Win 7 Tips

[williameboley]

I am using Win7. I have not had any problems using the tunnel client.

I have left IPv6 enabled.

My distro of Win7 does not have Windows Defender. < At least I do not have to disable that piece of crap.

I disabled Windows firewall. Only because I wanted to use my own.> ( Online Armor free version, Excellent Firewall )

( Windows firewall is worthless. Why can't microsoft make a decent firewall? But I digress. )

I disabled UAC not because it was interfering with the tunnel client. Only that I was being prompted every time I started the tunnel client. Maybe I missed a setting somewhere.

Besides.

I have other apps that do a better job similar to UAC without being a nuisance.

I have noticed a few anomalies but no major issues.

[williameboley]

1 thing I have noticed about downloading some apps using IE on Win7. When I try to install or open the app I am informed that the app is not a valid Win32 application. I do not get this errror if I download the same app with another browser.

[williameboley]

Excerpts from: Windows 7 Your Way
Acknowledgements to: Michael Miller

By default, Internet Explorer 8 is configured to enable six simultaneous connections to a server. The problem comes when you visit a web page that contains lots of images and JavaScript content, all of which have to download to your browser. With just a half-dozen simultaneous connections enabled, it can take awhile to download multiple images and such.

Here are the facts. Your browser has to make more than 40 requests to the server before it can assemble a typical web page. Requesting all those files a half-dozen at a time is going to take longer than requesting ten (or more) files at a time. If you can download more connections, you can significantly speed up the display of all web pages.

To enable more simultaneous connections from a single web server, you have to edit the Windows Registry, using the Registry Editor.

Here’s how to enable more simultaneous connections to a server:

caution:
Take care when editing the Registry. All changes you make are immediately enabled; any mistakes you make can affect the running of your system.


1. Open the Start menu, enter regedit into the search box, and then
press Enter.

2. When the Registry Editor, opens, navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_
USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet
Settings key.

3. Select Edit, New, DWORD (32-bit) Value.

4. Name this new item MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server.

5. Right-click this new item and select Modify.

6. In the Value Data dialog box, change the value to 10. ( You can try more than 10 once you have tested this. I set mine to 40 )

7. Click OK.

8. Select Edit, New, DWORD (32-bit) Value.

9. Name this new item MaxConnectionsPerServer.

10. Right-click this new item and select Modify.

11. In the Value Data dialog box, change the value to 10.

12. Click OK.

13. Close the Registry Editor.

I have used these settings on both Win7 and Vista.

[williameboley]

Something those should know who may be upgrading to Win7.

Win7 Home Premium and below will not allow inbound Windows remote desktop. You can use Windows ( Home Premium and below ) remote desktop to view the desktop of another computer. But you can not view your home ( Win7 Home Premium and below ) desktop using Windows Remote Desktop from another computer. < Just how chintzy can Microsoft be? Geeze

TightVNC is the solution I chose. It can work through NATs ( with or without configuring a router ) and auto accept Remote Desktop connection requests and just type in the password you configured TightVNC for on set-up.

Of course you have to have TightVNC running as a service on the home computer you want to remote into.

RealVNC ( Free edition ) may work also.