Lockergnome’s Internet Productivity Guide

“Optimize Internet Explorer / Outlook Express.” Are you online right now? Yeah, then you’re probably using Internet Explorer. And what do you use to check your e-mail? Outlook or Outlook Express? Then you’ll want to keep this GnomeTome handy. Sure, you can surf the Web - but wouldn’t you rather surf it with certainty? Get to know those programs you probably use most often. [ 50 Tips for $7 / Download ]

Even if you don’t frequent casinos, you can still run out of cache in a matter of minutes. Before a Web page can fully load, your browser must first resolve the domain name  lockergnome.com] to its corresponding IP address(es). Since Internet Explorer 4.0, the DNS cache has been resetting itself every thirty minutes. If this time-out setting is way too short for your tastes, then you’ll need to fire up the Registry editor and navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings key. In the right-hand pane, right-click and add a new DWORD value. Rename the new entry: “DnsCacheTimeout” (sans quotes). Double-click to edit it’s properties, changing the type to Decimal before proceeding. What should ‘Value data’ be set to? Well, whatever you pick, this is the number of seconds between cache flushings. The higher - the greater the chance of not having the freshest DNS entry. The lower - the more time it will take your system to resolve DNS entries. If you want to return to “normal,” you can always remove this user-created key. WARNING: messing with the Registry is not child’s play.