Broadband Speed Increase Via QoS Manipulation
I ran across this
tweak and did some research on it after I had tried it and found it
didn’t seem to make any difference on my computer. While looking for
additional information I came across this article from Microsoft
Product Support Services.
Windows XP Quality of Service (QoS) Enhancements and Behavior
(Q316666)
It provides
substantial information relating to Networking Quality of Service (QoS)
which is in essence the basis for this tweak. After reading the
article I have decided to leave the tweak here for you to view and
try if you wish, but as Microsoft notes from the above article:
“There 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 of this
article correctly describes the behavior of Windows XP systems.”
I agree with their
statement and urge you to read the entire article listed above to
determine if this tweak would really be worthwhile implementing.
Additional Suggested
Reading:
Quality of Service Technical Overview
For those who wish to
implement:
Log on as Administrator, not as a user with Administrator
privileges.
[Start] [Run] - Type gpedit.msc
Left Window Pane
[Local Computer Policy]
[Administrative Templates]
[Network]
[QoS Packet Scheduler]
Right Window Pane
Double click [Limit Reservable Bandwidth]
Check [Enabled]
Change [Bandwidth Limit Percentage] to zero (0)
Click [Apply] [OK]
Restart Windows XP
This tweak removes
the 20% bandwidth reserve limit XP imposes under certain
circumstances.
[ Read the article references listed in
beginning of this section ]
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