Live) settings correct.
MTU Settings
Dial-up = 576
DSL = 1492
Cable Modem = 1500
Now with that said, I have cable modem, so I would set my MTU to 1500. I would also set the TTL to 128.

Click apply changes and finish following the on-screen directions, the reboot. Now go to Speedtest and run a bandwidth test. To see if you see a difference in speed of the internet, run a scan before tweaking and run a scan afterwards.

As far as trying to tweak Vista or Windows 7, 32 or 64 bit, it is already optimized.

HAPPY TWEAKING!!