Author Topic: For All XP users (Read 3480 times)

Valor · « **on:** July 04, 2008, 05:50:01 am »

windows XP is the only microsoft operating sytem with a limit on half open tcp connections. The default number is 10, the justification is to "stop the spread of worms". not only has it failed at this but it also interferes with legitimate internet traffic. Torrents for example can demand around 200 half open tcp connections.
The patch from authorsite http://lvllord.de/ has been around for years and allows you to set it to somthing a bit more realistic like 600.
to see if your connection i s being adversely affected >start menu>run>eventvwr/system !warning TCP has reached the limit of concurrent etc

Valor · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2008, 06:09:57 am »

P.S
after every ms autoupdate on XP its wise to run lvlord patch to check it hasnt reverted to default 10 as many xp updates do

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2008, 06:41:27 am »

is it safe to set it to something like 600?
the patch usually says it should be around 50..

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2008, 06:42:52 am »

ah screw it..
the warning was "worms will be able to spread fast" that's isn't exactly my worry now

1000 it is then

Cheers

Trestor · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2008, 10:45:07 am »

Upon download AVG immediately calls the zip a hacking tool. Can someone verify whether the hack relates to the change that is supposed to take place, or is it something else. I need to be more sure of it before I would open it.

Lagerlout666 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2008, 11:19:32 am »

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Valor · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2008, 12:01:38 pm »

Anyone needing a manual download of the XP dns vuln update
http://softwarepatch.com/windows/windows-xp-updates-2008-july.html
This is an example of the lvlord patch needing to be run again as the tcpip.sys is updated, you'll notice lack of connectivity bah, I am reapplying the patch/rebooting