Well i have had service pack 2 installed now for a little while and everything has been going reasonably well, until i tried to use Bittorrent. I have been using Bittorrent now for quite a longtime and have found it an invaluable tool for spreading files and conserving bandwidth. But now i am not getting high speeds like i once did. And after a little reading i have discovered that service pack 2 sets the TCP-connections to 10 connections max simultaneous, this being done supposedly to avoid the fast spread of worms, viruses and the like.
I was not happy with this at all, i like that security has been the main focus point in sp2 but in saying that i don't want my dam machine locked down by Microsoft in such a way that i cannot even use a p2p application to upload and download files to my fellow friends and companions across this vast space we refer to as the world wide web.
There is a German developer named lvlLORD who has come up with a fix that allows you to change the max connections with a little patch:
What's this all for?
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Unfortunately there exists no REG-key which could easily be set (would be so nice and easy, right? *smile*). The file TCPIP.SYS in the directory C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERS and C:WINDOWSSERVICEPACKFILESI386 has to be changed (system dependend eventually in C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DLLCACHE, too).
I am seriously considering uninstalling to avoid all this nonsense (though i may try the patch first). But if you would like to choose security over workability and compatabilty then service pack 2 might be exactly what you are looking for. I guess it is a case of working out which option is best for you and what you use your pc and internet for...
And how much control (or lack of) you wish to have (or not have) ;)
See here for a list of known apps affectedIf you want to try out the patch then get it here
If you want service pack 2, get it here
Want to make a slip-stream sp2 xp cd ? Check out this guide
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