diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.cpp
index dfd8944a2..915eaa679 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.cpp
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ void TransferPage::updateDefaultStrategy(int i)
 
         case 2:
 #ifdef WINDOWS_SYS
-                if(QMessageBox::Yes != QMessageBox::warning(nullptr,tr("Warning"),tr("On Windows systems, randomly writing in the middle of large empty files may hang the software for several seconds. Do you want to use this option anyway?"),QMessageBox::Yes,QMessageBox::No))
+                if(QMessageBox::Yes != QMessageBox::warning(nullptr,tr("Warning"),tr("On Windows systems, randomly writing in the middle of large empty files may hang the software for several seconds. Do you want to use this option anyway (otherwise use \"progressive\")?"),QMessageBox::Yes,QMessageBox::No))
                 {
-                    ui._defaultStrategy_CB->setCurrentIndex(0);
+                    ui._defaultStrategy_CB->setCurrentIndex(1);
                     return;
                 }
 #endif
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.ui
index fc2b17b91..b6d8cd7ff 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/TransferPage.ui
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
      <property name="currentIndex">
-      <number>0</number>
+      <number>1</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
       <attribute name="title">
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
                  <bool>true</bool>
                 </property>
                 <property name="toolTip">
-                 <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Streaming &lt;/span&gt;causes the transfer to request 1MB file chunks in increasing order, facilitating preview while downloading. &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Random&lt;/span&gt; is purely random and favors swarming behavior. &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Progressive&lt;/span&gt; is a compromise, selecting the next chunk at random within less than 50MB after the end of the partial file. That allows  some randomness while preventing large empty file initialization times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+                 <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Streaming &lt;/span&gt;causes the transfer to request 1MB file chunks in increasing order, facilitating preview while downloading. &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Random&lt;/span&gt; is purely random and favors swarming behavior (although not recommended on Windows systems). &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Progressive&lt;/span&gt; is a good compromise, selecting the next chunk at random within less than 50MB after the end of the partial file. That allows some randomness while preventing large empty file initialization times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                 </property>
                 <item>
                  <property name="text">