Windows Registry Tweaks at your own risk
Changing the Location of Windows' Installation Files If you need to change the drive or path where Windows looks for its installation files: Open RegEdit. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup Edit the value next to SourcePath . Automatic Screen Refresh When you make changes to your file system in Explorer, they are not displayed until you press F5 . To enable automatic refresh: Open RegEdit. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update Set the value name UpdateMode to 1 . Changing MaxMTU for Faster Downloads To optimize your internet connection speed: Open RegEdit. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\net\000x (where x is your network adapter binding). Right-click in the right panel, select New > String Value , and name it IPMTU . Double-click IPMTU and enter 576 . Similarly, add IPMSS and set it to 536 . For Windows 9X, set DefaultRcvWindow to ...