stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 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 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%. Have fun. :D :D :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 heh figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 My Internet is mega fast even when im d/loading now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daimon Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 maybe if it is BITS, that idle bandwidth thing used for Windows Update. Do you think it is OK to do this? I mean there must be a reason for that reserved bw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0m8er Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 You forgot to mention that this tweak works only in Professional windows, Home Edition does not have Group policy editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2004 Cool, thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToryAmos Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 (edited) that QOS myth was debunked years ago Edited August 28, 2004 by ToryAmos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thollian Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 how much faster are your downloads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 about 10 to 15KB/S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSamurai Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Correction of some incorrect claims about Windows XP QoS supportThere have been claims in various published technical articles and newsgroup postings that Windows XP always reserves 20 percent of the available bandwidth for QoS. These claims are incorrect. The information in the "Clarification about QoS in end computers that are Running Windows XP" section correctly describes the behavior of Windows XP systems. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q316666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 well my Internet is way faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogz Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 QOS Myth edit: lastsamurai beat me to it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSamurai Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 well my Internet is way faster! changing that setting does nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 maybe not for you but certainly does for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogz Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 placebo effect? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted August 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2004 Sometimes a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 I don't see a difference :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daimon Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 QOS Mythedit: lastsamurai beat me to it ;) Thanks for that. It seemed impossible anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevonw Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 Well all i know is that it works for me and may work for others too! Just sharing the Info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovate Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 FOr those who it works, you probably installed the QoS when you let Windows configure your networks and thus the reason why you see a difference. I tried just in case and I see no result as the others as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetRyder Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 More misinformation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Pure BS. XP doesn't reserve bandwidth by itself. Some program has to instruct XP to reserve the bandwidth. Infact changing this setting will break smooth playback of streaming media applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSamurai Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 either hes spreading old false info or microsoft's article is a lie. go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyPotatoes Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Well all i know is that it works for me and may work for others too!Just sharing the Info! omg me 2 my internat is fasta then ever, i think its so fast im gonna turn super saiyan 3 im so fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted August 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2004 QoS reservation is only used when the system launches QoS-compatible applications. And I'm willing to bet that you don't have any QoS-complaint applications on your system. It's pretty high-end stuff used for specialized video confering and similar stuff. On the assumption that you have no QoS-complaint applications on your system then no bandwidth is reserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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