How to Adjust the Internet Speed on Microsoft XP

Microsoft Window XP allows you to easily increase or decrease the Internet speed. You can adjust this from the broadband/dial-up modems properties settings. It is best to leave these setting at their default that set at maximum speed. Decreasing the Internet speed will slow down the loading of web pages, and file downloads will take considerably longer.

Instructions

1. Click on "Start" and then click on "Control Panel".

2. Double-click on the "Network Connections" icon on the Control Panel window.

3. Right-click on your broadband/dial-up Internet connection icon, and then click on "Properties".

4. Click on the "General" tab of the Properties dialog box that opens, and then click on the "Configure" button.

5. Click on the "Advanced" tab of the broadband properties dialog box that opens, click to select the "Link Speed/Duplex Mode" option below Property, and then click to select the speed that you want from the "Value" drop down box. For dial-up, click to select the speed that you want from the "Maximum speed (bps)" drop-down box on the Modem Configuration dialog box that opens.

6. Click on the "OK" button.

References

• "Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, Second Edition"; Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson; 2004

Resources

• Pcmag: Clear DNS Cache in XP and Vista to Speed Internet