Vista Tips n Tricks

Vista Tips n Tricks

Nikhil Rastogi, Feb 24, 2008 1522 hrs IST

A collection of a few useful tweaks and hacks for Windows Vista

Why is copying large files over the Network so slow in Vista?
This is really strange but have you noticed Vista copying large files over network slower than when you did it on XP? This is true in some cases. Well I cannot confirm it as being true in only large files, but it is the most noticeable in large file transfers.

This happens mainly due to Vista's "Auto Tuning" - a smart feature that reacts to changes in the network by tuning the receive packet size (supposedly to increase stability of receiving the data). However this Auto-tune has a mind of its own and sometimes it seems to slow data down for some odd reason. Unfortunately there is no way to tinker around with the auto-tune setting (It is on Auto after all!). So the obvious solution...disable Auto Tuning in Vista.

1. Click on Start button, type in "cmd"in the "Start Search" .

2. Right-click "cmd.exe" , select "Run as Administrator".

3. Once command prompt is open type the following: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

If in case you need to turn it on again: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
You should get a confirmation.

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(12) Comments

Fifa

,Bangalore, on May 06, 2008 06:57 PM

Good one.. Thnx a lot...

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vik-singh

,Lucknow, on Mar 16, 2008 07:32 AM

marvelas

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sushrut

,secunderabad, on Feb 29, 2008 08:08 AM

good suggession

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chungilal

,bangqalore, on Feb 28, 2008 02:26 AM

a nice article after a long time on techtree. good work. appreciated..

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Vijendra

,Mumbai, on Feb 26, 2008 01:08 PM

Good,Send More Tips & Tricks On Windows XP-SP-2 & Windows Vista

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gajendra

,delhi, on Feb 26, 2008 11:23 AM

It's so nice to know that how display a run command in start menu.

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Gourav

,Cuttack, on Feb 25, 2008 09:29 PM

Its nice doing it like xp..but it'll be simple to use shortcut keys. [winlogo+r] just like old dayz..

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Deepak

,New Delhi, on Feb 25, 2008 03:28 PM

Hi, the tip is good, but there is another way also to do the same thing. Click START key and there is a "Start Search" area just below "All Programs" which works like "Run" area. So there is no need for a separate ? Run? area.

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Anil

,Pune, on Feb 25, 2008 03:15 PM

Great tips. I have been using Vista for last one year and more and looked at lot of tips bus this is small but some of the most important tweaks collection

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bhavesh

,morbi, on Feb 25, 2008 08:39 AM

I have vista home edition, i can't be able to open secpol.msc, windows can't find that file. please give me any suggestion

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bsvr

,Bangalore, on Feb 25, 2008 01:07 PM

Use WINSNAP instead

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rahul haridas

,pandharpur, on Feb 24, 2008 10:13 PM

yes i have tried with this...hope so,it will be ok.....