How To Increase Your Internet Speed By 20%
May 12th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under
If you use Windows XP Professional then it is possible to squeeze an extra 20% out of your internet connection. By default Windows XP Pro holds back 20% of your Internet speed for various services like windows update and spyware checks.
If you want to tap into this locked speed then make the following changes:
- Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc
- Expand the Administrative Templates branch
- Expand the Network tab
- Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler
- Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the ‘enabled’ box
- Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 %
Once you’ve done this click apply and restart your PC. After rebooting you should see a noticeable improvement in your net speed.
Thanks to the Techie Blog for the tip.
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Comment by Dave on 18 July 2008:
For this you need Windows XP Professional
It doesnt work on home
Comment by jeyaprakash on 8 July 2008:
i think this 20% bandwidth is for system tray programs …. bcas if we switch on net then the system use this BW to just automatically upgrade our antivirus or firewalls, just for triggering… i think so..
Comment by andrej on 31 May 2008:
I cant open gpedit.msc
what can I do??
Comment by JAHANZEB on 13 April 2008:
do you have trick to increase the downloading speed please tell me