Join our site today to ask your question. This site is completely free -- paid for by advertisers and donations. Please make sure you understand what you are doing before making any changes to your Operating System. In one such attempt, the devs seem to have limited the number of possible TCP connection attempts per second to 10 from unlimited in SP1. This argumentative feature can possibly affect server and P2P programs that need to open many outbound connections at the same time.
In other words, even though it is not going to stop worm spreading, it's going to delay it a few seconds, limit possible network congestion a bit, and limit the use of your PC to 10 connection attempts per second in the process! I have no problem with the new default setting limiting outbound connection attempts. Still, users should have the option to easily disable or change this setting. I might be going out on a limb here, but ever since the introduction of Windows XP I can't help thinking that I dislike all the bult-in Windows 'wisardry' in a sense that the system also limits user access.
That irritating trend to ease the mental load on end users is somewhat insulting, considering that Windows is to make the more 'intelligent' choice instead of the end user, as well as limit their access to tuning such settings End of rant.
With the new implementation, if a P2P or some other network program attempts to connect to sites at once, it would only be able to connect to 10 per second, so it would take it 10 seconds to reach all In addition, even though the setting was registry editable in XP SP1, it is now only possible to edit by changing it directly in the system file tcpip. To make matters worse, that file is in use, so you also need to be in Safe mode in order to edit it.
You only need to worry about the number of connection attempts per second if you have noticed a slowdown in network programs requiring a number of connections opened at once. Keep in mind this is a cap only on incomplete outbound connect attempts per second, not total connections. Still, running servers and P2P programs can definitely be affected by this new limitation. Use the fix as you see fit. The patcher has the ability to restore tcpip.
Still, you might want to back up tcpip. Edit tcpip. Another option, for the more adventurous is to modify your tcpip. The following instructions refer to the final release of XP SP2, with a tcpip. Even thouh there might be multiple tcpip. Question2 , Oct 1, Question2 , Oct 2, I will try that after work, but from the description that sounds like the one causing me to bluescreen at boot.
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Cool Links SpeedGuide Teams. Registry Tweaks Broadband Tools. SG Ports Database Security. Default Passwords User Stories. Broadband Routers Wireless. Hardware User Reviews. Broadband Security. Editorials General. User Articles Quick Reference. Past Version: V2. To do so, open command prompt as administrator, and run this command:. Restart the computer when done. Above commands just need to run once. You may be wondering why in Windows Vista and Windows 7, the maximum value of TCP connection limit can be set is only or This is because the tcpip.
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