Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth

Microsoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)

Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.
Works on XP Pro and 2000.

disclaimer.
- if you can run gpedit.msc you can use it but if you cannot use gpedit.msc this is useless
- it works perfectly for me for restocking

 

Thx

I will do this, I love everything faster even though its not much

 

That's really interesting, although it won't work for me, cool find

 

yeah, thats what im worried about, other than that, it seems great, ill do some more research about it first tho.

 

Yeah, this one helps but before doing it make sure it has no bad effects.

 

sound good, specially for ppl that have slow conections, but i worried about side effects too D:

 

The command dont work T.T, anybody know the Spanish Command?

 

i click run then type in gpedit.msc and

thats what it says

 

Wow im really tempted to try, since my comp is so laggy at startups, any side effect info would help ;D

 

hmm, i can't even open gpedit.msc


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owells.

 

can you use this and turn it on and off as pleased?

 

Could this mess up your com tho? or am i an idiot?

 

no your not lol. I think that microsoft uses this bandwidth for necessary updates and protecting you against malicious stuff on the interenet in any way they can

 

http://www.xptuneup.com/xptuneup_qos.htm

heres the better explaination...

 

I've read it and I've typed gpedit.msc and couldn't open it.
Altough I don't have Windows XP PRO.
For people that this didn't work, having XP isn't enough. There's XP, XP Home Edition, and XP PRO. You need the PRO OS.
This is probs why most of people can't find the microsoft console file.

 

what is this? and what explanation does it include?

 

windows pro is just a different version of windows xp with a few more features to help people get work done faster.

 

thanks!
now i've got a faster computer

 

yeh i know that sorry i was unlcear i thought the link they posted explained all about this 20 percent of bandwidth thing...