How To Increase Your Internet Speed By 20%

Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Jason

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:

1. Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc
2. Expand the Administrative Templates branch
3. Expand the Network tab
4. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler
5. Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the enabled box
6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 %

Once you have done this click apply and restart your PC. After rebooting you should see a noticeable improvement in your net speed.

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  1. Tech stop on 16 Aug 2007 at 1:30 am #

    speed for various services like windows update and spyware checks. If you want to tap into this locked speed then make the following changes: 1. Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc 2. Expand the Administrative Templates branch 3. Expand theNetworktab 4. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler 5. Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the enabled box 6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 % Once you have done this click apply and restart your PC. After rebooting you should see a noticeable

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    My PC dont recognize my network adapter after this change. I try to back to 20% but error stil remain. ??????????

  4. Jatts cracker on 23 May 2007 at 6:45 am #

    It will only speed up browsing and if you try to do anything else with IE (like downloading) it will actually slow it down.

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  9. Brant Gurganus on 08 Aug 2007 at 11:12 pm #

    QoS does not work this way. If there are no QoS aware applications, then that bandwidth is available for anything. If it is QoS aware, then it is streaming video or something where you need a minimum amount of bandwidth for the desired performance.

  10. Danish Ahmed Abdullah on 17 Sep 2007 at 12:31 am #

    wonderful trick..definitely works,try it out..

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    As for Vista, it won’t work in every version:

    Group Policy is included in domain-based versions of Windows Vista. The following versions support Group Policy:

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  13. daemon on 12 Feb 2008 at 8:30 am #

    nice tip…tried it out…works perfectly, tnx :)

  14. Hardik on 16 Mar 2008 at 2:34 am #

    please tell me how i increase my broddband internet speed

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  16. imran on 19 Jun 2008 at 7:32 am #

    hey i coudnt find network tab in group policy. mine is XP

  17. yjhj on 19 Jul 2008 at 4:54 pm #

    cant fint qos packet scheulder in network ta……….help

  18. Nikesh on 24 Jul 2008 at 9:43 am #

    Hey there is not brandwidth limit in my computer
    it is windows xp professional 2002

  19. grindfreakmike on 16 Aug 2008 at 2:27 pm #

    i have vista home premium. is there something to use for broadband? i try to type in gpedit.msc and gpedit .msc2 and i get a none found message. whts up?

  20. feroz on 03 Oct 2008 at 10:55 am #

    excellent trick

  21. harry on 05 Oct 2008 at 9:53 am #

    cant fint qos packet scheulder in network branch……….help plz

  22. fred on 11 Oct 2008 at 5:55 am #

    i followed the steps & it doesn’t work.

  23. Larry Miller on 12 Oct 2008 at 1:18 pm #

    WRONG

    Windows does not reserve any portion of bandwidth for any purpose at any time. However, a QOS aware application may request priority bandwidth. Even if this occurs there will be no bandwidth reduction unless it is actively using it. Any unused bandwidth will be available to other applications.

    Automatic Update does not use QOS. It actually has a lower priority than other applications and uses only idle bandwidth that other applications are not using.

    References:
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
    scid=KB;EN-US;Q316666

    Larry Miller
    Microsoft MCSA

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  26. ROBERT WILLIAMS on 22 Nov 2008 at 9:38 pm #

    Windows does not reserve ANY bandwidth for any purpose IN ANY WINDOWS VERSION, this is so much rubish and myth. MSDN MEMBER

  27. JAB_au on 14 Dec 2008 at 4:32 am #

    There is no 20% bandwidth gain, only the 20% of idiots that believe this myth.

  28. Jaidatta on 26 Dec 2008 at 9:04 am #

    Hi guys!I have a trick
    Increase your internet speed by 20% in
    windows Vista.
    Start>>Run>>(type gpedit.msc)>>Computer configuration
    >>Administrative Templates>>Network>>
    QoS Packet Scheduler
    On your right hand side of your windows select
    Limit reservable bandwidth(press enter)

    from the following option select Enable
    and make bandwidth limit from 20% to
    0% and then OK
    Speed will become increased by 20%
    Not illegal

  29. Viraj on 22 Mar 2009 at 3:46 am #

    after i open the administrative templates it shows dat here r no items to show in dis view
    i tried both extended n standard…….help

  30. Amit on 25 May 2009 at 12:10 am #

    does this really work

  31. femi engineer on 01 Jun 2009 at 12:20 pm #

    if you need to increase the speed of your network contact me for sure and real,at femtek98@yahoo.co.uk,femtek98@googlemail.com thaks apart of gpedit ,yhere is what you need to do.

  32. Rommel on 02 Jun 2009 at 10:07 pm #

    I observed that the speed of my laptop was 54mbps, so I try your tips hoping it will increase but after doing such thing I zero the bandwidth but after that still 54mbps. is there any other tips u can give me?

  33. oswald on 30 Jun 2009 at 2:23 am #

    thanks buddy works wonders

  34. Mraj. on 08 Jul 2009 at 1:58 pm #

    windows does not reserve any kind of quota for any reason this is bull shit don’t play with OS until you don’t know what are you doing. thing trick does not work for any windows version.

    and if still you wana to ply with it then your on you own

  35. Rishabh Jain on 13 Jul 2009 at 1:05 pm #

    My pc speed is so much slow.
    i have
    1 gb ram
    250 gb hard disk
    window Xp
    please help me & send me some tricks of increasing speed of my pc

  36. varsha on 17 Jul 2009 at 9:46 pm #

    it works ……

  37. Jason on 19 Jul 2009 at 5:55 am #

    :D

  38. vijay on 19 Jul 2009 at 10:43 am #

    Hey!!!!!!!!
    please don’t try this window xp users
    I tried it and got trapped i wasn’t able to connect to internet
    but somehow i placed it back to 20% and restarted my computer and got my life back

  39. ed on 22 Jul 2009 at 6:37 am #

    essa porra nĂŁo tem pra almentar no windows vista starte nao???se tiver manda caraa …abraçooooo

  40. nigg on 22 Jul 2009 at 11:06 pm #

    …this procedure is not available in Windows XP Service Pack 3 anymore…

  41. aman on 30 Jul 2009 at 5:15 am #

    hi
    i m aman from india plz hlep me sir
    starting in my net speed is very fast
    but 1 monthe my net speed is automatic slow
    plz send the sloution for for slow internet speed

  42. guru on 24 Aug 2009 at 8:45 pm #

    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:

    1. Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc
    2. Expand the Administrative Templates branch
    3. Expand the Network tab
    4. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler
    5. Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the enabled box
    6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 %

    for vista

    Hi guys!I have a trick
    Increase your internet speed by 20% in
    windows Vista.
    Start>>Run>>(type gpedit.msc)>>Computer configuration
    >>Administrative Templates>>Network>>
    QoS Packet Scheduler
    On your right hand side of your windows select
    Limit reservable bandwidth(press enter)

    from the following option select Enable
    and make bandwidth limit from 20% to
    0% and then OK
    Speed will become increased by 20%
    Not illegal

  43. AMIT on 27 Aug 2009 at 10:15 am #

    By using the following tip to increase internet bandwith really works. Just give it a try. your PC wont will not harm by any way.

  44. Gian Singh on 08 Sep 2009 at 2:06 pm #

    Internet Speed Problem –

    I Have :
    1 GB RAM
    160 GB HDD
    Modem Type : Samsung E250i Phone,
    Dial up Connection with Airtel

    Pls Give me imp. tips to improve speed.

  45. manna.grewal on 07 Oct 2009 at 7:34 am #

    I HAVE 2GB RAM
    320GB HDD
    MODAM TYPE;NOKIA3230 PHONE
    DIAL UP CONNECTION WITH AIRTEL

  46. herman on 10 Nov 2009 at 8:35 am #

    thnx bro really works but it does not allow to open videos faster

  47. nadeem on 23 Nov 2009 at 9:18 am #

    i did this but i find no changes in my internet speed

  48. ifrit723 on 24 Nov 2009 at 10:36 pm #

    i cant find the network..

  49. pirate on 01 Dec 2009 at 10:55 am #

    it works

  50. done on 04 Dec 2009 at 8:55 am #

    thanks dude it works !!!

  51. Raj mittal on 15 Dec 2009 at 7:55 am #

    no it’s not working properly

  52. Eshwar on 31 Dec 2009 at 10:53 am #

    Yeah it worked for me!! I see a reasonable change… thanks :-)

  53. khaleel ahmad on 15 Jan 2010 at 5:48 am #

    sir iam work in corporate sector,my work here i manage computer hardware & network there,sir their are most problem is generic host win 32error,this problem soluation is regedit,when i regedit setting start this problam is solve but computer cannot access server sir tell me what to do

  54. potential on 17 Jan 2010 at 7:19 am #

    yeah 20% of idiot i know, why it can 20% speed but there were 100% speed y dont u click it and ok then back t to 0? huh?

  55. jds_engg on 23 Jan 2010 at 3:33 pm #

    yes i got
    but my video downloading speed is same 30kbps
    i m using 256kbps broadband connection
    can increase my downloading speed
    plz tell

  56. suresh on 28 Jan 2010 at 6:14 am #

    thanks buddy some it really working
    i could notice little bit of increasing my net speed

  57. so3 on 30 Jan 2010 at 5:47 pm #

    Another way to increase internet speed is to use Internet Cyclone. Internet Optimizer that helped me a lot. You can find more info at http://www.jordysoft.com

  58. Jordane on 06 Feb 2010 at 12:02 pm #

    cool…..it works

  59. csabaxb on 19 Feb 2010 at 8:25 am #

    Thanks.It works to me to.
    I wrealy see more speed.
    XP PRO with SP3
    2GB of Ram
    Intel P.4-2,4GHz
    Speedtouch modem, 4Mb internet connection.
    Not harm PC!!.Its OK.

  60. Bishal Gupta on 21 Feb 2010 at 6:42 am #

    when i played games in windows 7, it doesn’t displays or played well but the same game displays good in xp or in the same laptop.
    please help me

  61. andu on 28 Feb 2010 at 10:54 am #

    thnx.. it works!

  62. Junaid Munawar on 05 Mar 2010 at 9:27 pm #

    Hello Friends,
    Here you need to go:

    1 Log on as Administrator
    2 Start – run – and type (gpedit.msc)
    3 Expand “Local Computer Policy
    4 Expand “ Administrative Template
    5 Expand “Network Branch”
    6 Highlight “QoS Packet Scheduler
    7 On Right Hand double click “limit reservable bandwidth
    8 On setting tab check “Enable”
    9 Change “Bandwidth limit %” to 0

    You are done. This will increase your computer’s internet speed for about 20%

    Regards,
    Junaid Munawar

  63. mahamoud on 13 Mar 2010 at 3:30 pm #

    really my computer is not working with this trick I repeated it and try it again and again but it doesnt work out so what is the problem with my computer if you understand my question send me the answer with my email or more instructions by the way I am somalilander man

  64. VIKAS on 15 Mar 2010 at 5:00 am #

    Hello All.
    Thanks for suggestion. It is working atleast a bit.

    I dont know what all these MCSA Larry Muller and all are talking because for this trick they already made an unappealing claim as following first they say:-

    Correction of some incorrect claims about Windows XP QoS support
    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 correctly describes the behavior of Windows XP systems
    Then they say:-
    Clarification about the use of QoS in end computers that are running Windows XP
    As in Windows 2000, programs can take advantage of QoS through the QoS APIs in Windows XP. One hundred percent of the network bandwidth is available to be shared by all programs unless a program specifically requests priority bandwidth. This “reserved” bandwidth is still available to other programs unless the requesting program is sending data. By default, programs can reserve up to an aggregate bandwidth of 20 percent of the underlying link speed on each interface on an end computer. If the program that reserved the bandwidth is not sending sufficient data to use it, the unused part of the reserved bandwidth is available for other data flows on the same host.

    So believing on their words this should work and its working fine on my computer.

    Thanks to the Explorer of this trick..
    Regards.
    VIKAS
    HRM
    hrm.vikas@rediffmail.com

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