When Windows Vista is connected to high speed broadband Internet connection, there may be some incompatibilities and conflict

problem or error such as the following: Poor intermittent network performance. Slow network loading. Unable to open and load some websites or webpages using Internet Explorer or Firefox, where the blue loading bar keeps running for a long time, but the pages fail to load. Java applets fail to download and open. Cannot receive email or download from POP3 mail server by email clients such as Thunderbird. No mail arrived although users may see the message receiving 1 of 3 messages, and eventually the receiving process will time out with the error number 0x800CCC19 timeout. Slow email sending or retrieval using Thunderbird and other clients. The symptoms exist due to the new re-written TCP stack in Windows Vista that aims to take full advantage of hardware advances such as gigabit networking. Among the new feature in Windows Vista TCP/IP is Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level for TCP connections. TCP AutoTuning enables TCP window scaling by default and automatically tunes the TCP receive window size for each individual connection based on the bandwidth delay product (BDP) and the rate at which the application reads data from the connection, and no longer need to manually change TcpWindowSize registry key value which applies to all connection. Theoretically, with TCP auto-tuning, network connection throughput in Windows Vista should be improved for best performance and efficiency, without registry tweak or hack. However, this is not always the case, and may cause some Internet related issues and problems. The workaround or solution to the above problem is to disable the TCP/IP AutoTuning in Windows Vista. Disabling auto tuning of TCP Windows Size should not cause any negative effects, only that TCP Window Size will always at default value without ability to optimization to each connection. Anyway, if there is any side effect after turn off auto tuning, simply re-enable back it. Check the state or current setting of TCP Auto-Tuning 1. Open elevated command prompt with administrators privileges. 2. Type the following command and press Enter: netsh interface tcp show global The system will display the following text on screen, where you can check on the Auto-Tuning setting: Querying active state TCP Global Parameters Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled Chimney Offload State : enabled Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal Add-On Congestion Control Provider : none ECN Capability : disabled RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled

Disable TCP Auto-Tuning 1. Open elevated command prompt with administrators privileges. 2. Type the following command and press Enter: netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled Enable TCP Auto-Tuning 1. Open elevated command prompt with administrators privileges. 2. Type the following command and press Enter: netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal Related Posts: Vista TCP Window Scaling Auto Tuning May Slow Down Network Performance Increase Multithread Download Speed by Disable Vista Auto Tuning on TCP/IP 5 Tips to Solve Most Computer Problems Outlook 2007 Slow While Downloading POP3 Email Vista Remote Desktop Connection Client Slow Delay or Disconnect When Connect to Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Edition RDP