by Joseph Sullivan (1 Submission)
Category: Internet/HTML
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 28th July 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Make Internet Explorer 5.0 and up run 2-6 times faster!
API Declarations
Type FILETIME
lLowDateTime As Long
lHighDateTime As Long
End Type
Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryValueExA Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, ByRef lpData As Long, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegSetValueExA Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByRef lpData As Long, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegSetValueExB Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByRef lpData As Byte, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String) As Long
Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Const ERROR_BADDB = 1009&
Const ERROR_BADKEY = 1010&
Const ERROR_CANTOPEN = 1011&
Const ERROR_CANTREAD = 1012&
Const ERROR_CANTWRITE = 1013&
Const ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY = 14&
Const ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 87&
Const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5&
Const ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259&
Const ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234&
Const REG_NONE = 0&
Const REG_SZ = 1&
Const REG_EXPAND_SZ = 2&
Const REG_BINARY = 3&
Const REG_DWORD = 4&
Const REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 4&
Const REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN = 5&
Const REG_LINK = 6&
Const REG_MULTI_SZ = 7&
Const REG_RESOURCE_LIST = 8&
Const REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR = 9&
Const REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST = 10&
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1&
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2&
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4&
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8&
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10&
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20&
Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000
Const WRITE_DAC = &H40000
Const WRITE_OWNER = &H80000
Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = READ_CONTROL
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = READ_CONTROL
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE = READ_CONTROL
Const KEY_READ = STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY
Const KEY_WRITE = STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY
Const KEY_EXECUTE = KEY_READ
'xxxxxxxxx
' function prototypes, constants, and type definitions
' for Windows 32-bit Registry API
Public Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Public Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Public Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Public Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004
Dim hKey As Long, MainKeyHandle As Long
Dim rtn As Long, lBuffer As Long, sBuffer As String
Dim lBufferSize As Long
Dim lDataSize As Long
Dim ByteArray() As Byte
Const DisplayErrorMsg = False
Function CreateKey(SubKey As String)
Call ParseKey(SubKey, MainKeyHandle)
If MainKeyHandle Then
rtn = RegCreateKey(MainKeyHandle, SubKey, hKey) 'create the key
If rtn = ERROR_SUCCESS Then 'if the key was created then
rtn = RegCloseKey(hKey) 'close the key
End If
End If
End Function
Private Sub ParseKey(keyName As String, Keyhandle As Long)
rtn = InStr(keyName, "\") 'return if "\" is contained in the Keyname
If Left(keyName, 5) <> "HKEY_" Or Right(keyName, 1) = "\" Then 'if the is a "\" at the end of the Keyname then
MsgBox "Incorrect Format:" + Chr(10) + Chr(10) + keyName 'display error to the user
Exit Sub 'exit the procedure
ElseIf rtn = 0 Then 'if the Keyname contains no "\"
Keyhandle = GetMainKeyHandle(keyName)
keyName = "" 'leave Keyname blank
Else 'otherwise, Keyname contains "\"
Keyhandle = GetMainKeyHandle(Left(keyName, rtn - 1)) 'seperate the Keyname
keyName = Right(keyName, Len(keyName) - rtn)
End If
End Sub
Function GetMainKeyHandle(MainKeyName As String) As Long
Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004
Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005
Const HKEY_DYN_DATA = &H80000006
Select Case MainKeyName
Case "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Case "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Case "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Case "HKEY_USERS"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_USERS
Case "HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA
Case "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
Case "HKEY_DYN_DATA"
GetMainKeyHandle = HKEY_DYN_DATA
End Select
End Function
Function SetStringValue(SubKey As String, Entry As String, Value As String)
Call ParseKey(SubKey, MainKeyHandle)
VBcoders
'By Joey Sullivan
'[email protected]
'
'Once you have copied everything into your VB project, just run the program, and BANG, you're done!
Private Sub Form_Load()
Call SaveDword("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings", "MaxConnectionsPerServer", 6)
Call SaveDword("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings", "MaxConnectionsPerl_OServer", 6)
ms = MsgBox("Your Internet Explorer should now run 2-6 times faster than normal.", , "Success")
End
End Sub
Sub SaveDword(keyDir As String, keyName As String, keyValue As Long)
SetDWORDValue keyDir, keyName, keyValue
End Sub