This actually does seem to work: [Link: maximumpcguides.com]

wow this really does work.. miles faster today.

Most folks nowadays recognise the need to keep Microsoft security patches on their PCs up to date via Windows Update or Microsoft Update, as well as running decent antivirus, firewall and anti-spyware software. But how about all the other standard applications and components that you run like JRE, Flash, Acrobat and Winzip? How secure are the versions of those that you are running? Here is a link to a very useful free online scanner that will check what versions you are running of many common applications and provide instructions on how to upgrade to secure versions if necessary:

[Link: secunia.com]

You might be wondering “Why don’t they just set IE7 to use 16 connections by default instead of 2?” If everyone who uses IE would use 16 connections it would slow down the internet. The low number of connections set by default is like a throttle being held back so the internet doesn’t slow down and to keep web servers from getting bogged down from many connections by only a few users.


So we Firefox users will know who to blame when the Internet comes to a grinding halt ;)

However, if you don't want to be left out and want to contribute to the slow down, here are some instructions :-)

[Link: pro-networks.org]

Looks too much like hard work. Think I'll pass.

peeps want things sooner than now,if not before immediately nowadays. I remember (as many here will) very slow dial up page loading ,now we expect warp 10 (yes i know trekkies you "canna go that fast captain".)

Wouldn't dispute that. I long for the day when BT finally gets of its great big corporate backside and gives me a landline capable of more than 512k; I must confess I do resent the fact I pay the same as someone who, having had the good fortune to be in a more advantageous locale (closer to the exchange), is able to obtain anything up to 8M.

As you say, however, whilst I might bemoan the lack of "real" broadband speed, there is no way in this world I would ever go back to dial up.