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You can consider this an update to my previous post Increase Vista TCP/IP Max Connections.

There is a new and working TCP/IP Patcher Called TCP-Z by deepxw which supports Windows XP SP2 SP3/2003/2008/Vista SP1 SP2/Windows 7, All 32bit (x86) / 64bit (x64), which patches the tcpip.sys file in memory.

There’s also a Universal Tcpip.sys Patch which works on Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista/Windows 7, All SP*, All 32bit (x86) / 64bit (x64). Which patches the tcpip.sys file directly.

This neat little app renders all previous TCP/IP patches obsolete.

I have tested the Universal Tcpip.sys Patch myself on Windows 7 and it works like a charm.

For more information and to download please visit the TCP-Z site.

NTFS is great we all know, but there is still need for FAT formatted drives (ie: in embedded media players, cross platform compatibility). But since windows 2k/XP Microsoft introduced an limitation on FAT32 filesystem. As they say here.

You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk.

So the only way to format a drive larger then 32GB in FAT32 is to use third party tools like Partition Magic, Paragon Partition Manager, but these are not free, an often pretty large downloads. An freeware alternative to manage partitions would be the well knows linux app GParted, which also comes as a livecd.

But even better option is fat32format, a small DOS app that will let you format any drive in FAT32.

Usage is pretty straightforward: (continue reading…)