How to fix the reserved bandwidth on your windows machine. Make your interent go faster the way it was ment to be.
Your trusted windows OS for your PC is stealing 20% of your net connection!
All that for just updates! Here’s how to get it back.
The first thing you have to do is go to the start menu. Then use
“RUN” and type in gpedit.msc. On the left side of gpedit you will
see computer configurations. And under it you’ll see Administrative
Templet’s, click it. Now under that there should be more folders. Click
on the Network one. Now click the Quos folder.
In the main part of the window on the right look for the option
“Limit reservable bandwidth”. Turn the feature on. By clicking the
properties box you will now enable this and change the amount from
20% to 0% or if you want to be able to reserve a little bandwidth for
the updates set it to 2 or 5%. Even if it says its not enabled it is.
Restart your computer and the change should take effect.
If you don’t believe this run a speed test on you internet. When I
first did this it was at 4000KB/s which shocked me that really slow
for cable modems. After I put the reserved bandwidth to 0% i was able
to get it to a shocking 14000KB/s but its usually about 10000 which is
still good. Anyway hope you do it right and your system should be running the way it was meant to be.
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There is no gpedit.msc in XP Home Edition. Is there some alternative?
this worked for me. my default setting said “unconfigured” though. thanks for the tips
didn’t work here either…Not in any configuration of gpedit.msc ?
I set it up, tested bandwidth before and after. No difference. You suckers with XP Home aren’t missing anything.
this is just reserved bandwidth for when windows is *actually* getting updates… it won’t sap 20% at all times. try getting a better isp package for more bandwidth, or moving to an area where there is better service. better still, avoid downloading such large volumes of porn and you’ll free up space for more internet games :p
For those of you with XP Home there is no gpedit.msc because it cannot join a domain by design. The alternative for this is using Regedit. Be aware that editing the registry incorrectly can make your system unbootable or cause other issues, so be careful before using it. An in vista it won’t work in both home versions you will need one of these: • Windows Vista, Small Business Edition
~ Windows Vista, Professional Edition
~ Windows Vista, Enterprise Edition
~ Windows Vista, Ultimate
~ Windows Server “Longhorn”
which are domain based hope that answered some questions you all were having.