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Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Prince - 12-16-2011
Greetings Supportforums,
Windows takes 20% of your total bandwidth,So how to remove it and use the full network speed?.It's quite simple , Just follow the tutorial.This method works on all kind of windows versions, XP,VISTA and Seven
.Doesn't matter even if it's a black edition 
.Windos seven users need to follow a smaller step,I've added it below Step 1:-
Go to Run command and type in the following words "gpedit.msc" and click on ok.Windows seven users
Hold the Windows Button + R key and then type gpedit.msc it in.
![[Image: zCeeU.png]](http://i.imgur.com/zCeeU.png)
Step 2:-
you should get something like this,
![[Image: u1LwG.png]](http://i.imgur.com/u1LwG.png)
Step 3:-
Once you got this window,do this on the left side,
Administrative templates-->Network-->and click on Qos Packet sheduler.
Now you should have something like this
![[Image: hXp0M.png]](http://i.imgur.com/hXp0M.png)
Step 4:-
On the right hand side,
Double click on "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" a window must appear.Tick the enable option and set the value to 0.That's it,you're done.
![[Image: T7oUL.png]](http://i.imgur.com/T7oUL.png)
Disclaimer:- Please do note that this won't bring a major change in downloading speed , but you can find the difference to some extent and surfing speed increases a lot.
Frequently Asked Questions:-
1. "gpedit.msc" didn't bring up anything , what's the problem ?
Ans:- Read this post , http://www.supportforums.net/showthread.php?pid=259938#pid259938.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Hydroxyde - 12-20-2011
Awesome! Thanks for the tut, it made a big difference on my end.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Resistance - 12-22-2011
It was at Zero for me already, thanks though.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - OFWGKTΔ - 12-22-2011
A zero for me too, thanks anyways,
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Prince - 12-22-2011
It justs shows to be zero till you tick the check box . It's tricky lol
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - iRun - 12-26-2011
Windows cannot find "gpedit.msc"
Well thats a dissapointment.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Ƨhadow - 12-26-2011
While I've never had problems with my surfing speed, after doing this I noticed a fair spike in my download speed which for me is quite handy. Thanks for this.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Chelloa - 12-26-2011
Number of packets:65535
i have to make it 0?
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - Prince - 12-28-2011
(12-26-2011, 05:35 PM)Unify Wrote: Number of packets:65535
i have to make it 0?
Read the tutorial once again lol . I think I never specified anything about editing the Number of packets.
RE: Windows Grabs 20% Of Your Total Bandwidth,Learn How to Fix It - OVO™ - 12-28-2011
Ahhh, thanks for this
helped me a lot