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Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 12:16am

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Who ever though Firefox could be even faster than what it already is? Well, my friend came over the other day, and he showed me how fast his firefox was. I asked him how he did it, said he tweaked it. So I went online looking for Firefox tweaks and found this little site with a couple of tweaks I can do. Well, needless to say I did them Grin

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This thing is super fast.. I feel like I'm running on T1 Cool

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts

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Reply #1 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 1:28am

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mmm I did it, but not faster on SimV site Cheesy

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I'll try a download Wink

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EDIT: Man that works Cheesy

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Thanks and nice find Cheesy

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I love the Warranty Thing Grin

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What Warranty Grin

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Reply #2 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 3:27am

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Mazza wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 1:28am:

mmm I did it, but not faster on SimV site Cheesy

Cheesy

I'll try a download Wink

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EDIT: Man that works Cheesy

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Thanks and nice find Cheesy

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I love the Warranty Thing Grin

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What Warranty Grin

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You know ... THE warranty.

But nice find SubZer0

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Reply #3 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 3:51pm

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0I love how fast it is now. I do agree on one thing, Simv isnt faster...

Err 30kb limit?

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Reply #4 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 9:46pm

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SimV is a LOT faster for me Grin

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Reply #5 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 10:28am

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Seems to be much faster, though I would be interested to hear NickN's input on this.

Matt

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Reply #6 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 11:04am

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I was also hoping he'd stop by and drop a line on this. all my other internet settings are as he suggested, these are the only different things.

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Reply #7 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:20pm

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This is a very simple edit of the number of times the ports will be slammed with update requests.. its similar to editing the TCPIP registry stack for

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000010
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000010

Its no secret.. its been around for a long time and FF tweaks require changes too since its not and never was a safer browser and simply ports out through windows networking system

LOL!!!

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=2448

I do not use FF but apparently they are porting and what this does is hammer the port with requests. What will eventually happen if it has happened already at many websites is the admin will limit the requests per IP which is why some sites may be faster and others do not seem like they have changed.

Overall it can help but those admins who are wise to the hacks and tweaks make sure their systems are not pounded buy the public in high traffic periods

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Reply #8 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:45pm

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NickN wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:20pm:

Its no secret.. its been around for a long time and FF tweaks require changes too since its not and never was a safer browser and simply ports out through windows networking system LOL!!!

Have I misunderstood what you have said? I ask because pretty much everyone seems to think that FF is a safer internet interface than EE??

Matt

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Reply #9 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:59pm

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expat wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:45pm:

NickN wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:20pm:

Its no secret.. its been around for a long time and FF tweaks require changes too since its not and never was a safer browser and simply ports out through windows networking system LOL!!!

Have I misunderstood what you have said? I ask because pretty much everyone seems to think that FF is a safer internet interface than EE??

Matt

Yes Matt

you have been misinformed by the FF marketing parade and MS haters around the world.. something I posted probably 2 years or so ago on these forums and repeated a few times… and no one seemed to believe me..

FF is no more or less secure than IE and never has been

ever

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Reply #10 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 1:10pm

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by the way.. they all have their holes and they all get patched the same eventually

There is no difference

but I will say this.. with FF you dont think you are getting a free browser for nothing? do you?

There is a reason why such products are released and use fear and hatred to generate use.. they get something back and that is your browser habits

Nothing illegal about that either but none the less this horse manure that has been planted over the years about FF being safe and taking you away from being monitored is just that... manure

so enjoy what ever browesr you like and make sure the system is correctly secure with NOD32 or something that you get what you pay for in protection without killing system resources

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Reply #11 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 1:25pm

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NickN wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:59pm:

......you have been misinformed by the FF marketing parade and MS haters around the world.. something I posted probably 2 years or so ago on these forums and repeated a few times… and no one seemed to believe me..

FF is no more or less secure than IE and never has been

ever

Nick,

I remember the old comments you made on this subject years ago. It was THE reason I never bothered to switch over from IE. Waste of time.

One has to consider the sources one's infomation comes from. The ole', "I read it on the Net from the company that makes the software so it MUST be true" kind of approach is sure to lead one astray. Grin

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Anyone who has spent even a short while reading your posts and taking your advice rapidly gets the idea that you know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to Microsoft's software and computers.

Thanks for so freely sharing your expertise with the SimV community.

best,

...................john

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Reply #12 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 2:16pm

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JBaymore wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 1:25pm:

NickN wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 12:59pm:

......you have been misinformed by the FF marketing parade and MS haters around the world.. something I posted probably 2 years or so ago on these forums and repeated a few times… and no one seemed to believe me..

FF is no more or less secure than IE and never has been

ever

Nick,

I remember the old comments you made on this subject years ago. It was THE reason I never bothered to switch over from IE. Waste of time.

One has to consider the sources one's infomation comes from. The ole', "I read it on the Net from the company that makes the software so it MUST be true" kind of approach is sure to lead one astray. Grin

Grin

Anyone who has spent even a short while reading your posts and taking your advice rapidly gets the idea that you know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to Microsoft's software and computers.

Thanks for so freely sharing your expertise with the SimV community.

best,

...................john

John

You wanna know what is really hilarious? (and sad)

All the MS haters out there using the premise that IE is not secure and MS spies on you.. FF was made specifically for collecting browser habits so the people that bought into that parade are being looked at more than MS ever looked at anyone. IE does not bounce around and ping through proxy systems or ports to record browser habits periodically and actually respects the users privacy.

Its really amazing how much fear and hate drive something.. like the last 8 years

no difference

No matter what you do Windows pings home base from time to time.. FF makes sure its makers get what they want

There is no such thing as a free lunch and I really have to laugh my arse off when I read how much safer and less monitored people feel on FF

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Reply #13 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 2:55pm

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Thanks Nick. Personally I just prefer the FF screen to that of IE, though I am/was on of the fooled Roll Eyes

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. As for browser habits, they are waisting their time if they think that sending me an advert is going to make me buy anything.....................they have not met my wife and here saving prowess Grin

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Reply #14 - Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 3:02pm

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expat wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2009 at 2:55pm:

Thanks Nick. Personally I just prefer the FF screen to that of IE, though I am/was on of the fooled Roll Eyes

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. As for browser habits, they are waisting their time if they think that sending me an advert is going to make me buy anything.....................they have not met my wife and here saving prowess Grin

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Matt

Like I said Matt

Use whatever browser you like.. the defense line in any computer is the installed AV and browser scanner in it or other products which may work along side such as SpyBots installs

Malware can get into a system even with all of the above in order no matter what browser in use the designer is up to date on their code and patches.. usually it comes in through the user allowing something anyway which nothing is going to stop unless it has a defined signature for spy or virus

Even the firewall programs out there are pretty much a joke unless you are a corporation and need that kind of firewall support and even then, they use hardware firewalls with 'traps'.. this silly software firewall junk is just that.. junk as the Windows SP2/SP3/Vista firewall is just fine

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