Does µTorrent work well on Windows XP SP2 systems with an unpatched TCPIP.SYS?
Yes, as of version 1.2, µTorrent will do 8 connection attempts by default to work with the 10 connection attempt limit on these systems. Patching tcpip.sys to a higher value may help if you are having problems (such as trackers timing out when they’re actually online), though setting it higher than the default may cause some routers to have freezing problems. If you would still like to patch it, you can do so with LvlLord’s EventID 4226 Patcher. However, you should never set it higher than 50! net.max_halfopen should ALWAYS be set lower than the value you patched tcpip.sys to.
