Microsoft Uses 20% Bandwidth

[bigboss 0]

A nice little tweak for XP. 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 toLocal Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable BandwidthDouble 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%.Have fun.Note: This Doesnt Work with Windows Xp Home.

[darkmeca 0]

will this affect the system in a negative way?? i know it will be gaining bandwith but still i mean are you sure its allowed and it will actually benifit the user?im just asking because i dont wanna mess around with the system with things im not sure of.

[FiReStOrM 0]

i think there must surely be some side effect with it pc can have probs but i will try it :|

[mahesh2k 0]

thanks for help i think futurepower.net/microsoft.htmlhave lot more to say about xp blah blah so check that stuff

[Deaths Aprentice 0]

I knew they reserved 20% bandwith, but I didn't know how to get it back

[peach 0]

awesome

[icecream 0]

Will this in any way affect the way Windows updates? It's about time I had my bandwidth back, typical Microsoft Windows!!

[Styx 0]

that's nice! heck, if it doesn't work on your system, just restore it to how it was before. other good sites for XP tweaks are

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

http://www.blackviper.com/

http://www.theeldergeek.com/

[nonon 0]

Cool!!! I've tried it...now hoping for no side-effects Thanks m8

[9block 0]

Well, I conducted two various tests on two sites using the same servers...

 

These are the results for the modified setting...

Download Speed: 4813 kbps (601.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 496 kbps (62 KB/sec transfer rate)

and these are the results with the default settings...

Download Speed: 4677 kbps (584.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 508 kbps (63.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

As you can see from my results... i didn't get any boost. Someone else try.

[t3jem 0]

Very cool, defnitly using this, not sure how much help it is just yet, probably not at all since my internet is slower than my network anyways, but non-the-less helpful. Great if your running a server on T1 internet i suppose.Also, I'm not positive, but I think i'm running XP home, but there is a chance it's media edition, do you have the option at all in home? or does it just not take effect?

[Tetraca 0]

I've heard this time and time again, and it's simply not true that you can get a speed boost by increasing the bandwidth. Microsoft has a FAQ entry on this saying specifically that you shouldn't do this and it won't increase your speed.

[75rLs3U4 0]

I doubt that you can get a speed boost in your bandwidth modifying that value.The best way to get more bandwidth is acquiring a best package of your ISP to have more megabits per second in your connection. ;-)

[FLaKes 0]

I dont know why this does not work but my best guess is that what it actually does is reserve the 20% bandwidth only when you are using both at the same time (downloading an update and navigating/downloading something else) like when you are working while the updates are being downloaded. Which wouldnt really make your connection any faster, because that is defined by the ISP anyways.

[heavensounds 0]

Yep, I agree with Flakes! I've looked into it and the same thing is used on Windows Vista but it is unreasonable to enable this feature as this only means that when an update is being downloaded and you are downloading something that is taking up your whole bandwidth, there will be no bandwidth for this update to download! Normally when an update is being downloaded it gets 20% of your bandwith so it is downloaded with a reasonable speed, preserving 80% of the bandwith for your internet activities! This is why I really DO NOT recommend using this tweak...Best whishes