Remove the QoS Bandwidth Reserve Setting
This one has been subject to several rumours and considerable debate. Windows XP's networking setup includes a QOS (Quality Of Service) provision which allows certain software (anything which has been written to take advantage of QOS in Windows) to reserve up to 20% of the bandwidth of a given network connection.
This does not mean that 20% of bandwidth is withheld by the operating system at all times, as is often stated. What it means is that certain programs can reserve this percentage of bandwidth for themselves when they are running.
If you don't like this idea and wish to disable QOS, ensuring that your Internet bandwidth is strictly 'first come, first served.' Here's a registry edit to do just that:
To do this open REGEDIT and navigate to; 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched'
Data Type: DWORD Value // Value Name: NonBestEffortLimitSetting for Value Data: [Enter as a Percentage / Default Value = 20]
Exit Registry and Reboot
Method 2:
run "gpedit.msc"
This opens the group policy editor
In computer configuration
open administrative templates\network\qos packet scheduler
select enable
open limit reservable bandwidth reduce percentage to 0%
This does not mean that 20% of bandwidth is withheld by the operating system at all times, as is often stated. What it means is that certain programs can reserve this percentage of bandwidth for themselves when they are running.
If you don't like this idea and wish to disable QOS, ensuring that your Internet bandwidth is strictly 'first come, first served.' Here's a registry edit to do just that:
To do this open REGEDIT and navigate to; 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched'
Data Type: DWORD Value // Value Name: NonBestEffortLimitSetting for Value Data: [Enter as a Percentage / Default Value = 20]
Exit Registry and Reboot
Method 2:
run "gpedit.msc"
This opens the group policy editor
In computer configuration
open administrative templates\network\qos packet scheduler
select enable
open limit reservable bandwidth reduce percentage to 0%
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