CHUMBA
05-30-2010, 08:12 AM
Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth Here's how to Get it back
A nice little tweak for XP.Also Win 7, Microsoft reserves 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%.
I have tested on XP Pro and Win 7
other o/s not tested.
So far my ping hasnt changed (why bother i hear you cry).
Well if u have trouble with in game bandwidth loss due to certain progs updating etc this will help no end..
As ur Machine will only run bandwidth for the current running program.
I'll be testing packet loss next , if i can get that sorted ur firing accuracy and general playing timing will improve also.
(chumba thnx the nerds at ipt for the above info).
A nice little tweak for XP.Also Win 7, Microsoft reserves 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%.
I have tested on XP Pro and Win 7
other o/s not tested.
So far my ping hasnt changed (why bother i hear you cry).
Well if u have trouble with in game bandwidth loss due to certain progs updating etc this will help no end..
As ur Machine will only run bandwidth for the current running program.
I'll be testing packet loss next , if i can get that sorted ur firing accuracy and general playing timing will improve also.
(chumba thnx the nerds at ipt for the above info).