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Specify the TCP/IP Receive Window Size (Windows 95/98/Me) Popular

This setting controls the size of the TCP/IP receive Window. In general, larger receive windows work better with high-delay, high-bandwidth data.

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For added efficiency, the receive window should also be an even multiple of the TCP Maximum Segment Size (MSS).

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value (or DWORD for Windows 95) called "DefaultRcvWindow" and set it to equal the required window size in bytes.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP]
Value Name: DefaultRcvWindow
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: size in bytes (Default = 8192)

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Last modified: April 12, 2002