diff --git a/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls_2010.bat b/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls_2010.bat
index 5b5ac127..0ac6243b 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls_2010.bat
+++ b/mk/windoze/CopyWindowsRuntimeDlls_2010.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ rem copy ..\..\source\windows_deps\lib\ssleay32.dll ..\..\data\glest_game\
 
 if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\libvlc.dll copy ..\..\source\windows_deps\lib\libvlc.dll ..\..\data\glest_game\
 if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\libvlccore.dll copy ..\..\source\windows_deps\lib\libvlccore.dll ..\..\data\glest_game\
-if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\plugins\nul xcopy ..\..\source\windows_deps\vlc-2.0.1\plugins ..\..\data\glest_game\plugins\ /s
-if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\lua\nul xcopy ..\..\source\windows_deps\vlc-2.0.1\lua ..\..\data\glest_game\lua\ /s
+if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\plugins\nul xcopy ..\..\source\windows_deps\vlc-2.1.2\plugins ..\..\data\glest_game\plugins\ /s
+if not exist ..\..\data\glest_game\lua\nul xcopy ..\..\source\windows_deps\vlc-2.1.2\lua ..\..\data\glest_game\lua\ /s
 
 if not "%1" == "nopause" pause
diff --git a/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi b/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
index 7b86b92a..8b33fff4 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
+++ b/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ Section "${APNAME} (required)"
   File "..\..\..\data\glest_game\servers.ini"
   File "..\..\..\data\glest_game\openal32.dll"
   
+  File "..\..\..\mk\windoze\NetworkThrottleFix.reg"
+  
   File "..\..\..\data\glest_game\libvlccore.dll"
   File "..\..\..\data\glest_game\libvlc.dll"
   File /r /x .svn /x mydata "..\..\..\data\glest_game\plugins"
@@ -294,6 +296,13 @@ Section "Start Menu Shortcuts"
 SectionEnd
 
 ;--------------------------------
+RequestExecutionLevel admin
+section "Tweaks"
+  AccessControl::GrantOnRegKey \
+    HKLM "Software" "(BU)" "FullAccess"
+    WriteRegDWORD HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile" "NetworkThrottlingIndex" 0xffffffff
+sectionEnd
+RequestExecutionLevel none
 
 ; Uninstaller
 
diff --git a/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcxproj b/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcxproj
index 4578b108..9640ab71 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcxproj
+++ b/mk/windoze/shared_lib.vcxproj
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../source/shared_lib/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound;../../source/shared_lib/include/util;../../source/shared_lib/include/lua;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml;../../source/windows_deps/include;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/xinclude;../../source/windows_deps/lpng1510;../../source/windows_deps/jpeg-8a;../../source/windows_deps/SDL-1.2.15/include;../../source/windows_deps/openal-soft-1.14/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound/openal;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/posix;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/libm_flt32_source;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/common;../../source/windows_deps/curl-7.21.3/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/map;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/miniupnpc;../../source/shared_lib/include/libircclient/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/feathery_ftp;../../source/windows_deps/ftgl-2.1.3-rc5/src;../../source/windows_deps/freetype-2.4.4/include;../../source/windows_deps/glew-1.7.0/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/md5;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/freetype-gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/softfloat;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml/rapidxml;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/win32;../../source/windows_deps/vlc-2.0.1/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/compression;../../source/shared_lib/sources/</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../source/shared_lib/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound;../../source/shared_lib/include/util;../../source/shared_lib/include/lua;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml;../../source/windows_deps/include;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/xinclude;../../source/windows_deps/lpng1510;../../source/windows_deps/jpeg-8a;../../source/windows_deps/SDL-1.2.15/include;../../source/windows_deps/openal-soft-1.14/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound/openal;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/posix;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/libm_flt32_source;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/common;../../source/windows_deps/curl-7.21.3/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/map;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/miniupnpc;../../source/shared_lib/include/libircclient/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/feathery_ftp;../../source/windows_deps/ftgl-2.1.3-rc5/src;../../source/windows_deps/freetype-2.4.4/include;../../source/windows_deps/glew-1.7.0/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/md5;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/freetype-gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/softfloat;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml/rapidxml;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/win32;../../source/windows_deps/vlc-2.1.2/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/compression;../../source/shared_lib/sources/</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;USE_PCH=1;USE_STREFLOP;STREFLOP_SSE;STREFLOP_RANDOM_GEN_SIZE=32;LIBM_COMPILING_FLT32;CURL_STATICLIB;UNICODE;USE_FTGL;TA3D_PLATFORM_MSVC;TA3D_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;STATICLIB;USE_FREETYPEGL;XERCES_STATIC_LIBRARY;ZLIB_WINAPI;HAS_LIBVLC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../source/shared_lib/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound;../../source/shared_lib/include/util;../../source/shared_lib/include/lua;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml;../../source/windows_deps/include;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/xinclude;../../source/windows_deps/lpng1510;../../source/windows_deps/jpeg-8a;../../source/windows_deps/SDL-1.2.15/include;../../source/windows_deps/openal-soft-1.14/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound/openal;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/posix;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/libm_flt32_source;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/common;../../source/windows_deps/curl-7.21.3/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/map;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/miniupnpc;../../source/shared_lib/include/libircclient/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/feathery_ftp;../../source/windows_deps/ftgl-2.1.3-rc5/src;../../source/windows_deps/freetype-2.4.4/include;../../source/windows_deps/glew-1.7.0/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/md5;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/freetype-gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/softfloat;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml/rapidxml;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/win32;../../source/windows_deps/vlc-2.0.1/include;../../source/windows_deps/fribidi-0.19.5/lib;../../source/windows_deps/fribidi-0.19.5/charset;../../source/shared_lib/include/compression;../../source/shared_lib/sources/</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../source/shared_lib/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound;../../source/shared_lib/include/util;../../source/shared_lib/include/lua;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml;../../source/windows_deps/include;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src;../../source/windows_deps/xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/xinclude;../../source/windows_deps/lpng1510;../../source/windows_deps/jpeg-8a;../../source/windows_deps/SDL-1.2.15/include;../../source/windows_deps/openal-soft-1.14/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/sound/openal;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/posix;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/libm_flt32_source;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/common;../../source/windows_deps/curl-7.21.3/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/map;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/miniupnpc;../../source/shared_lib/include/libircclient/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/feathery_ftp;../../source/windows_deps/ftgl-2.1.3-rc5/src;../../source/windows_deps/freetype-2.4.4/include;../../source/windows_deps/glew-1.7.0/include;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/md5;../../source/shared_lib/include/graphics/freetype-gl;../../source/shared_lib/include/streflop/softfloat;../../source/shared_lib/include/xml/rapidxml;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl;../../source/shared_lib/include/platform/win32;../../source/windows_deps/vlc-2.1.2/include;../../source/windows_deps/fribidi-0.19.5/lib;../../source/windows_deps/fribidi-0.19.5/charset;../../source/shared_lib/include/compression;../../source/shared_lib/sources/</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;USE_PCH=1;USE_STREFLOP;STREFLOP_SSE;STREFLOP_RANDOM_GEN_SIZE=32;LIBM_COMPILING_FLT32;CURL_STATICLIB;UNICODE;USE_FTGL;FTGL_LIBRARY_STATIC;TA3D_PLATFORM_MSVC;TA3D_PLATFORM_WINDOWS;STATICLIB;USE_FREETYPEGL_XXX;XERCES_STATIC_LIBRARY;GLEW_STATIC;XML_LIBRARY;ZLIB_WINAPI;HAS_LIBVLC;HAVE_FRIBIDI;HAVE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Async</ExceptionHandling>
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
index 9c1fc6fa..a7748e78 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ void CheckPacketThrottling() {
 	LONG reg_result = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,subKey.c_str(),0, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, &keyHandle);
 
 	if(reg_result != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-		printf("\nError opening network throttle registry hive: %d\n",reg_result);
+		//printf("\nError opening network throttle registry hive: %d\n",reg_result);
+		return;
 	}
 	//Set the value.