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How to Reclaim all of your Bandwidth from Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Hold Down your Windows Key and Hit the Letter “R” and type in “Gpedit.msc” or,

Click START
Run, and then type in
gpedit.msc
Click OK

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 if you look under the ‘Explain’ tab you will see the “Full
Story”

“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, just go ahead and ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This
will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

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If you’re running XP Home or Vista Home editions, then you don’t have the
Group Policy Editor. If this is the case:

Open Control Panel
Open Network Connections
Right Click and
Choose “Properties” (or Double Click) on your active connection.
Uncheck “QOS packet scheduler”.

This achieves the same Internet Boost for Windows XP Home and Windows Vista
Home versions!

Hope that Helps!

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