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Brent: Is it true that you were aware that *UCKUPC didn't work? How about its negative effect? Couldn't you have lifted your ban on UC discussion and simply stated in huge type "*UCKUPC does NOT work, may f-up your settings, etc" and quikly closed off the topic so as to prevent the escalation of ...

Sorry to have assumed that you were referring to the *UCKUPC program. I had seen it popping up more and more often on certain sites and perhaps w/out thinking just thought that was the "new" tweak.
My sincerest apologies if I caused some people to f-up their set-ups and attempt to use *UCKUPC due to ...

I still feel that the most sensible policy would be to have an open and candid discussion regarding the subject. UC is worthy of a forum all its own. There are some people who are quite vocal about their opposition to UC. From a legal point of view, as long as the forum doesn't advocate and directly ...

Well, now!
I knew that an intelligent, coherent, non-flamebaiting discussion could be had regarding *UCKUPC and its claims.
I'm becoming convinced that it just doesn't work (or at least for me) as I really don't have any control from my end as to how big a data pipeline I get which is far different ...

Personally, I agree that uncapping should be discouraged as there is limited bandwidth to be shared and who wants their neighbor to get better performance at the expense of everyone else. Although, it isn't too far a leap to state that the Cablenut tweak, while completely legal and fun, may not be ...

O.K., I'll be careful not to mention the "topic which must not be named" (apologies to J.K. Rowling)

"TheCableGuy" was mentioning this patch/program which makes certain unmentionable claims by modifying the ARP table. Certainly, I want to squeeze every last bit of performance out of my cable ...

Hey, what's wrong with the MSN speedtest? I have no problems with it at all... It's self-affirming in a Stewart Smalley-esque way. O.K., it's not particularly accurate but I kind of see it like breast implants. Totally unreal, but kind of nice to look at with awe and wonder for awhile!

Don't know why I even bother attempting to assist you after seeing how you flamed glc1 post-help attempt...
Did you even consider that the reason why the suggested advice may appear more than once is simply because it may be the answer to somebody else's problem? Hell, how do you know that that's ...

Uh, folks... What happens if I happened to have done something... well, theoretically that is... to only have >1< power profile listed as loading in my startup?
I guess that I may have been a little overzealous in my registry cleaning but I seem to be running just fine w/no ill effects.
:eek:

Oh, I also forgot to mention updating your virus scanner to the newest version and doing a thorough scan.
I take it that you know enough about your PC that defragging doesn't really have to be mentioned...

What is the nature of the slowdown? Bootup/shutdown, when opening up files, etc?
I suggested Easycleaner on another forum but here's the link again: http://www.saunalahti.fi/tonihele/ecleane.htm
I used it and found that it worked pretty good and definitely speeded up my PC by clearing out a load of ...

Well, I kind of doubt that suing will be worth it. I would document the problem the best you can, keep on @Home to fix your problem by having them inspect your lines - replace your modem - replace your NIC card, etc. On top of everything else, be sure to request a credit for lost service time. I got ...

I couldn't resist the allure of manually tweaking the registry...
O.K., with the WinME modified registry in place I see a definite improvement in speed. So, in response to my own previous post - the Cablenut 4 tweak w/WinME fix in place definitely helped me where 3.5 didn't seem to make too much ...

While I can always do that, I may as well wait for the corrected patch to be posted... No big hurry.

I've been using the Cablenut 4 patch since it came out and haven't seen any problems with it but the site noted today that the program was actually writing incorrect (but apparently benign) info into the WinME registry.
Like I said, no problems thusfar but not a big leap in speed as far as I can see ...

Uh, you do realize that the infamous VCR decision doesn't really apply here. It is still highly illegal to use the technology to copy/trade copyrighted materials.
i.e. It is fully lawful to buy/sell VCR's and blank tape but it's a far freaking leap to assume that you can trade/copy whatever you want ...

Jeez, not trying to flame again but...
Did you read the freaking link you are posting about?!? "However, the appeals court indicated that an injunction is likely to be imposed as soon as it is modified." Napster has the following to say re: the ancient and dusty news you posted. "The Court today ...

"public napster.com servers will go down, but there are still other napster networks like opennap and musiccity"
Uh, the other networks aren't Napster are they? If the "public napster.com servers" get their switch pulled, their is no Napster.
You may mean that there's always going to be an Aimster ...

Actually, I logged onto Napster a little later and it was back to normal with like a million GB of MP3's to download.

Maybe I just logged in after a maintainance shutdown.

Hey, re: the Death of Napster...

I just logged on to Napster and saw a total of about >>64<< users w/about 100 GB of MP3's available.

I haven't upgraded to the beta 9.6 version of Napster since I figure what't the point... Maybe there's more people listed if I use the new version but I figure that ...

Anfibio: While not intending to flame you, in regards to your post...
"I am following the process ...as i now
nothing is been decided yet!

SO SHUT THE F--- UP!!!"
* I too am following the process (perhaps a bit more closely than you are because I have a little bit of a vested interest in the ...

As for the net itself becoming faster with the imminent death of Napster, I don't know if it will make that much difference unless you share a cable node with other users who are primarily UL/DL on Napster. I could swear that during special events (Super Bowl, Olympic opening/closing, etc) that the ...

While I know next to nothing about networks or wiring... doesn't 100' of any kind of cable sound like a potential problem?

Actually, I too love @Home. O.K., let me re-state that... I love @Home (when it's working right!)
I had a number of problems with my @Home service for the last month or so but I finally complained enough and exhausted the Tier 2 support enough to get them to relent and give me a new NIC card ...

Don't know for sure if this is the problem but...
Do you have a software firewall running? (i.e. ZoneAlarm, Norton Personal Firewall, etc.)
The tech that visited me awhile back said mentioned that my packet loss appeared higher when the firewall was running. As I know very little about firewalls ...

OK, I got Cox@Home to replace my DLink w/a Farallon NIC. No idea if it will solve my intermittant connections but I don't have anything connected to the PC that was originally installed by them a couple of months ago.
Do I need to uninstall my patches/reset the registry since I changed NIC cards? It ...

I know that I have a DLink DFE 530TX... Well, I know that I at least have a box for one.
Funny thing though... I run a winipcfg and it shows it as a VIA PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter. Uh, is this a problem? Is DLink a VIA brand card or should it read DLink Ethernet adapter? Maybe that could be my ...

I have Cox@Home all set to give me a new NIC card but I was wondering if I would be better off buying one on my own... I requested that they give me a better brand than the DLINK I suggested a 3Com or maybe an Intel but they said that I'll get whatever is on hand. i.e. I'll get one of the ones from ...

J/W, what do you mean by "head-end"? Was it a physical problem with your modem/cables or is it something that I should have @Home check back at their end due to my intermittant connection problems?

Perhaps, you tell them off by cancelling their service...
I'm not sure if you're DSL or Cable but whatever the case, tell Charter Pipeline to forget it and go with the other option.

J/W because I got a speedtest result that I'm not sure that I should believe...
I did a screen capture, trimmed the picture down to size, and saved it as a jpeg. I see the instant UBB codes at the bottom of the add new topic/reply pages but clicking on the image button and cut/pasting the image's ...

Isn't the spyware detector "OptOut" from Gibson Research Corporation www.grc.com ?
BTW, it's not only free but Gibson has some pretty nifty tools such as an online security leak detector (for testing firewalls, etc) for free too. Good stuff and highly recommended.
Oh, I like Download Accelerator. I ...