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I’ve noticed that BitTorrent downloads are not as fast on my friends PC as they were for me in XP. From what I could understand, this reduction in speed is due to difference in the AutoTuning function that Vista uses on the TCP/IP stack.But guess what the optimizer actually results in slower downloads. This affects BitTorrent and other programs that make use of threaded downloads.

If you are seeing slow downloads in BitTorrent too, you can disable the AutoTuning in Vista, this worked for my friend so i guess it should work for you too. To disable the Autotuning, follow these steps.

• 1. Click on the Start menu and type cmd in the search box. But DO NOT hit Enter after typing cmd. Instead, hold down the Control and Shift keys, and hit Enter while still holding them down. This opens the command prompt with elevated privileges.

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Torrents are one of the most popular means of sharing content on the internet. Many a time you might want to tell your friend to download a torrent, but your friend might not be able to get the torrent client up and running and start downloading the torrent. This gives us the need to have something that is so simple to use that even your granny can use it.

Well you might be wondering that there is no such thing as a web based torrent downloader. But, there is, and that is Bitlet. Bitlet is very simple web based java app and it has a very clean interface.

Downloading torrents is also a breeze, just enter the torrent url and the download begins. Here are some screenshots for you guys..
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