Increase your Bandwidth by 20%

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    Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get it back

    A nice little tweak for XP. M*crosoft 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%.
    it works on XP Pro, and 2000 only:cool:
     
    gristleemarkin, Mar 30, 2008 IP
  2. pluto459

    pluto459 Active Member

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    any way to do it with reg xp?
     
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  3. xcelent88

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    Does it works with Vista? :confused:
     
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  4. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Any performance degradation if we were to put reserve as 0? Won't Microsoft reserve it for some reasons?

     
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  5. starz

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    #5
    i have unlimited bandwidth :D..
    ne ways nice share !
     
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  6. FreelanceFirm

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    #6
    Does it work with Windows Vista ?
    If yes, then which version
    Please let me know
    Thanks
     
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    mitcharr Notable Member

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    #7
    Same question as wisdom tool, why do they need 20% in the first place, any side effects with changing it
     
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  8. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #8
    How much does it use in total across the month? I have an 8GB limit and wondering how I can save more of it...
     
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    #9
    Cool share!
     
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    #10
    Does it really works? Has any one tried it ?
     
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    dairyman Notable Member

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    The bandwidth is not a problem for me, right now.
    Any one had tested it actually, so far?
     
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  12. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #12
    No we are waiting for the first guinea pig :)


     
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    #13
    so old liao this trick... see my sign for better deal :D
     
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    #14
    I have done this a long time ago, and I can say that I see a little difference
     
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    #15
    Its too old.It only allows u to make ur BW availability to maximum doesn't actually increase ur BW.
     
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    #16
    Of course not. It's another dev/null "secret trick for tuning windows" ...
    20% is reserved for QoS packages IF the QoS-Scheduler requests bandwidth. If no app requires "priority" bandwidth than all apps using the network simply share the full (100%) bandwidth.

    Simply check MS kb:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316666/en-us
    Esp. read the last paragraph:
    Translation: Some people simply don't know what they do and deliberately like to post tweaks and tricks without having the slightest knowledge how our OS works ...


    Best trick to speed up your Windows: Use RegEdit and create a new key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Windows. Make a new DWORD key that you name "SpeedUpMyWindows" and enter a "1" as value.
     
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  17. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Are you serious such a registry key helps? :)

     
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