Here's a tip I did on this setting as well:
ITsVISTA Tip 37: Why Certain Web Sites are Slow in Vista

Joe

Why should 'the average user' be expected to run commands to fix things which can cause crashes!? Surely this just proves that Vista isn't the best operating system for the average user.

SAVE XP!!!!!!

dangermoose

Here's an explanation about what autotuning actually does:

[blogs.msdn.com]

math0ne

@math0ne: Thanks for the link. Most of it was over my head, but it did explain some things. Most importantly, it tells you that disabling autotuning entirely should be your LAST resort, not your first. Their first suggestion might be the most useful, and the Wise Bread article skipped it entirely:

"First... check if your firewall or router can support window scaling... check for a firmware update that can fix the problem."

joelena

The link from math0ne is an important read if you want to understand what's actually going on.

The How-To Geek

Huhm. I've been using Vista for over a year with a Trendnet router as a NAT firewall, pulling 6-8 Mbps with no problems whatsoever. I suppose the 'Trendnet' part is the trick.

OX4

I'm still using Windows XP because it works without any problems whatsoever. Thought I'd wait until they get all the bugs out of Vista before I switch over. I also hate the new MS Office version (2007). I guess I'm just an old fashioned kind of guy :-)

ToMuse.com

VizionQuest

CNN.com and Facebook used to run extremely slowly on FF 2 on Vista. It was as if the assets couldn't be downloaded. I would refresh or hit the URL again (GET request) and still nothing. After disabling the autotuning both CNN and FB fly using FF 2.

I'm not sure if this tweak has any effect on network file transfers, but that would be a nice side effect too.

cooke1729

@dangermoose:
Are you serious? Come on... is Linux any different with terminal commands? Is Mac OS X?

Heck, there are tons of things you can do in XP at the command line that can cause crashes. Just because you don't know about them doesn't mean they don't exist.

Bill Clark

I have had problems with IE7 since I upgraded to Vista last year. Web pages, if they even load, appear after 45 seconds. This fix did not help. I can use Firefox with the IETab extension and pages appear instantly.

Babelfish

@math0ne: wow, that was informative. TCP is such an amazing protocol.

I would highly recommend reading that link... [blogs.msdn.com]
It has a link to specific incompatible devices and also a Microsoft connectivity test that will help determine if this tip is applicable to you.

If this tip does not noticeably help your network access, make sure you turn Auto-tuning back on.

Posco Grubb

@dangermoose: i'm not a huge fan of vista, but your comment shows a huge lack of knowing what the hell you're talking about.

firesign

@Babelfish: Most likely there's an add-on causing you problems. You should run IE without add-ons (there's a menu item for it in the start menu) and see if that solves the problem.

If so, you can enable/disable add-ons in the tools \ manage add-ons menu.

The How-To Geek

vista is a horrible OS, I will wait for the new one to come out in 2010. Although I have been hearing that some people are installing server 2008 saying that its what Vista should have been. XP is just solid and it runs. I don't think the harware was ready when Vista came out. I bought a new laptop 2 months after vista came out and it had the most memory, best intel processor, etc. Then the blue screens start. After about a year of "trying" vista I am done with it. I am a sys admin so I really use my PC.

marjon00

<sarcasm>

HeartBurnKid

Butbutbut I thought Windows "just worked"! One time dropping down to the command line is too many! How do they expect my grandma in Peoria to know how to do this?! Windows is not ready for the desktop!!!!!!

HeartBurnKid

I really hate the sub-optimization or developer orientation in windows OS'es. But blaming it on Vista alone won't help; this kinda stuff will come in Win7 and do exist in XP...

As for vista, i felt that all it needs is a good graphics card and the graphics drivers -- my PC was an AMD 3000+ with 1GB RAM and 256MB GeForce 5500... But it ran as good as XP; and was intensely stable. I guess it differs from person to person, but IMO it's graphics that makes the most difference.

Leafy

I got this error:

"Set global command failed on IPv4 The requested operation requires elevation."

I thought my user was an Administrator so I double checked the user account in control panel and sure enough it is an admin.

So why did this fail?

biggunks

@biggunks: Did you right-click on the command-prompt and select "Run as Administrator"? The "Run as Administrator" part is important as in Windows Vista, if UAC is turned on, admin users still run with "non-admin" privileges unless the specific program is allowed through UAC.

kaiyao

OMG! Thanks!
Does this "little" problem have anything to do with the "I-can't-play-MP3-and-surf-at-same-time" problem?

Dan