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While using Windows, like XP, of course we’ve seen some programs that’s not responding anymore, because your finger specification is much more faster than your rig specification. You open the program and after 3 seconds you want to close it, even the program needs 4 seconds to start up. This state of course, can decrease the system performance itself. When we want to shut down after you do that, the system will wait longer than usually, because Windows will wait these programs to be closed.

End Now State

It’s much better if the programs that are not responding could be closed without wait the Windows to end it, in other words, we just click close button and the program will close itself without click End Now button and of course Windows doesn’t have to wait anymore to shut down.

To do like the above, you have to open regedit (Registry Editor). Go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Then, find AutoEndTask registry with REG_DWORD type. If there is no AutoEndTask key, you can create it, click Edit -> New -> DWORD Value and name it with AutoEndTask. Double click and change the value to 1 and click OK. Restart the computer for take change effect.

Auto End Task

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This is very classic and simple method that can boost your internet connection speed. For example, Windows will default take your 20% of your bandwidth to do the automatic update. Whether you turn it off or not, it still take your 20% bandwidth. This can decrease your internet speed of course, but may increase your security. I believe, although your computer do update, but if your brain still dumb, it’s meaningless to do update. So, you can turn it off (You must at least run on XP Professional or Server 2003 to do it). How to do it:

1. Click Start and click Run
2. Type gpedit.msc and click OK
3. Go to Administrative Templates -> Network -> QoS Packet Scheduler
4. Double-click Limit reservable bandwidth -> Setting tab
5. Enable it and set bandwidth limit to 0 and click OK.

Another way to boost your internet speed, don’t do too many simultaneously download. For Bit Torrent user, a torrent will eat your bandwidth although it’s download speed is 0 KB/s in downloading status. Just pause it if the download speed is low and wait for another moment where the Seeds and Peers are in frenzy mode.

Use third party download accelerator/ manager. This can help you to get optimal speed of your connection. Internet Download Manager is very good download manager, but it’s not free, it’s shareware. A quite good and free download manager is Free Download Manager.

After you do like the above, you can check your connection speed. A web like speedtest.net can help you to know how much your connection speed is.

If these tips and tricks still don’t increase your connection speed, please check these fundamental things.

1. Are you using 56K Modem?
2. What speed your connection is?
3. Is the speed you get is the same as your provider promised at the promo so you use their product till now?
4. How much you’ve spent your money for your modem?
5. Change to another provider.

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