INCREASE TORRENT SPEED
Tired of slow torrent speeds ? Here is guide to make it a faster and better experience.
Hack the max half-open TCP connections
If you’re on XP sp2, your TCP connections are limited to a maximum of 10. This might hurt your downloading speed because it wont let you connect to as much peers as you want. It is supposed to slow down viruses because their spreading strategy is to connect to a high amount of ip numbers, but it could cripple your torrent downloads.
A nice way to fix this is to download this patch.
Note: Some people report that their antivir reports the patch to be a Virus, This is not the case.
The patch allows you to set the maximum allowed connections to any number you want. Any number between 50 and 100 is ok (more is NOT always better).
Next you need to configure your torrent client to allow 50-100 max half-open TCP connections
uTorrent: Options > Preferences > Advanced options > net.max_halfopen
Bitcomet: Options > Preferences > Connection > max half-open TCP
Now you’re ready to go…
A third point of interest is that some “windows updates” revert your tweaked tcp connections back to 10. So it’s wise to check this every now and then. You can check this by going to (in Windows Xp) Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > System… Look for event 4226(sort by event).
For more details about Windows XP SP2 and Event ID 4226 read David Kaspar’s excellent post
If there are a lot of daily occurences it’s likely that the max amount of half-open tcp connections was set back to 10. Or you’re infected with some nasty spyware…
Torrent Client Configuration
In order to apply these tips you need to know your maximum up- and download speed. You can test your bandwidth over here (stop all download activity while testing). Also make sure that you applied the tips provided in our previous posts.
Note that there’s a difference between kb/s (kilobits/second) and kB/s (kilobytes/second). To be precise, kB/s = kb/s divided by 8. In this tutorial we use kB/s (like most torrent clients do). This means that you might need to calculate your max speed in kB/s yourself if the speedtest only gives you the results in kb\s (so divide by 8 then).
Settings 1-4 can be found in the options, settings or preference tab of most torrent clients.
[1]. Maximum upload speed
Probably the most important setting there is. Your connection is (sort of) like a pipeline, if you use you maximum upload speed there’s not enough space left for the files you are downloading. So you have to cap your upload speed.
Use the following formula to determine your optimal upload speed…
80% of your maximum upload speed,so if your maximum upload speed is 40 kB/s, the optimal upload rate is 32kB/s
But keep seeding!
[2].Maximum download speed
Although setting your maximum download speed to unlimited may sound interesting, in reality it will only hurt your connection. If you still want to be able to browse properly, set your maximum download speed to:
95% of your maximum download speed
so if your maximum download speed is 400 kB/s, the optimal download speed is 380kB/s
[3]. Maximum connected peers per torrent
Yet another setting that you don’t want to max out. I experimented quite a lot with the max connected peers settings and came to the conclusion that both high and low number hurt the download speed of a torrent. The following setting worked best for me.
upload speed * 1.3
so if your maximum upload speed is 40 kB/s, the optimal amount of connected peers per torrent is
40 * 1.3 = 52
I didn’t noticed a difference for fast or slow connections here.
[4]. Maximum upload slots
1 + (upload speed / 6)
so if your maximum upload speed is 30 kB/s, the optimal number of upload slots is general.
1 + (30 / 6) = 6
So 50 seeds and 50 peers is better than 500 seeds and 1000 peers. So, be selective.
Change the default port.
By default, BitTorrent uses a port 6881-6999. BitTorrent generates a lot traffic (1/3), so isp’s like to limit the connection offered on the these ports. So, you should change these to another range. Good clients allow you to do this, just choose anything you like. If you’re behind a router , make sure you have your ports forwarded (portforward.com) or UPnP enabled.
Disable Windows Firewall
It sucks. Windows Firewall hates P2P and often leads a life of it’s own. So disable it and get yourself a decent (free) firewall, Kerio,Comodo or Zone Alarm for example.
Turn on Encryption
Encrypting your torrents will prevent throttling ISP’s from limiting your BitTorrent traffic. Check out how to enable encryption in Azureus, uTorrent, and Bitcomet, the three most popular torrent clients.
Optimize your internet connection
The TCP optimizer is a freeware utility that optimizes your internet connection. I found it very useful and it helped speeding up my connection for regular internet activity and for downloading torrents. Just download it, and move the slidebar to your maximum download rate (note that it’s in kb/s). Don’t try to set it higher because that will hurt your download speeds!
Last but not least… Buy a faster connection…
Happy Torrenting!
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Services You Can Disable
There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources. They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time.Some possibilities are:
Alerter
Application Management
Clipbook
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Devices
Indexing Service
Messenger
Net Logon
NetMeeting
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session ManagerRemote Registry
Routing & Remote Access
SSDP Discovery Service
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Web ClientCleaning the Prefetch Directory
Windows XP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.
However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.
To clean this periodically go to:
- Start / Run / Prefetch
- Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts
- Delete them
Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages
To turn these off:
- Start Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
- If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages
- Give it a value of 1
Clearing the Page File on Shutdown
- Click on the Start button
- Go to the Control Panel
- Administrative Tools
- Local Security Policy
- Local Policies
- Click on Security Options
- Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
- Select "Enable"
- Reboot
For regedit users.....
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:
- Start Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memorymanagement\ClearPageFileAtShutdown
- Set the value to 1
No GUI Boot
If you don't need to see the XP boot logo,
- Run MSCONFIG
- Click on the BOOT.INI tab
- Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT
Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs
If you use program other than the native Windows Xp CD Burner software,you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.
- Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services
- Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
- For the Startup Type, select Disabled
- Click on the OK button and then close the Services window
If you don't You should notice
Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages
To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:
- Start Regedit
- For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail
- For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail
- Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays
- Give it a value of 0
Decreasing Boot Time
Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to Windows Xp. The program is called BootVis
- Uncompress the file.
- Run BOOTVIS.EXE
- For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
- This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark.
- After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.
- Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)
- Then run Trace / Optimize System
- Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.
Increasing Graphics Performance
By default, Windows Xp turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.Most simply slow down their display.
To turn these off selectively:
- Right click on the My Computer icon
- Select Properties
- Click on the Advanced tab
- Under Performance, click on the Settings button
- To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance
My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging
Increasing System Performance
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
- Start Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memorymanagement\DisablePagingExecutive
- Set the value to be 1
- Reboot the computer
Increasing File System Caching
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
- Start Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
- Edit the key IoPageLockLimit
Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs
If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit need.
- Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall
- Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it
4096 - 32megs of memory or less
8192 - 32+ megs of memory
16384 - 64+ megs of memory
32768 - 128+ megs of memory
65536 - 256+ megs of memory
Hope u LIked all the info posted here and it was useful to u.... :)
Enjoy !!!
In the URL bar, type “about:config” and press enter. This will bring up the configuration “menu” where you can change the parameters of Firefox.
Note that these are what I’ve found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections.
Double Click on the following settings and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click.
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300
One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a NEW -> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0”. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Since you’re broadband - it shouldn’t have to wait.
Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!
Here is how to do that -
Create a new folder,rename it to a simple name like xero.
Now go to its properties,and choose a sprite less icon,which is next to a Yellow lock icon in third row.
Choose it,click OK and now folder will have no icon,literally invisible.Now to make it almost inaccessible,we must use some Batch renaming technique.
Create a new text file in the same drive next to the folder and type this command statement into it-
ren xero xero.{b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Now save this text file as lock.bat. Similarly create another text file and type this command statement into it-
ren xero.{b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} xero
Save this text file as lock.bat . Lock.bat will be used to make the folder inaccessible and Key.bat will be used to revert it into its original form.
What we have done here,is that we have renamed the folder with a random CLSID,which will change its identity into something else sing DOS. ‘CLSID’ is a unique registry-identifying component that is used to identify an ActiveX control or in simple language,it identifies which file/control will be opened by which program in Windows. I have determined the CLSID by opening registry editor and searching for “CLSID” and choosing any random value like {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} which I m using here.
Some common CLSID’s are -
Sorry for a little diversion,but I thought that was necessary. Now you have created the files,just double click the lock.bat file to make the folder inaccessible. Now the folder is invisible and also it cant be accessed by anyone.
But still,it has a name. So,in order to completely hide it, Rename it and enter an ASCII code by pressing ALT+0160 which will enter a null character in place of name and it will have No Name.
