When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth, this is obvious. Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff that tcp/ip really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site. Although WinXP and win2000 has a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size.
*WARNING* Before editing your registy be sure to back it up!
You can do this with the registry entries below:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d
Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. Then copy and paste the above into it and save it. Then merge it into the registry.
Another Web Browsing Speed-Up Tip
Use the hosts file (no file extension. sometimes called hosts.sam for sample.) to load sites faster. Usually found in c:\windows for 95/98/ME or c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc for NT/2K/XP.
Open the file with notepad, you will see some examples, scroll to the bottom. Enter sites IP address followed by at least one space and domain name, you're browser checks the host file for a sites IP address, now it doesn't have to talk to a DNS server thus cutting out the middle man.
Use the hosts file to block unwanted sites such as ad pop-up sites. same as above except for the site IP address you will enter your localhost IP address, for example: 127.0.0.1
www.popupads.com you're browser will now look locally for the site and of course not find it and thus it won't load.
Note: you can only block entire sites not sub directories of a site so if the ads are loaded locally say in
www.somesite.com/ads/ you would have to block
www.somesite.com in effect blocking the whole site.
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