Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get it back

[maverick6238]

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%.
works on XP Pro, and 2000
other OS not tested.

[vikaskundu]

wat r the expected advanatges of doin this ???

[maverick6238]

wat r the expected advanatges of doin this ???

hey dude ...the advantage is that you get better speed........

more bandwidth means you have more access to the channel...hence


speeeeed......

[lalit_nashier]

gpedit.msc is not working......................

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%.
works on XP Pro, and 2000
other OS not tested.

[karan]

What Gaurav forgot to mention, is if you are using Windows XP SP2 and use Shareaza for your nefarious uses , then you need this hack n fix.

[maverick6238]

What Gaurav forgot to mention, is if you are using Windows XP SP2 and use Shareaza for your nefarious uses , then you need this hack n fix.

very right karan sir.....

[misguidedyouth]

well i have done that but how to observe if the speed is really increased or not???.... and will u plz elobrate how n for which services windows consume that 20%.... anyway nice info.. plz keep sharing. i assume my net is 20% faster now.

[lalit_nashier]

gpedit.msc is not working......................

anyone goin to tell me its not workin...............

tell me yaar..............

[maverick6238]

anyone goin to tell me its not workin...............

tell me yaar..............

What Gaurav forgot to mention, is if you are using Windows XP SP2 and use Shareaza for your nefarious uses , then you need this hack n fix.>>>>>AS TOLD TO YOU BY KARAN SIR....HE IS RIGHT...


AND gpedit.msc CAN BE FOUND WEN YOU ARE LOGGED IN AS ADMINISTRATOR... I DIDNT FOUND ANY DIFFICULTY IN IT.... KEEP POSTING....

[lalit_nashier]

What Gaurav forgot to mention, is if you are using Windows XP SP2 and use Shareaza for your nefarious uses , then you need this hack n fix.>>>>>AS TOLD TO YOU BY KARAN SIR....HE IS RIGHT...

AND gpedit.msc CAN BE FOUND WEN YOU ARE LOGGED IN AS ADMINISTRATOR... I DIDNT FOUND ANY DIFFICULTY IN IT.... KEEP POSTING....

OK i got it............thank You........

cheers,.............