Bandwidth Tweak for Windows XP

[JAGeGodfather]

A nice little tweak for XP Pro. Micro$oft 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

[JaGe Lee Harvey Oswald]

i have Windows Media Player, will it work on that as well?

[JAGeHomey]

How will we know if theres a difference or not?

[JaGe Lee Harvey Oswald]

yeah i changed mine and my ping hasnt really changed or anything

[JAGeBizzaro]

you're going to notice a change more when you download something.

[Wookie]

Before tweak
<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/21563119/2442.png"></a>

After Tweak
<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/21563263/2519.png"></a>

[JAGeGodfather]

Ya, you notice it when you are downloading items off the web. Look at Wookie's DSL Reports thing, it changed by almost 3 mbps

[JaGe Lee Harvey Oswald]

oh damn...torrents here we come

[JAGeHallow]

i still dont fuckin see a difference

[JaGe Lee Harvey Oswald]

yeah me neither, WAY TO RIP US OFF GODFATHER GG

[JAGeGodfather]

You should overall, not just on one torrent but as a group. Look at the total downloaded. Also, it varies with peers of torrents. If one 1 person is uploading and his upload caps at 35 kb/s, you're basically screwed for a couple of days.

[JAGeHallow]

psh lets all jump gfather

[JAGeReaver]

Wow godfather actually posts something good its amazing

was like 7-8k last time b4 tweak

<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/22655199/11756.png"></a>

[Wookie]

Yea, I'm definitely hitting speeds of almost 800kbps when i use to get barely 700.

[JAGeBoyle]

lol @ all the dumb people

This tweak works.....

[JAGeReaver]

lol @ all the dumb people

This tweak works.....

lol @ boyle saying dumb people

[JAGeHomey]

My Sympatico DSL is gay and doesn't like being tweaked.

[JAGeBoyle]

My Sympatico DSL is gay and doesn't like being tweaked.

Canadian company.... must be a little "slower" if you know what I mean.

[JAGeReaver]

Crazy cunucks

[Wookie]

You mean canucks? Other wise 'cunucks' sounds like coonucks lol'

[JAGeReaver]

You mean canucks? Other wise 'cunucks' sounds like coonucks lol'

WHATEVER!


/cry!

I actually ment CoconutS!

[JAGeHomey]

WHATEVER!


/cry!

I actually ment CoconutS!

you're a hater. finish my siggy. please?

[JAGeReaver]

you're a hater. finish my siggy. please?

Sorry dude not gunna happen this weekend def be done on the week though (I had a shit load of stuff apparently that i needed to do, i cant even keep my eyes open and i had headaches all weekend..

[JAGeRedfield]

Brad somehow mangaged to see you?

[JAGeReaver]

Brad somehow mangaged to see you?

?????
what?

[JAGeAries]

does this work for xp home edition?

[JAGeIlluminati]

i did it on media center edition and it seems to work pretty well.

[JAGeGodfather]

This should work on all XP editions.

[JAGeAssyrian]

It wont work on mine it doesnt recognize the command?