Increase your internet speed by 20%

Philippines
February 4, 2007 9:51am CST
Did you know that Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get It Back MS Windows uses 20% for their own purposes like updates and interrogating your machine os! How to get it back: Click Start then Choose Run then type "gpedit.msc", w/o " letters only. This open the group policy editor. Then Go To: Local Computer Policy ---Computer Configuration ---Administrative Templates ---Network --- QOS Packet Scheduler ---Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double Click on the LIMIT RESERVABLE BANDWIDTH. It will say it is not configured, but the truth under the explain tab: "By default, the packet scheduler limits the system by 20% 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 "O". This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than default 20%. This will works on windows XP and 2000.. but wait before you do these, check your bandwidth/connection speed first.. you can try this link www.testmy.net or www.dslreport.com/stest. then run a speed test again after you've done tweaking your bandwidth.. I hope this helps to all mylot users... any question regarding this just post your question..
3 responses
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
Ohhh! thanks for the info. Thats great. i will try it and see if my speed increase. In your case how much is the increase when you did that?
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
recently my speed vary from 1mbps to 1.2mbps.. after applying the tweak. the speed improves, I'm getting 1.4mbps to 1.6mbps.
@tomoe_spy (260)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
Wow thanks for sharing this very useful info, i do hope that it really could increase my dial up connection...but is it safe? i mean wouldn't anything happen in the long run if i tweak those certain settings
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
yes. it safe.. you measure your bandwidth speed first before you apply the tweak so you will know if there's been a difference...
• India
12 Feb 07
Hello, I am a newbie at MyLot, although not as much as you. You are quite a computer whiz I must say. And just in case you really are, just for the sake of discussion, I am too. Your information has hepled me greatly. Thanks a lot. Enjoy your stay here at MyLot!!!