Wednesday, June 24, 2009

save bandwith with broadband -tips,tweaks,hacks for saving bandwith

Following are some tips which can save your bandwidth

1. disable images in IE or firefox.
(disabling images in firefox . edit ->>options ,or tools >>options .
after opening options content ,uncheck load image automatically. for IE -> dont know , please use firefox.

2. disable windows update .
(control panel ->automatic updates turn automatic update off
this thing can bug u by popping up again nd again close to the task bar .so better close it
go to control panel >> security center and click on "change the way security center alerts me"
it s on bottom( see enclosed image)
u may see different options if u r security center is already idabled ,to start security center
type services.msc in run (start >run) and then scroll down to security center ,right click nd start )

3. have a firewall from whose s help u can monitor programms who connect to net and updates themself
(outpost and others are best for it )

4. dont watch much of u tube.

5.Use dumeter to monitor your download speed which can be downloaded from dumeter.com.

Download adblock plus extension for firefox from http://adblockplus.org/en/installation
Now right click on the images links/frames you want to block and click adblock image/link/frame

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