Windows Uses 20% of your BW - How to get it back!
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:58 am
Came across this on a torrent site, and it seems to work nicely so here we go.
This ONLY applies on windows XP PRO, Windows 2000, and The 2003 Server family. It is not possible to change this setting on any other windows OS's
This ONLY applies on windows XP PRO, Windows 2000, and The 2003 Server family. It is not possible to change this setting on any other windows OS's
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%.