Increase Internet Speed | Bandwidth 20% Trick in Windows XP

Bandwidth, in terms of computer networking, is the measure of data transfer speed. Accessing Internet with high speed has always been first choice of every net users. But due to lack of infrastructure available in most of places, only limited internet speed | bandwidth is available to most of the internet | broadband users.

Where do you get the Hidden Internet Bandwidth

In Windows XP there is some amount of internet bandwidth reserved | hidden itself by Windows. So today I am telling you that hidden trick | tweak available in Windows XP (SP2 & above) to increase your internet speed | bandwidth by 20%. Actually, this 20% of Internet Bandwidth is reserved by Windows to perform Windows Update & such other tasks. Since, Windows is not always required to be updated, you can enjoy this reserve Internet Bandwidth for your System for faster internet.

How to Increase Your Broadband | GPRS Internet | Bandwidth Speed in Windows XP SP2

Easy steps involved for increasing internet | broadband speed are listed below. The first list contains only steps in short but in the second list you will find steps to boost your internet speed along with screenshots.

Steps to Boost Internet | Broadband | GPRS Speed

1. Click on Start Button   >>>  Run  >>>  Type in there "GPEDIT.MSC"  [do not include quote(" ") there] >>> HIT "ENTER" Key.
2. Doing this opens a Window Titled "Group Policy".
3. This Window contains a Tree View like structure in the Left Pane.
4. On that Tree Structure Click on: Local Computer Policy  >>>  Computer Configuration  >>>  Administrative Template  >>>  Network  >>>  QOS Packet Scheduler.
5. You can now see "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" appeared in the Right Pane of the Window.
6. Now, Double Click on the "Limit Reservable Bandwidth", this will Open a Pop-Up window (which may say it that "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" is not configured but do not worry and proceed).
7. Now, Click on Enabled and type 0 [i.e. fill in ZERO] in the Bandwidth limit (%) Box.
8. Finally, Click on Apply  >>>  OK.
9. Done, you can now easily observe it that your internet speed is increased by 20%.

Easy Steps with Snapshots on How to Increase GPRS | Broadband | Internet Speed in Windows XP

1. Click on Start Button   >>>  Run  >>>  Type in there "GPEDIT.MSC"  [do not include quote(" ") there] >>> HIT "ENTER" Key.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 1 (a)
   
   
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 1 (b)
   
   
2. Doing this opens a Window Titled "Group Policy".
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 2
   
   
3. This Window contains a Tree View like structure in the Left Pane.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 3
   
   
4. On that Tree Structure Click on: Local Computer Policy  >>>  Computer Configuration  >>>  Administrative Template  >>>  Network  >>>  QOS Packet Scheduler.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 4
   
   
5. You can now see "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" appeared in the Right Pane of the Window.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 5
   
   
6. Now, Double Click on the "Limit Reservable Bandwidth", this will Open a Pop-Up window (which may say it that "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" is not configured but do not worry and proceed).
   
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 6
   
   
7. Now, Click on Enabled and type 0 [i.e. fill in ZERO] in the Bandwidth limit (%) Box.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 7
   
   
8. Finally, Click on Apply  >>>  OK.
   
   Increase Internet Speed : Step 8
   
   
9. Done, you can now easily observe it that your internet speed is increased by 20% 
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