Strange Tweak ....

[pirates1323]

I got this while surfing on the net... its broadband tweak....

In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and choose properties), highlight the connection
then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the
bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.

From the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab, extract the file netcap.exe and place it in a
directory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive.

Next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you put netcap.exe. then type "netcap/?".
It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be installed. At the bottom you will
see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be for LAN and the other will be for
WAN something or other.

Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver.

Open up Control Panel->System->Dev Man and look at your network adapters. You should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right-click on the one without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! You are uninstalling your network adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet.

Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you get a wizard just cancel out of it.
Now re-start the machine.

After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a new connection called "Local area connection 2". Highlight the connection, then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.

Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box.
Re-start the machine.

 

[Netjunkie]

What does that tweak do?

 

[shivaranjan.b]

Please be clear on what that tweak does??

 

[selva1966]

@pirates1323

Have you tried this before posting :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[pirates1323]

hey this tweak is for boosting ur broadband connection...... I have tried tht....... but nothing happens......

 

[navjotjsingh]

Don't try this tweak. You may lose your net connection or may screw your network badly.

I will try to find out what it actually does.

 

[The Incredible]

these tweak providers shud always explain wat actually their tweaks do.

 

[pirates1323]

Don't try this tweak. You may lose your net connection or may screw your network badly.

Oops I have applied this tweak...........

these tweak providers shud always explain wat actually their tweaks do.

Please be clear on what that tweak does??

What does that tweak do?

Can't u all read above carefully.......

 

[legolas]

@pirates1323

Don't try this tweak. You may lose your net connection or may screw your network badly.
I will try to find out what it actually does.

which means he is not quite sure enuf tooo!!
......

well, any1 found what the tweak does???

/legolas

 

[The Incredible]

Don't try this tweak. You may lose your net connection or may screw your network badly.

Oops I have applied this tweak...........

these tweak providers shud always explain wat actually their tweaks do.

Please be clear on what that tweak does??

What does that tweak do?

Can't u all read above carefully.......

Beta! Can't u read properly. or can't u understand properly???

U mentioned it boosts net speed. v asked how it does so? how da tweak does so mns wat da tweak does actually???

Lend sum brain from brainiacs present here.

 

[pirates1323]

Beta! Can't u read properly. or can't u understand properly???

U mentioned it boosts net speed. v asked how it does so? how da tweak does so mns wat da tweak does actually???

Lend sum brain from brainiacs present here.

oh that u should understand in my tweak description....... it removes the windows netcap driver..... and installs it again using windows xp cd.........huh.... understood..... if u don't have braing to understand then tht's not my prob........ :roll: :roll:

 

[legolas]

hey pirates1323,

calm down! if possible, pls give us a more detailed explanation as to what it does by reinstalling the driver back from windows CD? coz we all installed from the CD at the beginning and unintalling it and reinstalling it from the same CD, what cud it do? donot get offended.... thk u.

/legolas

 

[siriusb]

First off, you should've provided the source of the tweak, so that we can get some idea of it's truthfulness from the familiarity of the site. Second, these ppl are not asking "how to do it", which has been listed as steps, but rather "how can doing this help the connection?". Take a minute to understand it.

 

[alib_i]

Possible Source: *www.mikeshardware.com/howtos/tips_xp/#anchor57132

A good enough explanation for the tweak from the same site

Appearantly, XP installs two separate NIC cards. Card A is installed and hidden away and Card B is the Lan connection you do see under the Properties page. By using this tweak, it removes the Card A and only uses Card B therefore improving your connection.

@pirates,
list your source from next time.



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alibi

 

[legolas]

after doing the netcap/? and netcap/remove, i dont see any yellow colored icon on the dev manager... so i jus ignored the tweak and am again connecting to internet...

i as the first step, uninstalled the flie sharing and client for microsoft networks! is this really necessary for conneting to internet and downloading stuffs? wil this in anyways affect my download speed? what exactly r these 2 for? y r they by default installed? ny1 pls explain this